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In July 2003, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled with finality that the funds were ill-gotten and thus are considered public funds. Pres. Arroyo announced that the money in accordance with the law on recovered ill-gotten wealth from the Marcos family will be used for the Agriculture Sector and Agrarian Reform.
[6] The Philippines Free Press has been revived after Marcos was ousted. The magazine was known for featuring the outstanding legislators every year. Only Jose W. Diokno has held the title for four consecutive years, which is the most in the magazine's award giving history. It published its final issue in 2011.
Movement for a Free Philippines (often referred to by its acronym, MFP) was a Washington, D.C.–based organization established in 1973 [1] by exiled Filipinos in opposition to the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.
National Printing Office (NPO) is one of 3 Recognized Government Printers in the Philippines (together with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Apo Production Unit). It was first established in 1901 as the Philippine Bureau of Printing.
Journalism during the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines—a fourteen year period between the declaration of Martial Law in September 1972 until the People Power Revolution in February 1986—was heavily restricted under the dictatorial rule of President Ferdinand Marcos in order to suppress political opposition and prevent criticism of his administration.
The reports, released in 1974, [6] [7] 1975, [5] and 1981 [8] respectively [9] have since become a major source of historical documentation regarding torture under Ferdinand Marcos' regime. Accounts were also gathered by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines , the World Council of Churches, the International Commission of Jurists, and other ...
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They returned to Manila in the Philippines in 1894 or 1895 to join the Katipunan, a revolutionary group seeking independence of the Philippines from Spain. They donated part of their winnings to help fund the a printing press that would be used for the publication of Kalayaan, the Katipunan's newspaper. The first issue was released in March 1896.