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Post by kyuzoaoi on Jan 7, 2021 5:31:23 GMT
Oh shit... BTW, would Tadiar initiate some Pinochet-style helicopter executions? Well, remember the camps being built with part of the hard labor being done by the Marcos children? We just barely scratched the surface of it all, and the part with the Japanese Yakuza in the Philippines? Remember the previous part of the update where the Yakuza was involved in the mass production of IEDs that exploded in Aparri? You are right. Fabian Ver would have been kinder compared to Tadiar. Yeah, and this is the prelude to the part where Tadiar emerges as the true dictator. He might even behave in a similar manner to Saddam Hussein or Ghadaffi, though more mellowed out. Even Marcos himself at the height of the OTL Martial Law, killed 3,257 people and 70,000 people were incarcerated. TTL’s Philippine Civil War at least killed over 50,000 civilians, and by the time the military dictatorship is done, that 70,000 figure would have shot up to a number that would surpass even the typical Latin American dictatorships. One other note here is that unlike OTL Tadiar who died in 1999, TTL’s Tadiar would have lived a bit longer because of the help of his Japanese nurses. In essence, the way TTL’s Tadiar is bringing Japanese nurses into the Philippines while Filipino nurses would be driven into exile in order to work at foreign hospitals might be a bit worse than OTL Duterte bringing Chinese workers (POGO and non-POGO alike) into the Philippines. So we may also see a bit of a political version of the cultural Japan Wave happening in the Philippines. And this also has an effect on the Philippine health care and educational system, since you might even see East Asian style school life creeping into the Philippines. Imagine Filipino high school boys with black or blue Japanese style school uniforms, and high school girls wearing Japanese style high school skirts that are longer than OTL Filipino high school girls’ uniform. No, there won’t be cram school but a Military Preparation Program in place. Also, you could also see a serious attempt at reviving the Spanish language in the Philippines as well, though it would be through Mexico and Chile instead of Spain. Well, would Cazuela become popular in the Philippines? It's an OTL Chilean dish, like nilaga, but with corn. I think students will even encourage to whiten their skin, taking Japanese first names, or intermarry with Japanese (mostly men). Think of MNL48. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 7, 2021 6:04:20 GMT
Cazuela might become popular though. Come to think of it, I honestly think that Latin American cuisine might become popular in the Philippines by TTL's 2000.
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Jan 7, 2021 6:08:20 GMT
Cazuela might become popular though. Come to think of it, I honestly think that Latin American cuisine might become popular in the Philippines by TTL's 2000. That's what I think. Would visual novels be popular in the Philippines? |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 7, 2021 6:31:28 GMT
What do you mean, visual novels? Not sure what they are though, to be honest.
Next update will be posted tomorrow, which is basically Christmas Day in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Jan 7, 2021 6:37:40 GMT
Visual novels, as in Clannad, the original Fate series...
Well, the Philippines Hetalia post I showed to you? You can add a story which makes him controversial...for uttering pro-Tadiar statements.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 7, 2021 7:29:59 GMT
Visual novels, as in Clannad, the original Fate series... Well, the Philippines Hetalia post I showed to you? You can add a story which makes him controversial...for uttering pro-Tadiar statements. You know something, I might even throw in an anime-related update in the Omake section. I might even depict TTL’s Hetalia Philippines getting into a fight with China all the time. I can even see TTL’s Philippines being paired with Vietnam. Of course, TTL’s portrayal of Korea would be far different, as he would have a grudge against Japan instead. I might even throw a hint like Himaruya collaborating with the guys who made Infinite Stratos. (Yes, there is an Infinite Stratos reference in this TL), while the long dead Ivangorod TL I did a while ago would have that version of Himaruya collaborate with Im Dal Young, the guy who wrote Freezing. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 8, 2021 5:08:44 GMT
Chapter Twenty: Into My Fire You Shall Fall
(A/N: There will be a double post today, including OMAKE THREE)
FUNERAL OF ENRILE AND RAMOS TAKES PLACE IN LIBINGAN NG MGA BAYANI, AMIDST HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE
Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 13, 1988
Manila, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION – The funerals of the late former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel Ramos took place in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, a cemetery where war veterans are laid to rest, amidst a heavy security presence imposed all over the National Capital Region. President Corazon Aquino attended the funeral service, as did newly appointed Defense Minister Artemio Tadiar, who also attended the funeral as the coffin pallbearer. Also participating in the coffin pallbearing ceremony were Majors Saulito Aromin and Edgardo Doromal, despite the latter having narrowly survived an assassination attempt on his life. During the funeral, the families of the deceased men openly wept while the President was giving her eulogy.
“Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel Ramos had summoned enough moral courage in the nation’s finest hour to oppose the dictator who now has died as well. Without the courage of these men, the dictatorship would have survived, and we would not stand here mourning our dead,” says Aquino while looking at the coffins of the deceased men. “May they rest in peace, and may their families find solace in the fact that they were prepared to give their lives for the cause of freedom and the restoration of our democracy.”
The funeral was not lavish as may critics feared, though it was certainly better than the funeral service that was performed for the burial of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Upon the request of his surviving brother Pacifico, his body was interred in his native Ilocos Norte, albeit within a private cemetery. Unfortunately, the grave of former President Marcos was not given a tombstone, to prevent the gathering of his supporters, who suddenly emerged as the new public enemy, considering the unheard-of organization “Bagong Lipunan”, which claimed responsibility for the deaths of the two men whose funerals are taking place. In addition, upon the orders of Defense Minister Tadiar, several “Bagong Lipunan” cells were uncovered throughout Samar and Ilocos Norte, with its members arrested, given a short trial, and sent to one of the camps that were built by the Philippine military’s engineering brigades.
“We have been set up! We do not know who made the group Bagong Lipunan, but Lolo Macoy would never approve of something like this! He would have wanted us to honor his memory by being faithful to his ideals, not resort to terrorism and murder!” shouts one of the few pro-Marcos supporters who protested the government’s authoritarian crackdown on Marcos supporters. “The real mastermind behind the deaths of Enrile and Ramos is none other than the new Defense Minister, Artemio Tadiar! If not him, then maybe Aromin or Doromal!”
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Excerpts from “The Collapsing Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Brutal Post-Marcos Dictatorship”
By: Miriam Defensor Santiago
ANU Press, published 2001.
Chapter Seven: The Nightmare Reborn
The burials of former Defense Minister Enrile and Fidel Ramos stunned the nation, as much as their brutal murder at the hands of the so-called “Bagong Lipunan” organization. While I can guess as to what kind of members would form such an organization, the fact that it narrowly missed a shot against Major Edgardo Doromal should be alarming to everyone. I thought to myself that it has the hallmarks of a classic false flag attack, but when I heard Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino say that it was not a false flag attack, I had to ask myself if he was lying or saying something out of omission. The nation has already seen not one, not two, but several prominent political and military figures die within the span of five years. From the death of the President’s late husband, to the shocking, violent demise of the entire Marcos and Romualdez families (Imelda Marcos’s Romualdez relatives was revealed to have been tortured to death by pro-Tadiar camp guards out of anger towards them for their greed), and finally, the deaths of Mr. Enrile and Mr. Ramos. I looked back to when I first met Tadiar and feared that over the years that I have come to observe him, he did not look like a power-hungry tyrant he eventually became in his later years.
I was asleep in my home, along with my family, during that one normal night on November 22, when there was a knock on the door. The knocking continued as my husband opened the door to reveal Brigadier General Gregorio Honasan at the door. I only woke up after Narciso led Honasan into the living room and approached the switch, but Honasan held my hand. I was shocked, as was Narciso until he made a gesture for us to remain silent. He gave a silent gesture to my husband, interpreting it as a time for the children to wake up and to pack their things. It was still 1 AM when Honasan came, but after only 30 minutes of packing their belongings, he led all of us through the back door and into a waiting jeep, where armed soldiers stood guard. Once we entered the truck, Honasan told my children to go back to sleep while the truck drove through the empty streets of Manila, before reaching the North Luzon Expressway. One and a half hour had passed since we suddenly left our home in Manila when I finally mustered enough courage to ask what is going on.
