1. Is the declaration of Martial Law during Marcos regime justifiable?

Explain your answer and site evidences supporting your claims

(evidences that will explain the veracity of such events and claim).

Answer:
No, because according “TORTYUR: Human Rights During The Marcos
Regime “that detailed the different kinds of torture used by authorities
during this dark chapter in Philippine history, as recounted by victims and
published in different reports. There are so many Human Rights Violation
Cases During the Marcos regime.

1.Martial Law and Military- he launched a massive militarization campaign,

beyond the high walls of military camps and the lights and glamor of
censored television and broadcasting, lies a dark face of Martial Law. With
such power and resources given to the military to “save” democracy, they
were able to commit a number of human rights violations.
2. Hair-raising situation that calculates massive number of victims:
2,668 incidents of arrest
306 total number of arrested individuals
398 disappearances
1,388 salvages
128 frustrated salvages
1,499 killed or wounded in massacres (Magsaysay 1999)

2. Psychological & emotional Torture: “what Loneliness meant”

They…placed me in a box. I had only my brief and my t-shirt. I refused to
eat because I thought they were poisoning me. There was nothing in the
room, barely nothing. And I had nothing to do but twiddle my thumb, and
for the first time in my life I heard the ticking of every second, and I was
counting every second into minutes, and as the minutes marched into hours,
and hours into days and days into weeks, I knew what loneliness meant.

3. Physical Torture: Not even for Animals – there so many torture cases during
this time and so many torture methods being used such as: Electric shock,
San Juanico bridge, truth serum, Russian Roulette, beating, pistol-whipping
 water curve, strangulation, cigar burns, flat iron burns, pepper torture, and
animal treatment.
4. Sexual torture – rape and sexual indignities were meant to isolate the
individual from his or her compatriots and the society. The violation of what
they held sacred was so shameful that there could never bean actual count of
how detainees were raped or molested.
5. Some never come home.

See References that stated all Human Rights Violation and with specific
evidences and proved ways of torture during those time.

(https://www.academia.edu/7968581/TORTYUR_Human_Rights_Violation
s_During_The_Marcos_Regime)

2. Do you think Martial Law is good or bad thing? Give at least 4

advantages and 4 disadvantages of Martial Law that you could get
from Marcos regime.

Answer:
ADVANTAGES:
1. Infrastructures- During the time of Marcos, infrastructures in the country
had bloomed. As written by Max Sangil in SunStar, Marcos administration
was able to build the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Kidney Center,
Philippine Heart Center, Folk Arts Center. Marcos also put up the Lung
Center, San Juanico Bridge, and the Manila Film Center.
2. Criminal activities- According to Sangil as well, the criminality lowered
during the time of Marcos due to the curfew imposed as part of martial law.
The corruption also lessened in government agencies like Bureau of
Customs and Bureau of Internal Revenue to the point that they brought their
own “baon” for lunch when they used to eat at the Manila Hotel before.
3. Transportation and Geothermal power- Marcos was the man behind the
North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) as well as the South Luzon Expressway
(SLEX). During his regime, Manila Light Rail Transit (LRT) was also built.
All these are still being used by the Filipinos up until now. According to
 Lopez Link, in 1983, Philippines became the world’s second largest
producer of geothermal power.
4. Discipline – discipline were imposed to both reach and poor, especially the
oligarchs who exploited, oppressed and committed all forms of social
injustices against the people, were disciplined through massive social
changes and development, including agrarian reform, labor decrees
including the Labor Code, and the government's exercise of eminent domain
and police power to break the monopolies by landed estates, by the ruling
classes who were committing multiple unfair labor practices against their
workers.

DISADVANTAGES:
1. Freedom of Expression and of the Press- When Marcos declared martial
law, the media was shut down. As written by Jose Santos and Melanie
Pinlac in Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR)’s website,
media practitioner as well as the opposition personalities who criticized
Marcos were brought to military camps for detention. As per Department of
Public Information (DPI) mandated, all media publications must seek
permission from them first. Marcos also issued a Presidential Decree to
penalize anyone who would “undermine the integrity if the government”
through print or even just possessing leaflets about it. Everything went
through censorship.

2. Human rights violation - As reported by The Manila Times, around 3, 257

were killed during the martial law. The data was written by American
historian Alfred McCoy who authored A Question of Torture and Policing
America’s Empire. “Under Marcos military murder was the apex of a
pyramid of terror with 3,257 killed, an estimated 35,000 tortured, and some
70,000 arrested,” McCoy wrote. Prominent oppositions were also arrested
that time like the late Senators Ninoy Aquino, Jose Diokno, Lorenzo Tañada
and Jovito Salonga. Former Senate President Auquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr.
was arrested as well.
3. Martial Law and Military- he launched a massive militarization
campaign, beyond the high walls of military camps and the lights and
glamor of censored television and broadcasting, lies a dark face of
Martial Law. With such power and resources given to the military to
“save” democracy, they were able to commit a number of human rights
violations.
4. Hair-raising situation that calculates massive number of victims: 2,668
incidents of arrest, 306 total number of arrested individuals, 398
disappearances, 1,388 salvages, 128 frustrated salvages, 1,499 killed or
wounded in massacres (Magsaysay 1999)

3. If you were the secretary of the Department of Health, what are the
first five things you will do after hearing the pandemic, corona virus
has reach the Philippines. What legitimate authority or power
imperative to solve such pandemic?

If I were the sectary of DOH the 5 things I must do is:

1. Pray – Whatever problems we might be facing today or in our life
praying to God and seeking is protection is above all.
2. Live healthy – In order for you to be healthy you have to maintain your
healthy eating habits and be meticulous in your personal hygiene.
3. Be responsible – As a person you have the responsibility to protect
yourself in order to protect others because how can you protect if you
have this pandemic with you, you might harm the people around you.
4. Be calm – In every situations panic doesn’t helping. You have to
relaxed and calm for you to think properly and be able to inspire with
sound mind.
5. Be updated – As a secretary you have to be updated to the latest news
for you to be able to know the current situation in the country and what is
the possible solutions you can give. And also you can share knowledge
on how to prevent this pandemic to transmit to one person to another.