Marcos administration
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Ferdinand Marcos served as president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. During his first term, he outlined infrastructure projects like roads, bridges, and power plants. He also sought to strengthen the judiciary, national defense, and combat corruption. However, his regime became increasingly authoritarian and corrupt over time. Large sums of money were embezzled, and he declared martial law in 1972. Growing unrest and the assassination of Benigno Aquino led to the People Power Revolution in 1986 that ousted Marcos into exile.
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- The last years of the 1960s and the first two years of the 1970s witnessed the radicalization of the country's student population. Students in various colleges and universities held massive rallies and demonstrations to express their frustrations and resentments. On January 30, 1970, demonstrators numbering about 50,000 students and laborers stormed the Malacañang Palace, burning part of the medical building and crashing through Gate 4 with a fire truck that had been forcibly commandeered by laborers and students. The Metropolitan Command (Metrocom) of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) repulsed them, pushing them toward Mendiola Bridge, where, hours later, after an exchange of gunfire, four persons were killed and scores from both sides injured. Tear gas grenades finally dispersed the crowd. Many people questioned whether he still had capacity to govern, due to his grave illness and the ballooning political unrest