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Placing the whole country under Martial Law.
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by Patrick Dumlao
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These are the Manila Times; Daily Mirror; Manila Chronicle; Manila Daily Bulletin; Philippine Daily Express; Philippines Herald; Philippine Free Press, Graphic; and the Nation as well as wire agencies.
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The series of interrogation of the media by the military intelligence begins.
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This prohibits printers “from producing any form of publication for mass dissemination without permis-sion from DPI.” On this day, the Philippine Daily Express restarts publication.
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Which “penalizes the printing, possession, and distribution of leaflets and other materials, and even graffiti which ‘undermine the integrity of the govern-ment.”
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The decree creates the Mass Media Council which has the power to grant certificates of authority to newspapers, radio, and TV.
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Rumor, according to the decree, is “false news and information and gossip which undermines the stability of government.”
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But, on November 11 of the same year, Marcos authorized the organization of regulatory councils for print and broadcast media through PD 576-A. The Philippine Council for Print Media and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas were formed.
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It included “preparing documents, leaflets and any other types of publication, and advi-sing and counseling members of “subversive” organizations” as among the punishable acts. The penalty for crimes against public order is increased through PD 942.
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A decree “Revising and consolidating all laws and decrees regulating the publication of judicial notices, advertisements for public biddings, notices of auction sales, and other similar notices.”
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Also known as the National Security Code.
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This “ empowered him to issue orders as he may deem necessary” in order to clamp down on “subversive publications or other media of mass communication” and “ban or regulate the holding of entertainment (or exhibitions) deemed ’detrimental to the national interest.’” Under this, he was also ”empowered to order the preventive detention of persons and to prohibit the wearing of certain uniforms or emblems.”
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Making “unlawful the malicious dissemination of false information.”
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Which was said to "lift" martial law.
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The right to publish without having to obtain prior license was restored.
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Called the Presidential Com-mitment Order, the presidential issuance allows the “preventive detention” of persons for crimes mentioned in PD No. 2045.
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After it came out with a series exposing his fake medals.
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Marcos issues PD 1875 repealing the Public Order Act, and PD 1876 repealing the National Security Code. 4
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Upon his arrival to Manila.
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After it published a story implicating high government and military officials in the assassination of Ninoy Aquino.
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On February 25, 1986, Marcos flees to Hawaii. Corazon Aquino takes power.
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Creating the Presidential Commission on Good Government which was tasked to go after the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family.
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Repealing the Marcos-issued PD 38 (“Amending Articles 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142, 177, 178 and 179 of The Revised Penal Code”), 942 (“Amending the Provisions of the Revised Penal Code on Crimes Against Public Order), 1735 (“Imposing Additional Penalties for Rebellion, Insurrection, Sedition, and Subversion Committed Within or Outside Philippine Territoy”), 1834 (“Increasing The Penalties For The Crime of Rebellion, Sedition, and Related Crimes, and Amending For This Purpose Articles 135, 136,
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Due to attempts to topple her government.
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Also known as the “Campus Journalism Act of 1991”.
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Otherwise known as the Anti-Subversion law. RA 1700 was signed into law on June 20, 1957 by then President Carlos P. Garcia to combat communism, which was popular during the Cold War, declaring groups like the “Hukbalahap” as illegal. The law was also used to curb criticism against the government, and other published materials during the Marcos dictatorship that discussed the revolution.
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For the paper’s Feb. 16 banner story which described him as an “unwitting ninong (godfather)” to a P17-billion power contract between an Argentine firm and the National Power Corp. The Times published a front-page apology by publisher Robina Gokongwei-Pe on April 8. The following day, Estrada announced the withdrawal of his libel suit against the newspaper. The apology led to the resignation of editors Chit Estella, Booma Cruz, Ed Lingao and Joel Gaborni.
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The next day, the Times announced that it was ceasing publication. When it reopened, the new owner was identified as Mark Jimenez, a known ally of Estrada.
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He was the seventh journalist casualty this year, a number not seen since the 1980s.
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The document was reportedly prepared by the Intelligence Service of the Philippines of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Then Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Honrado however said that the document merely showed “organizations which are targets of infiltration by the CPP-NPA.”
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This prohibits senior executive and military officials from appearing in Congress without the President’s permission.he executive order was issued in the wake of the “Hello Garci” controversy and a week after National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales appeared in a Senate hearing regarding the P50-million contract of the government with the Washington-based law firm Venable LLP as lobbying consultants. EO 464 was partly upheld by the Supreme Court in a decision on April 2006.
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While also declaring the constitutionality of Presidential Proclamation 1017 in so far as upholding Arroyo’s power to declare a state of national emergency is concerned, it ruled as illegal the Arroyo government’s decision giving itself the authority to issue decrees and raid or take over privately owned media.
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AI adds: “No one deserves to die for his political affiliation. It should be a deep embarrassment to the government that people in the Philippines cannot freely exercise their rights of political expression and association.”
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Creating a five-man commission headed by former SC Justice Jose Melo to investigate, examine policy matters, recommend reforms and consolidate efforts to mete out justice on cases of extrajudicial killings.
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It says, among other things, that while the AFP does not have a policy for the illegal liquidation of persons, “there is certainly evidence pointing the finger of suspicion at some elements and personalities in the Armed Forces, in particular Gen. Palparan, as responsible for an undetermined number of killings, by allowing, tolerating, and even encouraging the killings.”
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Alston was accompanied by UN experts Ulrich Grams, who had investigated war crimes in Bosnia, and William Abresch, who had investi-gated human rights violations in Chechnya.
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Saying that the Armed Forces of the Philippines is in “a state of denial” regarding its role in extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations.
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Also known as the Human Security Act of 2007 or the Anti-Terror Law.
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Regarding the spate of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines and accuses the government of “passivity, bordering on an abdication of responsibility” in the matter of protecting human rights.
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Restricting public and media access to official information. The EO creates the National Security Clearance System to “protect and ensure the integrity and sanctity” of classified information against “enemies of the state.”
