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“Martial Law is Martial Law,” Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently said as he explained his sudden declaration of Martial Law through an interview with Palace chief propagandist Mocha Uson.

Then Duterte added a word of warning to those who had suffered Martial Law under his role model, dictator Ferdinand Marcos: “So kayong mga kababayan ko (so to my countrymen), you have experienced martial law it will not be any different from what the President Marcos did. I’ll be harsh.”

Duterte then justified his harshness by saying, “I have to do it to preserve the Republic of the Philippines.”

Today, fewer people know what Duterte means by the word “harsh” since there are more Filipinos now who were born after the dictator Marcos was forced to flee the country in 1986.

To give readers some idea of what Duterte means by “harsh”, I am posting here for anyone to read online excerpts from my book, Marcos Martial Law: Never Again.

The first excerpt is part of the introduction – The Boy who Fell from the Sky.

Here is the link to read it online.

http://bit.ly/2qmuqyr

The second excerpt is – Advent of the New Society which includes The Road to Martial Law. It shows the steps Marcos took to impose martial rule. 

Here is the link to read it online.

http://bit.ly/2qVLQ7X

You can share the links with anyone so they, too, can read them online.

I am doing this in the hope that more Filipinos will know what happened in the past so it will never ever be repeated again. – Raïssa

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  2. from PDI: Where, o where has Duterte gone? Photos out to quash health rumors

    first picture: … The place where the photograph was taken was not disclosed. (PHOTO COURTESY OF BONG GO / MALACANANG PHOTO)

    “That’s just now,” Go said, referring to the photos he sent to reporters. He said the photos were taken at Bahay Pagbabago (Bahay Pangarap) at 5:52 p.m.

    signage po ba iyong nasa bintana o malaking computer screen? may nakasulat na: DEATH TOLL IN GRENP MORE THAN 70 OTHER
    bakit mayroong maliit na travel bag sa sofa na nasa likuran ni bong go at malaking blue shopping bag at mayroon pang isang brown bag na mukhang galing sa shopping sa likuran ng mahal na presidente?
    just asking. immune na kasi ang mga tao sa mga lumalabas na lumang pictures

  3. Terrorists in Marawi may have political motives, says SC magistrate sabi ni Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro
    if she means the opposition, then this was already proven to be a lie by the wigged man himself. But if she is pointing to the Maute group, everyone already knows about it … they would not rebel for anything else naman.

    Isip isip

    • terrorists po want to establish their own caliphate, ruled by extremists themselves and posturing their own perverted values and nasty agendas. digong wants federalism, terrorists wants caliphate. federalism vs caliphate. so of course, terrorists have political motives, they want their own brand of govt, their own state. anyone not agreeing with them will be killed. sounds familiar?

      • ginaya lang yata ng mga terrorists ang chinese and tried to grab a piece of pinas as well.

        with digong declaring martial law, buong mindanaw ang dinawit. dapat marawi city lang ang may martial law now going into the 4th week yata with no end in sight. mukhang tamad kasi si digong, the whole limb was cut off when it was only a toe nail that needed cutting. applied general anesthesia when local anesthesia will do.

  5. Several reasons why Duterte was not visible during the Philippine Independence Day celebration, his should have been first as Philippine President, not in Luneta, not in Marawi.

    1. He is really really sick, and I mean terminally sick
    2. He is so ashamed for not living up to the jetski to Scarborough election campaign promise
    3. He did not live up to his promise as well to raise the Philippine flag at Kalayaan Group of Islands.
    4. He is so ashamed that while he openly cursed at the Americans for “meddling” at our internal affairs, they are the first ones to provide military assistance to our AFP while we are celebrating our Independence Day.
    5. Meantime, the promised military assistance like firearms and military hardware from China and Russia have yet to materialize.
    6. Finally, SolGen Calida’s admission that the government knew of the Marawi incident prior to it happening puts the Duterte government in a bad light, whether true or false. If it is false, then it is a lame excuse for the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao. If it is true, then this is incompetence in its highest form. If they knew of the Maute plan in Marawi, why did Duterte proceeded with his Russian trip together with the Secretary of DND, incoming Secretary of DILG, AFP Chief of Staff, Chief of PNP, Chief of Philippine Army, Chief of Air Force, Chief of Philippine Navy, National Security Adviser, and dozens of other cabinet officials? They are guilty of negligence. The blood civilian and military casualties are on their hands.