“You have been quiet since you barged into my home. Is there a good reason as to why you’re taking us somewhere and you did not tell us?” I whispered angrily.
Honasan sighed and whispered back: “It has begun. Tadiar has moved his troops within the vicinity of Malacanang and is preparing to take control of the country through a coup.”
“Why aren’t you back in Malacanang Palace to stop him?” I replied, annoyed by the sudden cowardice of Honasan.
“The President has already been captured, and her children are currently locked up in Fort Bonifacio,” Honasan replied in a hushed tone, but the truck suddenly slowed down. “We have reached the army checkpoint.”
I wanted to look at the approaching checkpoint, but one of Honasan’s soldiers held me back and shook his head quickly. Honasan pointed at the insignia that I did not recognize that was on the arm of the soldier and beckoned for the soldier who grabbed me to show his arm. To my shock, it did not have any insignia at all, but I can hear the two soldiers conversing.
“Where are you going at this hour? The Defense Minister has ordered all troops to deploy into the streets of every city in the country,” the soldier guarding the checkpoint told the driver.
“Major General Josephus Ramas has issued a written order for us to transfer more troops into Bulacan. There is a report of a Bagong Lipunan terror cell within the vicinity of Pulilan,” the driver replied back. The soldier guarding the checkpoint grabbed the paper that the driver showed him and nodded. “There is his signature on the bottom.”
“You are cleared to go.” The truck started to move again slowly, and we silently sighed in relief.
However, after our truck began to move again, one of the soldiers guarding the checkpoint had spotted several additional armed soldiers, along with an officer and several Philippine Constabulary members. I distinctly remembered seeing him hand a paper that said “WANTED” on it. I was horrified when only twenty minutes into the journey, the police siren blared and another truck carrying the troops arrived beside it. The officer gestured for the driver to get out of the truck while one Philippine Constabulary member turned on the flashlight and we were blinded by the light.
“Get out of the truck now!” the soldier shouted, while banging his rifle into the door. We slowly got out of the truck, alongside Honasan. “Brigadier General, you too.”
“What is the meaning of this?” Honasan asked angrily. “You have no business giving orders to your superior!”
The officer who stopped our truck reviewed the WANTED poster and gazed at us before nodding in recognition. Several soldiers aimed their rifles at us while we raised our hands in surrender.
“Miriam Defensor Santiago. You are wanted by the Council for National Sovereignty for treason against the state,” the officer began, but Narciso spat on the floor.
“She has not done anything wrong!” he shouted before one of the soldiers hit him in the head with the butt of the rifle. “We have not done anything wrong!”
“Then why are you all on the road? It appears that we have traitors everywhere. Take them into custody.” The soldiers tied our hands and sent us back into the same truck we were riding in, only the driver was also tied up and sent back while a Constabulary member took over the driver’s seat and turned the truck around. “Notify Defense Minister Tadiar that we caught a bunch of traitors who are trying to flee.”
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A NATION IN SHOCK! PRO-TADIAR OFFICERS LAUNCH COUP AGAINST AQUINO GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENT AND HER FAMILY UNDER INCARCERATION IN FORT BONIFACIO
Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 23, 1988
Manila, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION – Elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines loyal to newly appointed Defense Minister Artemio Tadiar had seized control of Malacanang Palace during midnight, in a coup that was almost reminiscent of the one that former Defense Minister Fabian Ver had pulled back in December of 1986. Unlike the late General Ver’s coup against President Aquino, which led to the Philippine Civil War, Tadiar’s coup against Aquino was sudden and silent. Numerous amounts of military personnel from all branches of the AFP have been deployed to take control of various government buildings around Manila, while many agents working for the Defense Minister that have been embedded within various law enforcement agencies and even NICA have arrested certain ‘disloyal’ elements within the Philippine government.
