Ang Kalatas Volume IV September 2014 Issue | Page 13

THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 4 Number 12 | September 2014

EDITORIAL & OPINION

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‘THOUGHTS THIS MONTH’

VOX POPULI

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MARTIAL LAW (WAS IT GOOD OR BAD)?

Street inverviews by Marilie Bomediano

When Martial Law was
imposed, there was a sort of
an eerie and fearful feeling
surrounding that word. Our
next door neighbour got
out hospital with a heavily
deformed face, as he was
one of the members of the
‘Kabataang Makabayan’
and one of the victims of
the Plaza Miranda bombings. In the broader
community, I saw many changes such as
the beautification of sidewalks and street
sweepers increase [