Mendiola Narratives

Ricardo T. Jose

2013-08-06T10:31:00.000+08:00

Ricardo T. Jose is professor of history at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. His areas of specialization are military and diplomatic history, Philippine-Japan relations, and World War II in the Philippines. He was in Mendiola for the September 21, 1983 National Day of Sorrow protest.

Interviewer: Emerald O. Flaviano
Videographer: Emerald O. Flaviano
Date of Interview: July 10, 2013
Place: Quezon City

Please click here for the video recording of the interview, and here for the transcript of the interview.

Aida Santos

2008-11-07T09:34:00.001+08:00

Aida Santos is a poet, feminist, and teacher. She has extensive experience with progressive social movements.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: May 30, 2008
Place: Quezon City

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Ana Guarino

2008-11-07T01:49:00.000+08:00

Ana Guarino was an officer of a labor union that actively participated in protest actions in Mendiola in the 1980s. She survived the 1987 Mendiola Massacre.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.

Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: August 16, 2008
Place: Quezon City
Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Carol Araullo

2008-11-07T01:48:00.001+08:00

Dr. Carol Araullo is the chairperson of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN, New Patriotic Alliance), global vice chair for internal affairs of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) and co-convenor of the Gloria Step Down Movement (GSM), Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties (MCCCL), PlunderWatch, DEFEND Philippines, Justice Not War Coalition, US Troops Out Now! and other broad alliances. (http://cparaullo.blogspot.com/)

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: August 14, 2008
Place: Quezon City
Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Corazon Talampas

2008-11-07T01:46:00.000+08:00

Corazon Talampas is a long-time resident of the Mendiola area.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 25, 2008

Place: ManilaPlease click this link for the interview transcript.

Crescencia L. Lucero

2008-11-07T01:45:00.000+08:00

Sr. Crescencia L. Lucero, SFIC, is the Executive Director of the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: August 28, 2008
Place: Quezon City

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Crispin Beltran

2008-11-07T01:44:00.000+08:00

Crispin Beltran was a prominent labor leader and was the Partylist Representative of Anakpawis in the House of Representatives. A week after the interview, "Ka Bel," as he is popularly known, passed away.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: May 8, 2008
Place: Quezon City

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Dolores

2008-11-07T01:43:00.001+08:00

Dolores is a washerwoman and a long-time resident of the Mendiola area. She agreed to be interviewed if the interviewers will not use her real name.

Interviewer: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 19, 2008
Place: Manila

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Ed Lingao

2008-11-07T01:42:00.001+08:00

Ed Lingao is the news operations manager of TV 5.

Interviewers: Sharon M. Quinsaat with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: April 9, 2008
Place: Quezon City

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Edrin Aurelio

2008-11-07T01:38:00.000+08:00

Edrin Aurelio is a resident of an area near Mendiola.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 29, 2008
Place: Manila

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Ela Ferrey Pascoguin

2008-11-07T01:37:00.000+08:00

Ela Ferrey Pascoguin has lived in the area adjacent to Mendiola since the end of the Second World War.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 25, 2008
Place: Manila

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Epifania Esguerra

2008-11-07T01:36:00.000+08:00

Epifania Esguerra has been selling cigarette and candies along the street of Mendiola for almost four decades now.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 31, 2008
Place: Manila

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Eric

2008-11-07T01:35:00.001+08:00

Eric used to be a student activist. He survived the 1987 Mendiola Massacre. He agreed to participate in the Mendiola Narratives project on condition of anonymity.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: May 19, 2008
Place: Laguna

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Fidel Nemenzo

2008-11-07T01:33:00.001+08:00

Fidel Nemenzo is professor of mathematics at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. During the last years of the Martial Law, he was shot in the chest in one of the rallies held to protest the violent dispersal of an earlier demonstration in Mendiola.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr. with Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: May 27, 2008
Place: Quezon City

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Jacinto Opleda

2008-11-07T01:31:00.001+08:00

Jacinto Opleda is a long-time resident of the area around Mendiola where he also serves as a barangay official.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 25, 2008
Place: Manila

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Jaime Tadeo

2008-11-07T01:30:00.001+08:00

Jaime Tadeo is a known leader of the peasant movement. He led the march to Mendiola in January 22, 1987 that ended up in what is now known as the Mendiola Massacre.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: June 5, 2008
Place: Quezon City

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Joel Castro

2008-11-07T01:28:00.000+08:00

Joel Castro is a long-time resident in the Mendiola area. He was also a former student activist during his college days and was in the January 22, 1987 demonstration that ended up as the Mendiola Massacre.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 27, 2008
Place: Manila

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Jorge Baviera

2008-11-07T01:27:00.001+08:00

Jorge Baviera belongs to the First Quarter Storm generation that eventually went underground as part of the armed Left that fought Ferdinand Marcos's authoritarian regime.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: June 2, 2008
Place: Quezon City

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Jose Ergino

2008-11-07T01:24:00.000+08:00

Jose Ergino is a long-time resident of one of the residential areas that flank Mendiola. He has witnessed the changes that took place in Mendiola since the Japanese occupation.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 12, 2008
Place: Manila

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Leonarda Eugenio

2008-11-07T01:18:00.000+08:00

Leornarda Eugenio is a long-time resident of the Mendiola area.

Interviewers: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: March 27, 2008
Place: Manila

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Liza Largoza Maza

2008-11-07T01:15:00.001+08:00

Liza Maza is a Filipino activist and development worker. She represents the General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action (GABRIELA) Women's Party in the 14th Congress of the Philippines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GABRIELA).

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: August 12, 2008
Place: Quezon City

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Loretta Ann Rosales

2008-11-07T01:12:00.001+08:00

Loretta Ann P. Rosales has just finished her three terms in Congress as Partylist Representative of Akbayan, of which she is the Chair Emeritus.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: June 16, 2008
Place: Quezon City

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Luis Liwanag

2008-11-07T01:09:00.002+08:00

Luis Liwanag is a photojournalist. He has consistently covered events in Mendiola since the 1980s.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: June 8, 2008
Place: Quezon City

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Luis Liwanag also spoke on almost the same subject in Howie Severino's i-Witness documentary "Litrato." See these links for the video (part 1, part 2, part 3, end part).

Lydia Cruz

2008-11-07T01:05:00.001+08:00

Lydia Cruz is a resident of the Mendiola area.

Interviewer: Zuraida Mae D. Cabilo with Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: April 10, 2008
Place: Manila

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

Maria Reina Boro Magbanua

2008-11-07T01:03:00.000+08:00

Maria Reina Boro Magbanua is an assistant professor of history at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños. She was active in the student movement in the immediate post-Martial Law era.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: May 19, 2008
Place: Laguna

Please click this link for the interview transcript.