21/09/2026
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
54 years ago, on September 21, 1972, one headline changed the course of our nation's history: "FM DECLARES MARTIAL LAW."
It was more than a declaration. It was the day freedom of speech was silenced, press freedom was chained, and thousands of Filipinos โ students, journalists, activists, ordinary citizens โ were arrested, tortured, and disappeared for daring to speak the truth.
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ธ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ โ the college of communication, political science, psychology, and public administration โ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น. ๐ง๐ผ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ. To tell the stories that others try to erase.
๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ.
๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐.
๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ. ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป.
That we, the youth of today, will never allow our eyes to close again to abuse of power, to disinformation, and to historical distortion.
๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ง. ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ก.
๐ผ๏ธ: Al Jhen Lising
๐: Axel Gio Martirez