Crispin maslog biography
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REWIND:By Crispin Maslog
Filipinos under 48 today were not yet born when Martial Law was imposed on the Philippines by the late and unlamented dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos in But even to senior citizens like me, the memories are still crystal clear.
I was living in the province at that time, teaching journalism at Silliman University, Dumaguete City, the first journalism school outside Metro Manila.
I recall vividly that historic day Martial Law was announced &#; September 23, , a Saturday. Dumaguete City woke up early as usual, expecting another of those unruffled, unhurried mornings that this &#;City of Gentle People&#; was famous for.
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Then the six o&#;clock newscast over DYSR, the popular local radio station at that time located on campus, that hit like a thunderbolt: Martial Law Declared!
This was also the headline that Saturday morning of the local newspaper which my journalism faculty and I publish
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I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Professor Crispin C. Maslog. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, Cris was director of the Silliman School of Journalism and Communication when Martial Law was proclaimed in the Philippines He is now senior consultant, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, and chair of the board, Asian Media Information and Communication Center (AMIC) based in Manila.
While I was grappling with the horrible impositions of Martial lag when I was editor-in-chief of Philippine Panorama, I had to run to some safe, soul-restorative place on weekends outside the city. It was at the home of Cris and his wife scientist, Flor, on the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) campus that inom found comfort and assurance that all will be well, that the tyrant Ferdinand Marcos and his family will be driven away from the land, and that democracy will be restored.
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