She waylays Imelda Marcos the way no Filipino has yet Our very good friend Veronica Pedrosa made this highly personal documentary which I would recommend for viewing. Not only because my journalist-hubby Alan comes out at the start before film director Joel Lamangan. But because Rica puts Martial Law and the Marcoses in the context that they ought to [...]
Ferdinand Marcos LIED about
the most basic thing – his health
And probably passed on his skill to the rest of his family By Raïssa Robles People have asked me how I know that Ferdinand Marcos is lying about his accomplishments as a President. My answer to them is this – Marcos was a serial liar. In the twilight of his presidency, he lied to the Filipino people about [...]
Ninoy Aquino on – What’s wrong
with the Philippines
The best way to honor a hero is to let him speak to you through what he said, did and wrote. I am reprinting below what the slain Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. wrote in 1968 – four years before his political arch rival President Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under repressive rule and Ninoy Aquino in jail – [...]
Part 3: Ferdinand Marcos’ magic tomb
Now you see him, now you don’t My Exclusive By Raïssa Robles Even if the Philippine government were to bury the long dead dictator Ferdinand Marcos with military honors, his corpse might not stay buried. Because the way you and I understand the word “buried” is not the way the widow Imelda Marcos understands it. Imelda Marcos has [...]
Malacañang reacts to my story on Imelda Marcos waiving Libingan burial & full military honors for Ferdinand Marcos
Just so she could bring his body home in 1993 My Exclusive By Raïssa Robles My editor at South China Morning Post has given me permission to post my story below: Marcos burial plans hit a snag Imelda signed away any right to inter the late dictator in the Heroes’ Cemetery so she could bring his body [...]
Marcos in brief
To those who still don’t get why Ferdinand Marcos is no hero, this one’s for you: Cliff Notes for fuggedabout it Filipinos By Alan Robles One so-called argument from Marcos loyalists or fuggedabout it Filipinos is that “Marcos was no worse than other presidents.” WRONG. Marcos was the WORST president the country ever had, for the following reasons. Politics has [...]
Why I write
And what this has to do with Rizal and Marcos By Raissa Robles I’ve been writing since I was a kid. Writing all sorts of stuff. I’ve written about Sharon and Gabby, earthquakes and volcanoes, pearls and fashion, and even an adventure tale. But increasingly, I do not know why I feel compelled to write about a puke-inducing period in [...]
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