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5 (all civilians) Victims were gathered by the military. They were found dead a day later. [92] [93] Dumingag incident: February 1982 Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur: 12 (all civilians) Members of Ilaga cult killed the victims in retaliation for the death of their leader. [92] [93] Gapan incident (Family murders) 12 February 1982 Gapan, Nueva Ecija: 5
Various forms of torture were used by the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines between the declaration of martial law in 1972 and the Marcos family's ouster during the People Power Revolution in 1986. These included a range of methods Philippine forces picked up during its long periods of colonial occupation under Spanish, American, and ...
[5] The crime occurred prior to the scheduled 9am opening of the outlet with customers alerting the police after the bank did not open as scheduled. [5] At the scene, a security guard and eight other bank employees were found dead. A tenth bank official was found seriously wounded and was rushed to a hospital. [5] The tenth victim died two days ...
The sole survivor was a reporter for the Philippine Herald, Nestor Mata. [3] 23 November 1960 – Philippine Air Lines Flight S26. A Douglas DC-3 flying from Mandurriao Airport in Iloilo to Manila International Airport crashed into Mount Baco in Mindoro, killing all 33 on board. [4] 12 September 1969 – Philippine Air Lines Flight 158.
Date Branch Department Party People Involved Summary Source 1946 Executive: Office of the President: Liberal: Manuel Roxas: Surplus War Property scandal- disposed $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II, which caused a huge corruption scandal that led to the rise of the leftist HUKBALAHAP and for Roxas's approval ratings to ...
The dictatorship of 10th Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and 1980s is historically remembered for its record of human rights abuses, [1] [2] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, [3] journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against his dictatorship.
Scott, William Henry (1992), Looking for the prehispanic Filipino: and other essays in Philippine history, New Day Publishers, ISBN 978-971-10-0524-5 Seekins, Donald M. (1991), "Historical Setting—Outbreak of War, 1898; World War II, 1941-45" , in Dolan (ed.), Philippines: A Country Study , Washington: Library of Congress , retrieved December ...
The 1990 Mindanao revolt was an uprising that occurred in parts of the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.It began when Alexander Noble, a dissident Philippine Army colonel linked to the 1989 Philippine coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino, and his supporters, which included Mindanaoan separatists, seized two military garrisons in Cagayan de Oro and Butuan without firing a ...