    • para sa akin po, hindi na nakayanan ni du30 ang resulta ng kanyang mga ginagawa lalong lalo na sa marawi city, declaring ML. halos lahat miscaculated dahil sa mga maling inputs.

      • digong is just sick in the head and totally not in deathbed dahil he travels overseas too much, daig pa si gloria arroyo in her heydays, and racking up expenses with 70+ entourage. given his age, digong is better preserved than his contemporaries, he has doctors at his beck and call and accorded best of medical care, all sagot ng gobyerno. ah, the good life.

        sabi ni trillanes, digong overslept and could not wake up on time to attend any goddamn ceremonies. digong should have used alarm clock, or someone ought to put lighted firecrackers under his bed! cayetano said, digong was working hard kuno (dont we all?) the night before and needed his beauty sleep. kaya, on independence day nag-epal ng husto si kayetano who represented digong.

        • digong ashamed? I wont kid myself that digong still has shame left. he crossed that line long ago.

        • hard work and in excellent health he just need rest from 12-13 june. araw na ito “Duterte takes another day off for ‘private time’…

          habang nasusunog sa bakbakan ang marawi city ngayon, naka day off for private time si mahal na presidente. he he he

          calling dr. johnny lin!!!

        • nakapunta na ba sa marawi city ang ating mahal na presidente to give moral support?

          Duterte takes another day off for ‘private time’…to give moral support sa mga sundalo at civilian sa marawi city or private time sa mga kaluluwang bumibisita sa kanya mula june 12, 2017? kaya hanggang ngayon another day off kasi masyadong mahaba pa ang nakapila.

          By: DJ Yap, Leila B. Salaverria – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:42 AM June 14, 20

        • correction: dapat wala pong by: By: DJ Yap, Leila B. Salaverria – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:42 AM June 14, 20
          i am very sorry doon sa ibabang post ko. salamat

          nakapunta na ba sa marawi city ang ating mahal na presidente to give moral support?

          Duterte takes another day off for ‘private time’…to give moral support sa mga sundalo at civilian sa marawi city or private time sa mga kaluluwang bumibisita sa kanya mula june 12, 2017? kaya hanggang ngayon another day off kasi masyadong mahaba pa ang nakapila.

        • missing in action for nearly 3 days na ang napakamahal, mahal, mahal, mahal na pangulo mula nuong independence day. masyadong mahal ang presence niyan, pinapangamote ng husto ang taumbayan.

          the travel addict misses traveling overseas yata, he, he, he. local travel is not good enough for him. dapat overseas where he can stand at attention at flag raising ceremonies there, time and again he did: chinese flag raised, he was there, russian flag raised,he was there too, as well as cambodia, vietnam, malaysia, indonesia at iba pa, hwag lang yong flag sa pinas. mag-leave of absence yan without notice, nag-awol! ang presidente. nangulila sa overseas trips, his entourage of 70 ready at a moment’s notice.

        • Where, o where has Duterte gone? Photos out to quash health rumors
          Read more: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/905866/where-o-where-has-duterte-gone-palace-releases-photos-to-quash-health-rumors#ixzz4k4a6h3q3

          please note iyong first picture ang caption:President Rodrigo Duterte smiles and poses for a photograph with his top aide, Christopher ‘Bong’ Go on June 15, 2017, to quell talk about his health after he missed the Independence Day rites on June 12, 2017. The place where the photograph was taken was not disclosed. (PHOTO COURTESY OF BONG GO / MALACANANG PHOTO)

        • not good enough the pic is. baka effigy lang yan gaya ni makoy na may effiging nakalibing sa taguig. at bat’ si bong go lang ang nakapic with digong? there should be others in the pic that in a way can verify the president is not dead! and that bong go is not ruling the country on the sly.

          truly, to give proof of life, digong can speak on webcam to the senate, solons, supreme court, and others. pic is not just good enough for it can be years old, photoshopped, etc.

          surely, that’s not too much to ask if the president is still alive. and not felled by maute bullet.