“This is an outrage! We have stopped the Marcos dictatorship from coming back, only to face another potential dictator in Tadiar! Where is the justice for this travesty?” Joker Arroyo asks after being led out of the Senate Building by armed soldiers with handcuffs on his wrists. “We have to tell the international community that Tadiar is behind all of this!”
Meanwhile, supporters of the President gathered in EDSA to protest the coup launched by Tadiar, but unlike the time when the very same protesters went to the streets to oppose the Marcos dictatorship, EDSA is now filled with both the protesters and the Philippine Constabulary, which had to do a double duty as riot control. In addition, three brigades of the Philippine Marines were deployed to the streets to act as auxiliary support for the Philippine Constabulary. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Tadiar called on the civilians to return to their homes and to obey the newly crafted rules and regulations that he has introduced to regain some semblance of normalcy on the nation.
“I call upon the people gathering outside to cease and desist. Obey the rules that we have introduced for your public safety, and no one will die today,” pleaded Tadiar on live television, but to no avail.
Unsurprisingly, it was Cardinal Sin who came out with the protesters as he led a procession throughout the streets of EDSA, in an apparent attempt to calm them down and to lead them into Malacanang Palace to plead with Tadiar to release the President from his custody. Accompanying the Cardinal were several members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, who also joined him in their spiritual crusade to restore democracy from the grip of the emerging Council for National Salvation, the organization that Tadiar led during the Philippine Civil War.
“Our prayers go with the people on the streets who are marching peacefully to send a message to Defense Minister Tadiar. We know you have it in your heart to stop what you are doing, and reconcile with the president,” says Sister Porferia ‘Pingping’ Ocariza while walking along with Sister Teresita Burias. Both nuns emerged as the iconic symbol of the 1986 EDSA Revolution that witnessed the fall of the Marcos regime and Tadiar’s rise to notoriety when his Marine Corps units had accidentally fired on the civilians. Luckily, both were not shot during the revolution. “It is time for democracy to take hold, and for reconciliation to continue!”
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Portions from the Televised Live Broadcast on November 25, 1988, Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
(scene moves to EDSA, with Vilma Pascual covering the demonstrations)
PASCUAL: (points at the procession) We see the peaceful procession going through EDSA like it is the Holy Week, even though we are fast approaching Christmas season. Many priests and nuns have come out of their churches to participate in this procession as well, with Cardinal Sin leading it. A lot of the protesters are singing church songs, and as you can hear them, they are not calling for violence. They are calling for peace. What is it on your end, Oliver?
OLIVER KIDLAT: (from EDSA and Aurora Blvd.) I see small crowds gathering here at the intersection, but a few minutes ago I received a confirmed report that Defense Minister Tadiar has ordered the deployment of Army troops into this intersection. (gazes at the incoming APCs and M551 Sheridan tanks approaching the intersection) At this rate, the army has already blocked off the intersection to all traffic, advising all the commercial bus drivers to take a detour through Aurora Blvd. Unlike the 1986 Revolution, the troops here are in crisp formation and they have Philippine Constabulary members with riot gear on their bodies. This is not going to end well if the protesters continue this way.
PASCUAL: (back to EDSA and Congressional Ave.) Wait! Are you saying that there are APCs and tanks rolling out into the streets? I hope the protesters are careful with what they are doing, because I do not know for certain if Tadiar would give the order to fire on the protesters.
OLIVER KIDLAT: (back to EDSA and Aurora Blvd.) Yes, I see the tanks and APCs on the streets. (spots the tanks moving) Wait a minute! The M551 Sheridans are starting to move from the intersection, in the opposite direction from where they are at. They are coming towards the protesters.
(two hours later)
PASCUAL: So, we are back in EDSA and since the two-hour gap has passed, we have been told that the protesters have arrived at the blocked area where the APCs and the tanks are positioned. (spots the troops marching forward with their rifles pointed at them) The confrontation looks inevitable. The officer in charge of the troops blocking EDSA has told the protesters to turn back, but Cardinal Sin is calmly approaching him. (sees the officer grab the pistol and points it at Cardinal Sin) Oliver! Are you seeing this?
