21/09/2026
๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐
On September 21, 1972, then-President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. signed Proclamation No. 1081, placing the country under Martial Law. The years that followed brought sweeping changes to Philippine political and social life, including restrictions on civil liberties, press freedom, and political opposition, alongside documented human rights violations. More than five decades later, the period remains deeply present in our national memory. For those who lived through it, Martial Law is remembered through experiences of fear, uncertainty, resistance, loss, and hope. For succeeding generations, its history survives through records, testimonies, archives, and stories passed down over time.
Remembering responsibly means looking beyond narratives and asking what happened, how power was exercised, how institutions responded, and how ordinary Filipinos were affected. It also means learning to read critically, verify information, and distinguish documented facts from interpretation and political narratives. Most importantly, we remember the people behind the historyโthe families who endured uncertainty, journalists who continued their work, communities that resisted, and countless Filipinos whose lives were shaped by those years.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐.
We cannot change the past, but we can choose to confront it honestly and carry its lessons into the future.
๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ.
We remember. We learn. We engage. ๐ต๐ญ
Words | Ahmad Rashad Jalil, PSS Treasurer
Pubmat | Clarisse Alvarez, PSS Cabinet Secretary