        • different kung nabuang na talaga si digong at incoherent na, out of touch with reality, delusional at hallucinating that no amount of fentanyl can make him well again. only a stint in mental health hospital and care of psychiatrists can make him well again, but that will take time, months maybe, sometimes years. at his age, he may go downhill fast and with him, the country.

          digong should be seen and evaluated by independent doctors, not just bong go who is not a doctor.

        • worst, if people around him knew he is mentally gone; nawalaan ng isip at pagsasamantalahin ang situwasyon: give him documents to sign that may not be for the best interest of the country.

    • martial, as regards no. 6 of reasons stated, here’s what I think digong went on with the trip bitbit ang mga top law enforcers of our country, as well mga pinuno ng afp at maraming marami pang iba, and that is to to give space and time to the terrorists so they can gain foothold offensive. pinas was left in a vacuum with little to no defence. when the cat is away, the mice will have party! party! party! bang, bang bang.

      I’d like to think it was oversight, but with west point and duntroon educated pnp men and career military personnel coming along for the ride . . . NO, there could not have been oversight.

      umuwi si digong but many of the entourage stayed behind in moscow at nagshopping yata. remember the euro generals? apparently, there are things that can only be bought in moscow, cost heaps but money is no problem with this lot.

    • di po ba, abandoning post po ung no.6?
      matatawag ba itong neglect of duty?
      o nag-picnic lang sila?
      pasarap buhay.
      hayahay ba yun?

  6. Hypocrites running the Philippines

    Duterte in his Independence Day speech expressed gratitude to US for their assistance in fighting Marawi terrorists but he claimed he did not ask succor from the Americans. Technically, he is right because he was advised by DND Lorenzana, AFP chief Gen Ano and NSC Sec that they need US military expertise to finally defeat Maute bandits since their promise to take over Marawi by June 12 was impossible. They proceeded with the attack but the marines were felled by rebel snipers because of their strategic positions.

    Digong called DFA sec Cayetano to relay the message to US ambassador Kim, who called Sec Tillerson. A cable was sent to US dept of State with the express consent of Digong in writing about the assistance sought. Positive response relayed to Cayetano in which US initially sent surveillance plane. Though, it was a little too late for the 13 marines already engaged in battle trying to achieve Marawi liberation target date. Due to dilly dallying of Duterte to give hisconsent because he was more concerned with his ego, blood of the 13 marines are in his hands.

    Duterte, the doofus trying to save face for his idiotic ego, claimed he did not DIRECTLY called the Americans but he gave go signal to Cayetano to do the honors. SOP that No foreign government will participate in an active war without written request and approval from the requesting country leader. Even US Ambassador could not give consent on assistance without approval of Dept State Sec and Près Trump.

    Silence of DFA Sec Cayetano is the proof. US State Sec Tillerson talking now about the assistance confirms the TRUTH

    Hypocrites exposed themselves
    He he he

    • copy paste and sent your post above to one of my good friends. her younger brother was one of the fallen soldiers. unlike her late brother, my friend voted for du30. so sad….

    • okay, digong did not directly called the americans, but did so, indirectly. he was as involved.

      digong snubbed the flag raising ceremony on independence day.

      • I really think the military should tell digong to attend flag raising ceremonies. flag raising ceremonies may mean nothing to digong, but to the people, it means a lot. fallen soldiers fought for our flag, also buried with flag draped over their coffins. and for digong to continually refused to attend flag raising ceremonies, he might as well rip the flag off fallen soldiers’s coffins. widows of fallen soldiers may as well throw the flags at digong. keep your bloody flag, sir!

    • hindi nya kasi kayang lunukin ang sariling laway.
      lason yun, alam na alam nya ang mangyayari sa kanya…

      • May duda ako na kinagalitan sya ng China for calling in US. China requires a weak Philippines for dominating west Philippine sea. As a dutiful China agent he wasn’t acting the role. Kaya perhaps the best he could do to appease his bosses in Beijing is to deny he knew US help and not attend Independence Day.

        It seems deep within him seguro Philippines is no longer independent, nabenta nya na. sa China . Including all US secrets ..