OLIVER KIDLAT: (joins VILMA PASCUAL) Yes, I see it. (grabs his hands together) Please do not do anything stupid, officer. (gunshot fires out, Cardinal Sin falls to the ground, dead) This is just in right now! Cardinal Sin was just shot dead by the officer leading the riot control. (sees the same officer point the pistol at him) Please, do not shoot me.
OFFICER: No cameras! (soldiers point their rifles at the reporters) Sergeant, escort the reporters out of here.
SERGEANT: Yes, sir. (escorts KIDLAT and PASCUAL out of the intersection)
PASCUAL: (sees the soldiers accompany them) We are now with the soldiers who are escorting us out of the roadblocks. We are concerned more for the protesters than even our own safety. (Gunfire erupts, followed by the loud boom coming from the M551 Sheridan) We need to get that shot!
OFFICER: I said no cameras! (points the gun at the reporters) Any objections and I shoot!
KIDLAT: What we have witnessed today can be the darkest chapter in Philippine history. Even Marcos at the very least, was not as vicious in his dealings with his enemies as Artemio Tadiar today. It seems that it was not only the innocent victims of the second revolution in EDSA who died today, but Filipino democracy itself.
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“The exposure of the Iran-Contra Scandal in November 27, 1988, just weeks after the election of Bob Dole as the next President of the United States, had already rocked the Republican Party as the political fallout stemming from the revelation that President Reagan had been negotiating with the very same Iranian clerical regime that was responsible for the US Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, for the release of several American hostages that were captured in Lebanon by the terror group Hezbollah. While on the other hand, the additional exposure of the CIA’s involvement in the funneling of weapons and ammunition to the anti-Sadinista rebels in Nicaragua had also been revealed to the Nicaraguan government, who increased their efforts to crack down on the Contras. However, it was the biggest reveal of the century that was to prove extremely problematic, as the same CIA whistleblower revealed that certain CIA agents who were responsible for funneling weapons to the Contras, had intentionally shipped heavy weapons to Brigadier General Tadiar’s Council for National Sovereignty faction during the late stages of the Philippine Civil War. This revelation comes on the heels of Tadiar’s coup against the government of President Corazon Aquino just five days before the Scandals were exposed. From when Bob Dole and Paul Laxalt were inaugurated as the 41st President and 44th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1989, the Republican dominated administration would be scrutinized with every single crisis, both on the domestic and international stages. Furthermore, the popularity of the Republican Party plummeted as additional information was revealed that the M551 Sheridan tanks that were used to crush the demonstrations in Manila were supposed to be sent to the loyalist Philippine military during the civil war, only to fall into the hands of Tadiar and his merry men. Finally, the arrest of a previously unheard-of judge named Miriam Defensor Santiago by Tadiar’s troops and his collaborators in Philippine law enforcement on the same day, as well as the arrest of President Aquino and her children by Tadiar on December 1st, 1988, had resulted in the United Nations talking about imposing economic sanctions on the Philippines until Tadiar would release his captives. Unfortunately, the sanctions were late in coming, and was not formally imposed on the Philippines until 1993, when the Cold War was about to end, and the Second Russian Civil War was at its height. However, the UN Security Council would impose an arms embargo on the Philippines, starting January 1, 1989, though the arms embargo was made by the Chinese representative at the Security Council. The arms embargo that was imposed on the Philippines would play a major role in China’s aggressive expansion in the South China Sea conflict that resulted in its unilateral annexation of the Spratly Islands chain.” Alex Jones, from the documentary “Corporate America’s Dirty Little Secret”, sponsored by “The American Cause”.
