Word: manila
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Sept. 21 is normally a festive occasion, the annual Day of National Thanksgiving honoring the imposition of martial law in 1972. But the 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Manila's Post Office Square last Wednesday were commemorating another event: the unexplained assassination exactly one month earlier of opposition leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr. The throng shouted antigovernment slogans and cheered as speaker after speaker called on Marcos, 66, to resign after 17 years of rule. The rally ended peacefully in the late afternoon, but by evening things had turned ugly. Several thousand angry students...
...from Washington about the murder of Firmin Joseph. President Reagan still plans to visit Marcos in November, and presumably will praise him as a staunch upholder of democratic principles. Lame requests for the men who murdered Orlando Letelier continue, along with new rounds of economic and military aid. In Manila, in Brooklyn and in Washington, everything is under control. Don Corleone would be green with envy...
Murder in Manila...
Having lived in Manila as a foreigner for the past two years, I know the people are too scared to speak out against the corruption that goes on within the government. The lack of freedom experienced by Filipinos leads one to speculate on the true assassin of the former Senator. It is unsettling to think that a government possesses the power to cover up such an act. Carin E. Freeman Washington...
...Manila...