Just want to add on to the call to remember all the honorable men that fought against Martial Law and was disrespected by the recent Ateneo invite of Imelda Marcos. Blood money is still a dirty way to pay a debt to society. Its not right to pay a debt at discounted rate (scholarship) to those who have the first right to restitution ( mass murder). Can anyone tag the students on the picture ? They obviously had skipped their history lesson. Thanks Teddy Y. Montelibano for honoring the departed : Fr. Villarin, were you not aware who from the Ateneo you dishonored when you invited the wife of the despot whose tyrannical regime these MEN FOR OTHERS defied and fought against and, in return, were abducted, tortured and/or killed? Ateneo students and alumni were among those who gave up their lives during the darkest of days in the history of this country Among the more prominent ones 1. EDGAR JOPSON: Cum laude graduate of Management Engineering from the Ateneo, member of the Ateneo Student Council and the president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines. Jopson fought for students rights and welfare, and protested against Marcos changing of the Constitution to suit his ambition. The two even met in Malacanang once, where the youth demanded that Marcos promise... to not run a third term, angering the latter. He went underground with wife Joy, and on September 20, 1982, was killed in a military raid of their safehouse. 2. ABRAHAM SARMIENTO, JR.: Editor-in-chief of the University of the Philippines the Philippine Collegian, he spent his grade school and high school years in the Ateneo. Sarmiento was known for his intelligence and love for books, and through his writing, criticized the Marcos dictatorship. He was arrested on January 24, 1976, and received poor medical attention despite his fragile health. Sarmiento was released temporarily in August, and died of a heart attack a year later. He was famous for his “KUNG HINDI TAYO KIKILOS, SINO ANG KIKILOS? KUNG DI TAYO KIKIBO, SINO ANG KIKIBO? KUNG HINDI NGAYON, KAILAN PA?(If we do not act, who will act? If we do not care, who will care? If not now, when?) 3.FERDINAND MIRASOL ARCEO: Co-founder of Liga ng mga Demokratikong Atenista (LDA), he and his friends engaged fellow students in discussions and encouraged them to join street protests against the Marcos regime. He skipped his final semester in college to go underground, working in Panay island to organize peasants in the countryside in order to broaden the movement to oppose Martial Law. On July 29, 1973, he and a companion were mercilessly gunned down by policemen, while walking on the beach in Iloilo. Local police thought they were likely targets in the regime’s all-out campaign against subversives in Panay, according to Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 4. ARTEMIO CELESTIAL, JR.: A student of Ateneo all his life, he was involved in the Student Catholic Action (SCA) and joined protests against campus repression, violation of civil liberties, militarization, and impending Martial Law. He became secretary-general of the student council, and was expelled with other activists upon the declaration of Martial Law. In February 1975, he wrote a letter to Marcos demanding that the latter free all political prisoners. Three days later, his body was found floating in the Montalban River near the Wawa Dam, skull broken, and body mangled. Local police who undertook the investigation believe Jun might have been taken by army soldiers, according to Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 5. MANUEL HIZON, JR.: An officer at the Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng Ateneo, vice-president of the Ateneo Political Society, SCA chairperson, and a member of the Sodality Movement, Lakasdiwa, and LDA, the Economics major immersed in poverty-stricken areas and earned the nickname Catholic activist. After graduation, he juggled work and activism, becoming general secretary of Kilusang Kristiyano ng Kabataang Pilipino. In 1973, he decided to leave for Cagayan Valley to respond to requests for political leadership to armed units operating in the area. He died in an encounter with government soldiers in Nueva Ecija, according to Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 6. EMMANUEL Eman LACABA: The poet majored in Humanities in the Ateneo, and fought for the Filipinization of the university administration, which was then largely American-led, and the use of Filipino as medium of instruction, according to Bulatlat. He also wrote as part of Panday Sining, which was the cultural arm of the militant Kabataang Makabayan. While teaching in UP, he became involved with the labor movement, and was arrested during a Pasig factory strike. He wrote and acted in plays, and lent his talents to film, as well. He joined the armed revolutionary movement, and in March 1976, was killed by the Philippine Constabulary and the Civilian Home Defense Front in a gunfight. 7. WILLIAM VINCENT BEGG: As a college student in Ateneo, Begg worked with urban poor communities in neighboring Marikina. His militant views had him booted from school and arrested twice. After his release, he enrolled in UP, but eventually left, saying he could not in conscience continue his studies, as it would mean inaction in the face of... a fascist dictatorship. He left for the countryside, and was captured in a military raid on March 21, 1975. When his body was found it showed 17 stab wounds and 11 bullet wounds, a smashed ribcage, and a number of broken fingers, according to Bantayog ng mga Bayani.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:53:26 +0000
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