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The protest during Ferdinand Marcos' Fifth State of the Nation Address on January 26, 1970, and its violent dispersal by police units, [1] marked a key turning point in the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, and the beginning of what would later be called the "First Quarter Storm" a period of civil unrest in the Philippines which took place during the first quarter of the year 1970.
The First Quarter Storm (Filipino: Sigwa ng Unang Kuwarto or Sigwa ng Unang Sangkapat), often shortened into the acronym FQS, was a period of civil unrest in the Philippines which took place during the "first quarter of the year 1970".
The different forms and trends of protest music against the Marcos dictatorship mostly first became prominent during the period now known as the First Quarter Storm, [1] and continued until Ferdinand Marcos was deposed during the 1986 People Power revolution; [2] some of the trends continued beyond this period either in commemoration of the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship, [3] or in ...
January to March – The First Quarter Storm [1] was a period of leftist unrest in the Philippines, composed of a series of heavy demonstrations, protests, and marches against the government. January 26 – Pres. Marcos delivers his State of the Nation Address at the Legislative Building, Manila.
Both portrayed similarities in the history against oppressive powers and themes of national identity. [5] Some examples include Benedicto Cabrera's Filipino Prisoners of War, A Public Execution, The Last March, and Brown Man's Burden. Orlando Castillo also painted images from the 19th century Philippine history, such as Sulat Kay Ina 1896.
Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to BBC-2 where he anchored BBC Primetime News from 1973 to 1977. [1] He was the main anchor of RPN's NewsWatch from 1977 to 1998. He also worked with Radio Veritas as news manager and later moved on to ABS-CBN to anchor TV Patrol in Cebu City from 1998-2001.
The September 1984 Welcome Rotonda protest dispersal was a landmark incident which happened on September 27, 1984, near the end of the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, in which pro-Marcos forces hosed down and fired tear gas on several thousand [1] peaceful protesters gathered at Welcome Rotonda, a roundabout on the border between the City of Manila and Quezon City.
Kabataang Makabayan ("Patriotic Youth"), also known by the acronym KM, is an underground communist youth organization in the Philippines which was active from 1964 [2] to 1975. [3] It was banned by the Philippine government in 1972 when then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, and was driven underground.