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| | Ferdinand Marcos - MSN Encarta |
 | | Marcos was born in Sarrat, in the province of Ilocos Norte in northwestern Luzon Island. | | | Marcos easily won the election and was inaugurated as president on December 30. | | | In 1959 Marcos won a seat in the Senate; he served as Senate president from 1963 to 1965. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557463/Ferdinand_Marcos.html
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| | Ferdinand Marcos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Marcos himself served two concurrent posts from this period until the lifting of martial law in 1981 which was both President and interim Prime Minister. | | | Ferdinand Marcos was born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte to Don Mariano Marcos, a lawyer who was an assemblyman for Ilocos Norte, and Doña Josefa Quetulio Edralín, a teacher. | | | Marcos promoted Filipino culture, built more schools, hospitals and infrastructure than any of his predecessors, imposed the law, and averted communist influence. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos
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| | Ferdinand Marcos killer file |
| | The appeal is upheld and the conviction overturned. | | | On 18 November the Philippine Supreme Court upholds its July ruling and criticises the Hawaiian court for overstepping its jurisdiction. | | | After completing his schooling, Marcos enrols to study law at the University of the Philippines. |
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http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/marcos.html
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| | Malacañang Museum |
| | Marcos attended school in Manila and studied law in the late 1930s at the University of the Philippines, in Quezon City. | | | Marcos attended school at the age of five years old in Sarrat Central School, later he transferred to Manila. | | | But he argued his case on appeal to the Philippine Supreme Court, acquittal a year later. |
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http://www.op.gov.ph/museum/pres_marcos.asp
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| | 1986 EDSA Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Marcos himself ran for re-election, with Arturo Tolentino as his running mate. | | | Marcos later talked to US Senator Paul Laxalt, asking for advice from the White House. | | | Another, the 1987 Constitution adopted after Marcos' ouster left future Presidents vulnerable to "revolutions" such as this one, as evidenced by former President Joseph Estrada's ouster, and the many attempts to oust President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power
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| | Ferdinand Marcos ::: informBank - Earn Money for Writing Articles. Free. |
| | A trained lawyer, Marcos was convicted of assassinating a political opponent of his father in 1939 and, from his condemned cell, argued his case up to the Philippine Surpreme Court, where he won an acquittal. | | | Imelda was acquitted of racketeering by a US federal court in 1990, but 1993 was convicted of corruption by a Philippine court. | | | On 25 February 1986 both Marcos and Aquino were inaugurated in competing ceremonies. |
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http://www.informbank.com/art_4_Ferdinand-Marcos.htm
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| | Roxas v. Marcos |
| | Marcos has vigorously opposed this decision on the grounds the Republic claims to be a creditor of the estate to the extent of the entirety of the assets in the estate, and therefore, is disqualified from being administrator of the estate. | | | Accordingly, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeals. | | | Marcos should be designated by the Philippines probate court as personal representative of the estate of the late President Marcos. |
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http://www.hawaii.gov/jud/20606.htm
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| | Untitled Document |
| | Constitutionally barred from seeking another term beyond 1973 and with his political enemies in jail, Marcos reconvened and maneuvered the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention to adopt a parliamentary form of government to pave the way for him to stay in power beyond 1973. | | | Sensing that the constitution would be rejected in a nationwide plebiscite, Marcos decreed the creation of citizen's assemblies which anomalously ratified the constitution. | | | Using the wave of lawlessness and the threat of a Communist insurgency as justification, Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972 by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rgdizon/classweb/worldpolitics/marcosera.html
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| | After his death she entered politics as head of the Laban coalition, and stood against Ferdinand Marcos in the presidential election of February 1986. | | | Ninoy Aquino rose to be governor and senator, then under the Marcos regime was arrested, sentenced to death, and exiled. | | | He became governor of Tarlac in 1961, secretary-general of the Liberal Party in 1966, and a senator in 1967. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rgdizon/classweb/worldpolitics/theplayers.html
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| | Philippines - Ferdinand Marcos vs. People Power |
| | The case was appealed before the Philippine Supreme Court. | | | The Marcos inauguration is a pathetic affair, attended by family members and a few paid guests. | | | Although the Philippine constitution limited the presidency to two four-year terms, Marcos ruled for twenty years. |
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| | Marcos' son ordered to court - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
| | The son of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has been ordered to appear in federal court in Honolulu during an upcoming goodwill visit to Hawai'i. | | | Real in July ordered that the $40 million be put toward the class-action judgment awarded by a Honolulu jury that found Marcos responsible for summary executions, disappearances and torture during his 14-year reign under martial law. | | | His court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 7, the next-to-last day of his trip. |
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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jan/29/ln/ln17p.html
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| | HOT MANILA -- What Martial Law was like |
| | This time Ferdinand couldn't hide behind the office of the president to browbeat, mock, evade or laugh off accusers and questioners. | | | In 1972 Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law with Proclamation 1081. | | | He couldn't use his dictatorial powers to put himself above the law as he had done in the Philippines. |
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http://www.hotmanila.ph/file1081
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| | 'Thief and dictator' - Mar. 18, 2004 |
| | Marcos' complaint when he said, "Complainant, however, has correctly pointed out that the said respondent failed to present any evidence that Marcos was never convicted as a thief and his innocence of the said charge stands until proven guilty in a court of law. | | | This is what Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Commissioner Ruben Carranza, through his lawyers from the Arroyo Chua Caedo Law Office, said in his scathing counter-affidavit after Imelda Marcos filed a libel suit against him and several journalists from a newspaper that published his statements. | | | acted on the postulate that the regime that Marcos imposed on the Philippines had been dictatorial and dishonest." |
