we are seeing attacks onjudiciary, ferdinand marcos. affair, ? unfair. is democracy in danger? how could he be a dictator's he was constitutionally elected. democratically elected. whether or not you like him, his days there until 2022. -- he not you like him, his days there until2022. -- he stays not you like him, his days there until 2022. -- he stays there. duterte's grip on power looks secure. despite his brutal war on drugs and the stifling of opposition, the majority of the country still supports them. since we interviewed senator, his arrest has been ordered. he demonstrated his executive. -- senator trillanes. that is a dictatorship the matter how you look at it. the president's will is incredibly authoritarian. with more yea rs incredibly authoritarian. with more years in power, the future for democracy here is looking bleak. —— the president's rule is looking in —— increasingly authoritarian. hello, good morning. friday felt a little bit more like autumn because we had cooler air coming from the north, not surprisingly, the hi

archive newsreel: ferdinand marcos is the only filipino to be twice—elected president.nded his second term of office by more than a year and shows no inclination to step down. in the 1970s, the philippines fell into the clutches of a notorious dictator, ferdinand marcos, who declared martial law. the president today exhorted members of the judiciary to expedite action... he muzzled the media, closed down political opposition, and took control of thejudicial process. he and his wife imelda plundered the country's coffers to the tune of $10 billion, and set the benchmark high for corruption. imelda became a byword for greed, exemplified by her vast collection of designer shoes and dresses. eventually, the marcos family fled the country in 1986. now, some critics believe that history is in danger of repeating itself. president duterte came to power promising to root out the country's big social problem, drugs. much of myjob has been reporting on the fallout from this policy. in the last two years, the president's war on drugs has seen at least 4000 suspected drug users and

was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the former president ferdinand marcos and side stories coming up next right here on al-jazeera. protects the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge is accused of sexual assault as well as allegations of riots and smear campaigns and elections due. to vote this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a high stakes underway in washington over the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge bret's come on those accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she spoke pat's just testified to congress and with force from washington.

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milena was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos the leader of yemen's hooty rebels has called on his supporters to stand firm against the saudi an iraqi led coalition trying to defeat them thousands of people filled the streets of the yemeni capital sana'a to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the hoody takeover of the city the u.n. is trying to mediate peace talks to end the fighting between the government and who does the conflict has killed more than ten thousand people and left millions displaced those are the headlines swim back in half an hour right now it's killing the count. the northern cemetery. principal burial ground of the city of stock. last resting place for sweden's most celebrated citizen is. not far from alfred nobel whose famous prize is bear his name lies another illustrious we. count falcon bernadotte a visible. like nobel his name is linked with peace as the first un mediator in the arab israeli conflict. unlike nobel his life ended violence. like van adult want to make pierce. have a little chance of doing s

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos cambodia's granted a pardon to an australian filmmaker jailed on espionage charges james ricketson was arrested in june last year after using a drone to film a rally organized by a now dissolved opposition party he was charged with spying and sentenced to six years in prison last month it's not yet clear whether the sixty nine year old filmmaker is still in cambodia or has returned home to australia those are the headlines we're back with more after the stream. fear is a very important force of information for many people around the world all the time right or wrong i'm still here go into areas that nobody else has go we talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. i mean ok today a check in on three stories that we're following here on the stream what happened when came that movie we will find out then do you know the truth behind how western museums got many of their all to facts and we're also going to meet someone who can tell you i reall

anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the philippines, and the rise to power of the late ferdinand marcos to hold a rally against president rodrigo duterte's proposed changes to the constitution, which they say will lead to a dictatorship. president duterte has in the past defended his strongman style of leadership, saying the country would make no progress if he did not act like a dictator. church groups in the philippines are spearheading the anti—dictatorship protest. manila's auxiliary bishop broderick pabillo has supported a call for people tojoin the rallies, saying that, "in a healthy democracy, there should be a strong opposition to abuse of power." earlier, i spoke to steve wilford, a risk analyst who's spent many years in the philippines. i asked him why president duterte wants to change the form of government. for ostensibly very sensible reasons. the 1987 constitution was... many would argue quite a rush document in the wake of the fall of the marcos regime, a sort of interim measure if you like. it created a system of government that some people describe as hyper presidential

