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He was not spendable enough...........I had earned as a Secretary starting the casual daily basis 6.00 Pesos per day. Had only one pair of shoes and it was good for the whole year or more.....in her favour.

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Okey xa! Sangay me! hehehehe...

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Absolutely true. President Ferdinand Marcos, was a man who brought advances to Bohol--not counting the roadside projects, irrigation systems, and electricity that spearheaded development of our island. Marcos was a man of the people, a brilliant man who earned his Juris Doctorate while in prison, kaya mo na, and his predecessor, then President Jose P. Laurel said this about Marcos, "He will be the future of the Republic and will become president in the future". Evidently it was so.

The Marcos that I admire is not his negative qualities, for he, as a man, had many good qualities aside from his bad ones. People may say whatever they want of President Marcos, but they cannot deny that he was a man of strategy, a man of strong political will, a man who indirectly contributed to the awakening of the sleeping Filipino Nationalism and democratic fervor.

He was a man who not only fought off the NPA, the MILF, MNLF as well as external forces that were challenging the authority of the Republic of the Philippines--and effectively destroyed the political armies of the pre-Martial law years, a man who stamped out the major threat of the communist threat as a mere 'pest', and a man who crushed the pro-separatist MNLF/MILF with his affirmative military campaign in the south--to preserve and retain the authority and unity of the Philippine Republic.

Marcos transcends political science---as he was a man who mastered its theories and postulates, he IS a man who is studied by students around the world---and regarded by academians and law makers as a 'perfect politician'.



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As 1983 drew to a close, the regime of president of Ferdinand Marcos was facing the major test of its rule. Demonstrations of opposition were an almost daily occurrence; the economy was in its worse crisis since the regime came to power in 1965; and Marcos was rarely seen outside the Presidential palance. The immediate catalyst was the assassination of Benigno S. Aquino, but earlier events revealed the vulnerability of the Marcos government. The continuation of authoritarianism, cronyism, and the renewal of the bases agreement with the United States provided focal points for the opposition’s criticism. The Philippine economy continued the poor performance of 1982 and led to the governments increased dependence on foreign financial institutions. Persistent reports of Marcos’ ill health heightened the uncertainty surrounding the future of the regime.

In spite of the lifting of martial law, Marcos initiated measures to consolidate and maintain the powers attained during that period and 1983 witnessed a continuation of Marcos’ exercise of authoritarian powers. In the first six months of the year, the regime continued the crackdown begun in 1982 on social activists, political organizers, and newsmen. Among those detained were A. Pimentel, A Nieva etc. Such arrests are frequently exercised under a Presidential commitment Order (PCO); in April the Philippine supreme court had reaffirmed the absolute arrest, detention and release powers of President Marcos by declaring that PCO’s issued against people suspected of crimes related to national security are valid and legal and therefore require no judicial review. As it was by then, considered a right of the Chief Executive.

With regards to cronyism, in spite of the feelings of some observers that Marcos was shifting away form ‘crony capitalism’, three presidential orders gave economic advantages to businessmen close to the president. In January, Marcos signed a presidential decree ordering the lowering of the import duties on acetate tow, which directly benefited H. Disini’s Philippine Tobacco Filters Corp, the country’s largest producer of cigarette filters. Marcos also extended the validity of a letter of instruction permitting Roberto Benedicto’s Banahaw Broadcasting to continue to import knocked-down parts for the assembly of television sets. Marcos, also signed a presidential decree that expands Eduardo Cjuangco’s control over the coconut industry further into cocochemical production and gave his companies monopoly on the import of petrochemical products. In each instance, the decrees not only provided economic benefits to Marcos’ cronies, but also bypassed the legislative process, cabinet decision, the Executive committee preparatory analysis.

Not to mention that Marcos was pressing the reaffirmation of US bases in the Philippines.
However, the Filipino Anti-Bases Coalition, formed in February of that year, argued that the American bases in the Philippines represent imperialism, threaten national security and have led to a brothel economy of adjacent towns. Additionally, issues of human rights, especially arbitrary detention and military abuse of civilian, produced other criticisms of the government of Marcos.

The single factor, in my opinion, that doomed the Marcos administration was the Aquino Assasination. Either Marcos was involved or not involved, politically speaking, it illustrated that Marcos was no longer in control. Marcos’ virtual confinement to Malacanang palace prompted rumors that he was seriously ill. More concrete symbols of lessened control are reversals in policy toward the opposition.


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 sometimes politics are bias, even if we've know that we are in the wrong direction but we close our eyes and we wrap our ears, why? Dali makasira SA atong partido. One of the reason ngano gipamatay ang MAG comentarista SA MAG radio Dali mostly SA Kamila MAG one sided or diehard or Dali banyan SA partido. 

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Nada, tinuod gyud na...

sus ug mo sumpay pa ko taas na...

i will leave the floor to you Way Nada....

very informative...

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