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On 7 October 2013, Imelda Marcos declared on a public televised interview with TV presenter Solita Monsod that Beams was innocent of her sexual encounter with Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. She also alleged that Beams was ultimately used by foreign American agents as an proxy spy to disrupt the physical health and political stability of her husband. [ 6 ]
Ferdinand Marcos (right) with his family in the 1920s. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was born on September 11, 1917, in the town of Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, to Mariano Marcos (1897–1945) and Josefa Edralin (1893–1988). [70] Mariano Marcos was a lawyer and congressman from Ilocos Norte, Philippines. [71]
Masagana 99 was an agricultural program of then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to increase rice production among Filipino farmers. [1] [2] [3] The program was launched in 1973 at a time the country was experiencing a rice supply shortage.
Based on a book of the same name by Ferdinand Marcos, the tenth president of the Philippines, [2] Tadhana was commissioned by the Marcos' government to contributed as a part of the martial law agenda. The film served Imee Marcos as a producer alongside his uncle and collaborator José Zabala-Santos as one of the animators. [3]
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 ...
The 1986 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on February 7, 1986. Popularly known as the 1986 snap election, it is among the landmark events that led up to the People Power Revolution, the downfall of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, and the accession of Corazon C. Aquino as president.
Batas Militar (transl. Martial Law, marketed as Batas Militar: A Documentary on Martial Law in the Philippines) is a 1997 Filipino television documentary film about martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, [3] and the ouster movement against him, the People Power Revolution. [4]
When Marcos was president, Benedicto became part of his small circle in Malacañan, one of the few with full access even to private quarters. Under the Marcos administration, he served as Ambassador to Japan and Chief of the Philippine National Bank, which was the largest state-owned bank at the time. He permitted huge loans for business of ...