was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the former president ferdinand marcos and side stories coming up next right here on al-jazeera. can trump protect the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge is accused of sexual assault as well as allegations of rats and smear campaigns and midterm elections due well the latest scandal affects voter this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the high stakes standoff is underway in washington over the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge bret's governors accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she's prepared to testify to congress patsy cline reports from washington. do you swear that the testimony you're about his confirmation seems certain brett kavanaugh poised to cement a conservative supreme court for a generation i do until this woman went public with an allegation she says cavanagh sexually assaulted her in high school kristine blasi forward once the federal bureau of investigation to look into the matter any witness who lied to them would be committing a serious crime but repu

the character of his ministration than your decision to grant the former and long day dictator ferdinand marcos a hero's burial at the cemetery of national heroes this was in november twenty sixth seen a move described by the former chief justice as a grave abuse of discretion what's the aim here to bring brutal tyrants and thieves not going to fashion he was just following what the rules say regarding precedence to be varied and the libyan of the vanier cemetery for great man and heroes and marketeers and precedence you were at one time a lawyer to the marcos' won't you there are t.v. program in two thousand and six really the marxist imelda marcos and now the she was one of the mildest you're only imelda and we do respect only to an obvious corpus for city and on a t.v. program in two thousand and six you denied that the marcos' had any ill gotten gain cos the new york acquitted her all white racketeering charges ten years later yeah by twenty sixteen your state had recovered some three point seven billion dollars in assets that marcus's had stolen so your claim was demonstrably false was the

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcosmany filipinos called him a dictator and activists say there are similarities between then and now which. is live for us from manila so this is this is an area anniversary that is marked almost every year since mr marcos left power what makes this this year's events different all right doesn't it. doesn't appear that can hear us there polish apologies for that we will try to get back in the meantime we'll move on the tiny southern african kingdom of swat teenie formerly known as swazi land is holding parliamentary elections including its critics are calling it a farce the political parties are banned from taking part half a million voters must choose from individual candidates for fifty nine seats while the remaining ten will be appointed by king mswati the third himself the king has veto power over legislation and he appoints the prime minister and cabinet and is constitutionally above the law all right it looks as if we can go back to jimmy in in manila right now talking about this d

manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by home of president ferdinand marcos activists are drawing parallels between the marcos and a territory regime's. australian filmmaker jailed in cambodia for espionage has been given a royal pardon james ricketts and was arrested last june after using the drug to film a rally held by an opposition political party last month he was sentenced to six years in prison on spying charges the sixty nine year old lawyer says he has been going least and is now with his family. the united states has imposed sanctions on the chinese military for buying russian fighter jets and missiles it accuses china of violating existing u.s. sanctions on moscow has more from chengdu the chinese government has strongly urged the us to withdraw all sanctions the u.s. state department announced on thursday against a department within china's military now this is because they bought missile systems and fighter jets from russia's leading arms export are money from the sham food the chinese side expresses its strong indignation at the unreasonable act

manila was the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos activists are drawing parallels between the marcos and the terror tape regimes. to thailand now where the military government has cleared the way for political parties to resume activities more than four years after a coup they still can't campaign or organize street gatherings for an election which may be held in february when hay reports from bangkok. four years after having their power taken away the leaders of the poor thai party are able to meet again without fearing arrest since the coup that removed thailand's largest party from office political gatherings of five people or more have been outlawed but now the military government has partially relaxed its ban on political activities. i told the board the what's happening now proves that we are still alive and we are proud of what we have therefore we will continue to do activities and those activities have proven popular with voters for years maybe too popular a tie and it's pretty decisive parties have won every election since

ferdinand and imelda marcos's extravagantly corrupt regime. martial law.journalists. >> ben: yup. >> anthony: based out of manila? >> ben: yeah, uh, me. marc lives in mindanao. >> anthony: mindanao. now does a journalist need to carry a firearm in this country? >> marc: for me, yes. >> anthony: in the philippines, a press badge is no defense, particularly in the south of the country where marc navales lives and works. >> ben: mindanao has been war-torn for the last how many years? because of the radicalization of recent years, this growing specter of isis, mindanao is fertile grounds for that. >> anthony: now traditionally the argument against journalists arming themselves is that journalists have always been able to portray themselves as noncombatants. >> marc: yes. >> anthony: there was some presumption that they would not shoot you. >> ben: yeah. >> anthony: but these days, people seem to not make that distinction. >> ben: yes. dating back to the marcos years even. >> marc: since 1992, 77 journalists were killed. >> anthony: politics here can be deadly.