LAGIM: A Filipino True Crime · LAGIM Podcast
The Martial Law Series: The Manili Massacre and the Boyet and Primitivo Mijares Case
·56 min·5 clips
Haji Yusuf Nagli was executed point-blank before the Ilaga opened fire on a school and mosque packed with villagers.
As heard by us
A sober look at martial law memory and what it still asks of the present.
The piece treats martial law memory as a current political fight, not a sealed off past. It ties family stories and school memory to Marcos Sr. and to the present day thinning out of public remembrance. The arc moves in order, from the country's lost holiday to the Marcos Jr.
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