DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 September) – A “Wall of Remembrance” to honor heroes who fought the Marcos dictatorship was launched at the Forest Lake Premier memorial park here on Wednesday, September…
DAVAO CITY – A “Wall of Remembrance” to honor heroes who fought the Marcos dictatorship was launched at the Forest Lake Premier memorial park here on Wednesday, September 21, to commemorate the 50 anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law by then President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, father of the incumbent President.
Lopez and other activists from her generation gathered at the site at 4 p.m. Young activists were also present to witness the groundbreaking and the laying of the capsule that contained names of activists, heroes and martyrs who resisted the dictatorship. Malu Lopez at the groundbreaking for the construction of a Wall of Remembrance in Davao City at the Forest Lake Premier memorial park in Ma-a, on 21 September 2022. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Never Again, Never Forget was the oft-repeated message from the old to the young at the Forest Lake Premier memorial park where a Wall of Remembrance project to honor activists, heroes and martyrs who fought the Marcos dictatorship was launched on Wednesday, 21 September 2022. Photo by BEATRIZ DE VERA
Fr. Rudy Malasmas of the Society of Jesus, then in charge of the Ateneo de Davao University’s grade school and high school, recalled in an essay published in the book “Turning Rage into Courage: Mindanao under Martial Law,” that what became the Yellow Friday Movement in the city started as a motorcade of only six vehicles.
Ilagan succumbed to cancer in November 2001 while Risonar also succumbed to cancer in June 2017. Arellano is a retired government prosecutor who was among those appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to the 25-member Consultative Committee in January 2018 to review the 1987 Constitution and submit recommendations within six months. Duterte was then pushing for a shift to a federal system of government.
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