        Kawawang pilipinas….being run to the dogs by its leader…

        • yay, hic, china is not only going to get pinas, but also inherit the terrorists and all accompanying troubles.

          in marawi city, the flag should have been inverted, red before blue. blue is only for time of peace. with no peace in marawi, debris and rubble dominate the landscape: broken at watak watak, the people there knew the good days are gone. only bleak days ahead and they could never get back their previous lives and in the meantime, digong sleeps. and gives cell phones to wounded soldiers so they can call him kuno, call him so they can talk about- the weather? he, he, he, hic. thousands of money in exchange for their injuries, and all is well. yata. the country is run to the dogs by its leader because he is allowed and indulged. he pays very well for the privilege, hic, kampai!

  7. So, are we going to see the Philippine flag proudly flying in Marawi tomorrow, June 12?

    • wait and see . . . kampai! hic. land of the morning, lies of the digong returning, with fever burning, dee do, dee do, . . .

    • flag was raised in marawi city, attendees were local govt officials, citizens, the military, etc. digong was absent dahil may sakit kuno. he chose a very significant day to be sick at hindi naki-isa sa taumbayan. methink, morale of the military would have been boosted had digong attended kahit naka-straight jacket siya, or in a wheelchair with oxygen mask attached to his person. sometimes, it’s his presence that counts the most.

  8. PD30 said he will eat the terrorists alive, just give him salt and vinegar. But it turned out that what he ate was his words. Not really surprising.

    Levity aside however, how many lives of our soldiers and civilians could have been saved if PD30 did not unnecessarily antagonize and spurn an ally who could have helped us from the beginning of the Marawi attack?

    The claim of the Maute patriarch about an agreement with PD30 to clean up Marawi should also be seriously studied because this means the terrorist might not be in Marawi but in Malacanang.

      • digong underestimate the terrorists and that cost him dearly. instead of rising alert level, he declared martial law sa buong kamindanawan, nag-panic siya. the gulo was only in marawi city and instead of isolating marawi city and pinning the terrorists there, digong over reacted and ‘paralyzed’ the whole of mindanaw. digong’s martial law is ill conceived, declared while in moskaw without seeing for him 1st hand the true situation in marawi city.

        • and despite the many road blocks and checkpoints, the maute patriarch was caught in the malakanyang of the south, sa dabaw city mismo, right under digong’s nose. the maute matriarch was caught in lanao del sur, together with 15 others yata. military manning road blocks, they dont really know who they’re looking for. and only sibilyans obey road blocks and check points, terrorists dont dahil they have alternative routes and passages.

        • So how did they capture the Maute patriarch? Yahh….. checkpoint because of Martial Law.. The same with the mother… arrested because of martial law.

          ..and you are saying what again?

        • mama and papa maute are not on terror list, di ba? with no price on their heads, they’re still considered sibilyans and free citizens. hope digong and his soldiers will not rape mama maute, he, he, he.

  9. Welcome the hot singing sensation
    The Hypocrites- a trio of men who know nothing except telling lies like Pinocchio, while thinking with their coconut heads.

    Duterte- bragged about hating American forces and arms yet he called the U.S. embassy for help to defeat a group of bandits in Marawi city. Would not admit his stupidity.

    DOJ chief clown Aguirre- who’s good in telling lots of lies(according to his friend Sen Saguisag) and frequently apologized while always blaming the media(according to news media editorial). Would not admit his stupidity.

    Speaker Alvarez whose theories are similar to universal alien conspirators. He still believes Resort World robber is a terrorist connected with Marawi bandits. Would not admit his stupidity.

    16 million voters spoke and they got clowns promoting the slogan
    “It’s more fun in the Philippines”

    He he he

    • yay! there are now more idiots in da pilipins and they’re running the country, got themselves top pay and top jobs too. 16 millions voters got duped, now they have to wear the clothes they sew. I’m going to spread the blame though and include the marcoses, the floriendos, and all those who funded the push to dupe the voting public, also deviant govt officials who are big on lying and made it their job.

      he, he, he, lest the terrorists are doing something: fire power vs lies. terrorists vs liars, o pinas, what the pack is going on?

      I think, the military is into lying too, with lorensana being digong’s travel accessory, it’s no wonder the military is na-osmosis and got sucked in. the military now believed in its own lie, methink. they not only found big bundles of pera, but also found cache of high powered guns complete with ammunition, all belonging to terrorists kuno. and stupidly said that the terrorists are weakened, less armed and less able to do harm. and so the marines walked in to retake marawi city like they were walking into a yatch, they’re so vain, and then, surprise! pinaulanan sila ng bala and 13 marines got to rest in peace, never to fight again.

