Word: ferdinands
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This week's cover story on the Philippines' remarkable liberation from the autocratic rule of Ferdinand Marcos is only the latest chapter in TIME's decades-long coverage of the strategically located archipelago. As early as 1923 the magazine was writing about Filipino politicians and their determined agitation for independence from U.S. rule. In 1935 the U.S. granted the islands semiautonomous status, and TIME's cover story on Manuel Quezon, the first President of the Philippine Commonwealth, noted that in moving Manila toward eventual independence, the U.S. was being "far from purely benevolent": it would mean not only unloading...
...When Ferdinand Marcos arrived in Hawaii last week, he looked like most other visitors to the island paradise. Bowing to have a lei draped around his neck on an airport tarmac similar to the one Benigno Aquino was gunned down upon, all that the former Filipino strongman needed to complete the costume of a stereotypical vacationer was an instamatic camera dangling from his neck...
...finance chairman of the National Democratic Institute, a public-interest organization established by Congress to promote democracy in underdeveloped countries. The institute recently sent observers to try to ensure a fair election in the Philippines. Yet Kelly's firm, for a reported $900,000 fee, represents Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who stands accused of having stolen the vote. Manafort for one sees no conflict. He points out that the firm urged Marcos to try to make the elections more credible to American observers. "What we've tried to do is make it more of a Chicago-style election...
...than five miles from Malacanang Palace, the presidential residence in downtown Manila, heavily armed guards and tanks stood at the ready. When the two men began to speak, the reason for the precautions became startlingly clear, for they were proclaiming open rebellion against the 20-year regime of President Ferdinand Marcos...
Although the resignations caught many Filipinos by surprise, both men have long been known to sympathize with the military reform movement. Only last April the two persuaded President Ferdinand Marcos to meet with junior officers to discuss their complaints. At the time, Ramos was standing in for Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fabian Ver, who along with 25 others was facing conspiracy charges in the assassination of Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino Jr. (he was later acquitted). Ramos, a West Point graduate who has been in the army for 35 years, has a reputation for honesty, integrity and evenhandedness...