National History

Dark moments in our national history

1st Event: Martial Law
 On the evening of September 23, 1972,
Why was Martial Law declared?
the late president Ferdinand Marcos
appeared on national television to
formally announce that the
Philippines was under Martial Law.
 This began almost 10 years of military
rule in the country. Marcos formally
ended Martial Law on January 17,
1981, but it was not until 1986 when
democracy was restored – after the
dictator and his family were forced
into exile, overthrown by a popular
uprising that came to be known as the
People Power Revolution.
 On the anniversary of the declaration
of Martial Law, we take a look back at
some of the lingering questions
behind the declaration, and the
consequent events that shaped
Philippine history.
•When Marcos signed
Proclamation 1081 on
September 21, 1972, he cited
the communist threat as
justification. His diary,
meanwhile, said the
proclamation of Martial Law
became a "necessity",
following the supposed
ambush of then defense
secretary Juan Ponce Enrile.
•There were subsequent
reports that said the ambush
How did it affect our people?
was staged, with the Official
Gazette citing Enrile's
admission in 1986 that it was Law is viewed as coming from a superior
faked to justify the class or superior people, impressed upon
imposition of Martial Law. lesser for their own good. Law is
something that is enforced from outside
the self, rather than something inherent
to the self. "I have nothing to fear if I do
not violate the law," people under Martial
Law say.
2nd Event: Spanish Colonialism
Why did the
The Philippines were Spanish Colonialism Start
colonized by Spain in At first it was just to gather
the 16th century. The Spices and resources but
writer Jose Rizal is then .Spain's strategy
against the Philippines, its
credited with rallying only colony in Asia, had
many Filipinos to the three goals: to gain a share
of the spice trade, to
cause of reform. The establish connections with
Philippines became China and Japan in order to
further Christian
independent from missionary efforts there,
Spain in 1898 after a and to convert the Filipinos
war with the United to Christianity.

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capture of Manila by
Filipino rebels.
3rd Event: PHILIPPINES CORRUPTION
What is the Reason
The Philippines for corruption?
suffers from According to a 2017 survey
widespread study, the following factors
have been attributed as
corruption, which causes of corruption: Greed
developed during the of money, desires. Higher
levels of market and
Spanish colonial political monopolization.
period. Means of Low levels of democracy,
weak civil participation and
corruption include low political transparency.
graft, bribery,
embezzlement,
backdoor deals,
nepotism, and
patronage.
Gods Interventions on these 3 Events
How does this intervention affect the current
generation? What would have happened if God
did not intervene?
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