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“What I did, to save my country from domestic and foreign enemies, was necessary. We were not yet ready to return to democracy after twenty-one years of dictatorship, and only a few months since former President Marcos was overthrown by my men that we had a civil war. True, while I admit that I made a mistake in leaving Fabian Ver alone, I did not make any mistakes in the civil war that soon followed. When I said that we were not ready to return to democracy, we were not politically mature enough, as President Aquino was only elected because she rode on the popularity of her murdered husband. What political experience did she have? Nothing! She did not even run for any political position before 1986, and in fact she and her children spent time in exile in the United States. And now, you are putting me on trial, just because I had to take the burden of cleaning the Philippines up on my shoulders. You are charging me with human rights violations? When did the international community cry out in protest about the human rights of victims of communist terror? They did not cry at all. In fact, they spent more time condemning me for trying to eliminate the communist scourge from my country. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? Wait, I already know. You would simply just drop everything and leave the administration of the country in the hands of bleeding hearts who do not have the temerity to take on the difficult task of bringing the country back on its feet.” Artemio Tadiar, during his trial in the Hague, July 19, 2017.
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“When all the great powers decided to punish us for stamping out communism from our country, they also played a role in China’s imperial role in SE Asia. The blood of Filipino patriots is on the hands of the governments of the nations that consented to imposing an arms embargo on us. We failed to stop the People’s Liberation Army from overrunning Kalayaan Island because we ran out of ammo, and when we saw the Marines who had no choice but to surrender, the PLA troops simply machine gunned them down. On top of that, the Philippines was subjected to an intense bombing campaign by a foreign power for the first time since WWII. The bombing lasted for approximately four weeks, but it was enough to kill off almost 500,000 of our people. They dropped all kinds of bombs on us, white phosphorus, incendiary devices, and all other kinds of bombs. It was a horrific form of retribution inflicted on us by the Chinese state, and the result was that we resembled a post-war country that was barely able to survive. It was only thanks to the generosity of the Japanese government that provided us with aid, despite the sanctions, that we were somehow able to survive. We brought in Japanese construction workers to teach us how to rebuild our homes and commercial buildings. We also brought in Japanese health workers to help us run our health care system in the country when the casualties continued to pile up, and we brought in Japanese entrepreneurs who are seeking to build their business in our country, through the employment of our surviving unemployed. Thankfully, the UN slowly repealed the economic sanctions imposed on us by 1997, though Japan had already breached the conditions of the sanctions, as early as 1996. We have already imposed enough austerity measures on ourselves that a quarter of the survivors from the Chinese bombing raid had died from starvation between 1995 and 1998. Brigadier General Tadiar had to resort to such unorthodox measures when it comes to securing food supplies, such as the introduction of shark and carabao meat, as well as carabao milk. It was said that he even fasted for a week to mourn the victims of the bombing, though the Japanese nurse whom he employed to personally watch over his health had given him advice on what to eat. It is because of Japan’s generosity that we have come to view them as our saviors. Without Japan, we would have been invaded, occupied, and annexed by China. Many of our compatriots have criticized us for simply replacing the expelled Tsinoys with Japanese immigrants, but they are our friends. The Japanese are also our real blood brothers, not the Chinese.” Testimony of former Major (now Colonel) Saulito Aromin, during his trial in the Hague, September 13, 2017.
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 8, 2021 5:12:29 GMT
OMAKE THREE: The Voltes V Effect
VOLTES V TO RERUN ITS EPISODES AFTER PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT REPEALS BAN ON ITS SHOWING
The Overseas Filipino Daily
March 10, 1998
Kabankalan, NEGROS ISLAND – Fans of the popular show “Voltes V” will now be able to watch its episodes once again, as the military junta under Brigadier General Artemio Tadiar repeals the ban on the showing of Voltes V. Starting on March 22, the first episode of Voltes V will air on Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation at 3:30 in the afternoon. The repeal of the ban comes at a time when Japanese immigration to the Philippines is starting to pick up, though every year only 15,000 Japanese immigrants come to the Philippines to replenish the nation’s population after the 1996 Great Pacific Excursion, when several Chinese Filipinos went on vacation in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau, only to be barred from the country, as Tadiar’s Executive Order No. 9177, issued on August 15, 1996, had effectively expelled almost the entire Chinese Filipino community from the Philippines, followed by the confiscation of their properties.