      I wonder tuloy if the cache of arms the military supposedly found were the military’s own. a propaganda made so they can look good to the public, make digong look good too, like they were on top of things and in control. and that the terrorists are scared and run out of marawi city, leaving their guns behind. wonder, wonder, wonder, hic.

  10. Latest News
    “DeLima calls DOJ Sec Aguirre a clown” for telling fake news with an old photograph.
    Others called Aguirre GAGO while Trllanes tagged him stupid.

    Aguirre is only representing the dignity of his office- Department of Jester(DOJ)
    Clowning is his official function as CJ
    Chief Jester

    He he he

    • Private sources from Malacanang revealed that before Sc Aguirre held a press conference showing personalities in a fake photograph are involved in the Marawi siege, he complained of migraine headache for wearing a brand new tight toupee. he asked a Malacanang maid in Bahay Pangarap to go to the bedroom of Duterte to steal a couple of Fentanyl

      Former Sen Saguisag denied the accusation saying that his friend Vit is now telling lots of lues because he is “na barkada”

      He he he

      • nabarkada, nagpabarkada, aguirre is happily one of them, sobrang active and a hefty pay packet goes with it. bet, aquirre is now richer than ex sen saguisag. it pays to be kabarkada. aquirre tell lies for a fee.

  11. Aguirre in very hot water … eh na buking and blaming the media of misquoting him. Only in the Philippines that video’s and digital recorders can capture false messages. Aguirre said He did not release any pictures, it did not came from him. Ibang kamay ang may hawak ng picture noon nag press con siya hehe.

    Now, the question is can Aguire’s words be trusted? How many times did he made false statement against the truth?

      • the fools tried to outdo one another. hala tira! aquirre telling likes, alvarez telling lies, only the mautes are not tellling lies, he, he, he. maybe, if digong and co speak the truth, the mautes can be halted. kaso the more they lie, the more the mautes dig in, the more marawi city gets bombed, the more men the military loses.

        sorry to say, I think, the military lies when it said the mautes are weakened, only to have 12 marines killed so soon after the fact.

        • june 12, digong will raise the flag in marawi city, the mautes rounded up by then, sabi.

          raising the flag, I’ve heard that before: digong on a jetski to plant flag on the shoal. didn’t happen that one. digong to stop illegal drugs in 3 months, didn’t happen too. and the only mautes caught were the parents, mom and dad maute. will the flag be successfully raised in marawi city on june 12? dont cry for me, marawi city, the truth is, the lie is, you’re being lied to, he, he, he.

        • Digong is going to raise American flag. It’s revealed that for the military to be able achieving their goal to reclaim Marawi, special U.S. forces are needed to help them. A US spy plane was spotted over Marawi. US snipers in place. Armed drones ready to strike tonite.

          Digong compromised the safety of Filipinos by his egotist attitude declining American forces and firearms. His military are not inclined to train with Chinese and Russians.

          Sources confirmed that high military officials told Digong to ask the Americans for help or he would go down in Philippine history to lose a city to bandits on Independence Day

          He he he

        • ang alam ko riyan, neighboring countries are helping and doing thier bit. best to keep terrorists in the one spot, and closely monitoring their own borders for intransigent travelers and would be terrorists. countries also share info kuno though they may their own problems with terrorists too, eg. indonesia.

          funny though, this independence day, digong urged pinoys to keep and uphold our national sovereignty, because he cannot. he is hopeless at it, he, he, he. he’ll attend kuno the flag raising ceremony in luneta, together with leni.

        • Leni is she the emissary to US forces for help in Marawi? Di ba kaliwat kanan Ang pootoungue ina ni Digong sa US?

        • vice president leni robredo is not emissary so far as I know and has nothing to do with US forces. she led the flag raising ceremony sa luneta dahil absent na naman si digong. cayetano represented digong who was sick kuno, sick in the head.

        • sickness rules! foreign sick si cayetano, defense sick si lorensana, traveling companion na siya ni digong who is sick. it’s no wonder marawi city is sickened.