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Told to cooperate unless he wanted the same fate as others to befall him - like having to "eat and drink the contents of a toilet bowl and being electrocuted" - a man from Angeles City nevertheless received beatings from members of the Philippine Constabulary when they captured him in 1973. 

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"Sa pagbaba ko pa lamang ng aming hagdanan ay naramdaman ko na lamang na may biglang pumalo sa aking batok at ako ay napasubsob sa lupa. Habang patungo kami sa mga nakaparadang sasakyan nila ay may sumipa sa akin, may sumuntok, at pinompyang ang aking tenga. Pilit din na sinubo sa aking bibig ang dulo ng baril," reads the affidavit of a man who was imprisoned from 1973 to 1974.

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This mediaman didn't just suffer broken ribs and burns and wounds on his face and ears. After his 1983 arrest in Cagayan de Oro City, his captors "even let me urinate in a litro bottle of Coke and poured it on my head," his affidavit says.

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In 1977, after publishing "The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos", Primitivo Mijares went missing while his youngest son Boyet was kidnapped and brutally murdered. Mrs. Priscilla Mijares wrote in her affidavit, "Information reaching my family were to the effect that during the torture of my son, the father was made to appear by torturers to witness his son's agony."

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At just 17 years old, Alex Eala became the first Filipino to bag a singles Grand Slam. Like many Filipino athletes looking to make their country proud, the government offered little help – but she dedicated her win to Philippine tennis all the same. 

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We started the year at around the 51 levels against the dollar, and now 58 is very much a reality. What is going on?

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The “human resources manager” who keeps texting about a job offer now knows your name. Was there another data leak? Are the telcos selling our information?

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The school that went viral for announcing its closure on the very first day of classes proves once more that the business of education can be brutal.

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By now we are familiar with what happens to Martial Law victims in captivity. But what about after they're released? This man who was imprisoned from 1982 to 1984 was eventually found innocent of charges against him. Freedom, however, meant living in poverty. "Our children were not able to attend school and I could not find any good job anymore... [it was] very hard to start a new life again."

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"CHDF Cuevas punched me on the chest several times, then pulled his 38 caliber pistol and whipped me on the stomach, then on the mouth. My mouth was already bleeding and my two front tooth dropped to the ground. It was so painful that I almost fainted," reads this affidavit of a farmer who was accused of being a member of the New People's Army, and jailed for four months in 1983, under the Marcos dictatorship.

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