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http://www.inq7.net/opi/2004/mar/18/opi_mpdoyo-1.htm
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| | Ferdinand Marcos |
| | In 1972 Marcos imposed martial law, and became both the President and the Prime Minister. | | | In November 1985 Marcos called for an election. | | | Marcos spent 15 years as a member of the Philippine legislature. |
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http://www.multied.com/bio/people/Marcos.html
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| | Ferdinand Marcos |
| | In 1938, he was arrested for the murder of Julio Nalundasan, an assemblyman and political rival of his father, Mariano Marcos. | | | Having teachers as parents, he kept on transferring from school to school for his elementary education due to constant change in assignments. | | | Ferdinand E. Marcos is the most infamous president of the Philippines. |
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http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/marcos.html
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| | Battle of Mendiola and Martial Law |
| | Opposition delegates, fearing that a proposed parliamentary system would allow Marcos to maintain himself in power indefinitely, prevailed on the convention to adopt a provision in September 1971 banning Marcos and members of his family from holding the position of head of state or government under whatever arrangement was finally established. | | | On September 21, 1972, Marcos issued Proclamation 1081, declaring martial law over the entire country. | | | Although Marcos was elected to a second term as president in 1969--the first president of the independent Philippines to gain a second term--the atmosphere of optimism that characterized his first years in power was largely dissipated. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/philippines2.htm
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| | The Philippines: The Marcos Years |
| | Marcos in 1966 and 1982; the imposition of martial law in September 1972; the assassination of opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. | | | His rise to absolute power, the corrupt practices within his administration and the ignoble demise of Ferdinand E. Marcos continue to elicit garish political and personal scandal. | | | Critical events in the period include the creation--with the covert support of the Johnson administration--of a Philippine civic action group to send to Vietnam; state visits to the United States by President and Mrs. |
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/philippines/philippines.html
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| | Marcos, Ferdinand Edralin on Encyclopedia.com |
| | A lawyer and aide to Manuel Roxas (1946-47), he was elected to congress in 1949, serving in the House of Representatives (1949-59) and Senate (1959-65). | | | She was convicted of graft in a trial in the Philippines in 1993 but that was overturned on appeal in 1998. | | | Formerly a Liberal, he broke with the party in 1965 and won the presidential election the same year as a nominee of the Nationalist party, defeating (1965) Diosdado Macapagal. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m/marcos-f1.asp
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| | Independent Lens . IMELDA . The Film PBS |
| | Marcos is still fighting her numerous court cases (when she’s not busy filing cases of her own), two of her children are still in government, and her third child is, and will remain, a private individual. | | | The Marcoses ruled the Philippines for nearly 20 years after Ferdinand Marcos became president in 1965, declaring martial law in 1972 and maintaining close ties with the U.S. during their time in office. | | | Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos with U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson |
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http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/imelda/film.html
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| | Kukui Roadhouse: 02/22/86 Philippine EDSA Revolution |
| | (UPI) -- Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Deputy Armed Forces Chief Fidel Ramos, leaders of a rebellion against President Ferdinand Marcos, were two of his staunchest allies during eight years of martial law. | | | (AP) - While President Marcos still appears to control his country, he is coming face to face with the enemy: his own people. | | | President Ferdinand Marcos accused the leaders of Saturday's military rebellion of conspiring to assassinate him and first lady Imelda Marcos and said he wanted to learn whether the United States played a role in the mutiny. |
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| | BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Philippines remembers Marcos era |
| | There were high hopes after President Marcos was ousted | | | The Philippines is marking 20 years of freedom from President Ferdinand Marcos on Saturday under a state of emergency. | | | The editor in chief said the raid was like President Marcos' use of martial law from 1972 when he closed down the free press. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4749768.stm
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| | Son of Ferdinand Marcos Ordered to Court (phillyBurbs.com) National |
| | Son of Ferdinand Marcos Ordered to Court (phillyBurbs.com) | | | Imelda Marcos and her son also were found in contempt of court in 1995 after Real ruled they violated a court order freezing their assets; they've been subject to a fine of $100,000 a day since then. | | | Real is overseeing the distribution of assets to thousands of Filipinos who won a $2 billion judgment against the Marcos estate in 1995, when a Honolulu jury found the late Philippine president responsible for executions, disappearances and torture during his 14-year reign under martial law. |
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-01282005-440630.html
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| | BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Philippines blast wrecks Marcos bust |
| | The Marcos family remains under investigation in connection with human rights abuses carried out under their rule, and the government alleges that they robbed the nation's economy of up to $10bn. | | | The bust had been the cause of controversy ever since its inception - in part because its construction led to the displacement of members of the Ibalois tribal group. | | | The bust was built in the early 1980s when Mr Marcos was still in power, but fell into disrepair after he was overthrown in a popular revolt in 1986. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2612709.stm
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| | The Washington Note Archives |
| | provided Marcos could be ousted in an election. | | | Secretary of State George Shultz had quietly persuaded Ronald Reagan that it was time to ditch the Marcos family -- and the Black Manafort retainer from the Marcos family had been hugely increased in an effort to turn this around. | | | Cory Aquino, widow of the opposition leader Benigno Aquino who had been murdered by a Marcos thug earlier that year, had retained none other than Mark Malloch Brown as her Washington lobbyist. |
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http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/000587.html
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| | Ferdinand Marcos |
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| | Ferdinand E. Marcos quotes |
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