Word: bayan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what we are fighting for." Those who remained huddled closer to the speaker's platform. After the ten-minute downpour had ended, Imelda Marcos took the stage. Supporters cheered loudly when she urged the country to stand behind her husband because he was "maka-Diyos, maka-tao, maka-bayan" (pro-God, pro- people, pro-nation...
...N.P.A. combination is one of the 22 organizations in the National Democratic Front, an outlawed coalition of community, labor, church and leftist groups that boasts a total membership of 1 million and has an executive committee dominated by Communists. In addition, many moderate opponents of Marcos have accused Bayan, a federation of leftist groups that claims 1.5 million members, of also being Communist infiltrated...
...began reciting the list of suspected conspirators that the majority of the board was recommending for indictment, there was pandemonium in the wood-paneled hall. Friends and strangers alike hugged one another, tossed flowers into the air and struck up a chorus of the once outlawed nationalist anthem Ang Bayan Ko (My Country). The first name on Tan's list was General...
...Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr., the Philippine opposition leader slain by an unknown assassin at Manila International Airport on Aug. 21, 1983, on his return from exile in the U.S. As spotlights played on the figure, the crowd broke into cheers and then into the once outlawed nationalist anthem, Ang Bayan Ko (My Country). A few demonstrators even hugged the motorcycle cops. On such notes of strength and serenity, rather than with the violence prophesied by the government, Filipinos last week marked the first anniversary of Aquino's murder in the largest protest outpouring in Manila since his funeral...