The real reason for the former Marcos government’s ban on the showing of Voltes V was that it carried hidden messages encouraging rebellion and sedition, though the ‘official’ reason for its ban was that the children were ‘developing behaviors that were detrimental to their health’, according to the official line espoused by the Marcos regime. Yet Tadiar’s move to repeal the ban on Voltes V has provoked outrage from parents who did not want their children to watch cartoons that they consider as ‘violent’. At the same time, the growth of Japanese animation shows, and Japanese soap operas are gaining popularity in the Philippines. In addition, the rise of the popular Japanese cooking show “Gohan” (translated to lunch), launched by prominent Japanese chef Katsuyo Kobayashi, has also been popular with Filipino audience, despite its competition with another popular celebrity chef, Fu Pei Mei. As for the fans, young and old, of Voltes V, it is confirmed that a new voice cast will work on the dubbing of Voltes V, while additional voice casts fluent in Spanish, Cebuano, Ilocano and Chavacano will also be hired to dub the Voltes V episodes in their respective languages as well.
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HETALIA FANS OUTRAGED BY CONTROVERSIAL PHILIPPINES EPISODE WITH PRO-TADIAR STATEMENT
AnimeVice
February 28, 2011
(Los Angeles) – Fans of the popular series “Axis Powers Hetalia” had voiced their anger at the controversial episode that was released yesterday. The controversy began with the viewing of an episode that was dedicated to the character ‘Philippines’, dubbed by Miyu Irino in Japanese, and Chris Patton in English, which had made a statement that sounded like it was endorsing the infamous military junta led by favorite political villain Artemio Tadiar. The statement was made during the scene where Philippines and China were glaring at each other and had gotten into fistfights. The portrayal of ‘China’ as an overbearing ‘big brother’ had garnered hostility from Chinese fans of the show, while the portrayal of ‘Philippines’ as a psychopathic man-child has not fared well with Filipino audiences. This comes at the heels of another controversial episode, featuring the two Koreas, who are depicted as twins, and their relationship with Japan, mirroring the historical tensions between the newly reunited Korean state and Japan.
“I do not know what is going on in the heads of the producers and the author who wrote this kind of garbage,” comments Angela Hernandez, one of the fans of Hetalia who resides in Los Angeles. “They have trivialized our agony for the sake of gaining more audiences, and we had to flee from the Philippines because of Brigadier General Tadiar. My father fought for President Aquino during the Philippine Civil War!”
The controversial nature of “Hetalia” has led to its complete ban by the Chinese government, citing ‘disrespect of historical facts’, as well as the negative stereotypical portrayal of the China character. In the reunited Korean Peninsula, the Korean fans watched the show with apprehension before giving it its full approval, regarding Hidekazu Himaruya’s careful research for the creation of the Korea twins. To add to the woes of the entire Japanese anime fandom, it was rumored that Himaruya is approached by fellow Japanese manga writer Izuru Yumizuru for a collaboration project on a manga he is working on, though it is not yet final if the planned collaboration will be made official. In addition, Himaruya has also been contacted by noted Korean Manhwa author Lim Dall Young for the planned animation project of “Unbalance x Unbalance”, as well as “Freezing”, but given his project on Hetalia, it is unsure whether Himaruya will add the collab with either Yumizuru or Lim.
“I heard about Himaruya’s reputation while making the Hetalia series, and I must say, he has done more research towards the careful creation of the Korea twins. I had to help him with that, as to avoid garnering public hostility towards the show from a potential fan base in all of Korea,” Lim Dall Young comments when asked about his opinion on ‘Hetalia’. “In return, he even showed me some of the drawings he made, and I asked him if I can borrow it. To my surprise, not only did he give his permission, but also made edits on other characters as well.”
As for Izuru Yumizuru and his plans for the collab project with Himaruya, he is more hesitant, but is also open to the idea of further collaboration with him.
“Both of us have many projects to work on, so we are not yet sure if it will be confirmed,” Izuru Yumizuru commented from his home in Toyama, Japan. “I think that with increased popularity from Himaruya-san’s artworks, I think there will be a future collaboration project between us.”
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“Filipino pop culture was mainly dominated by the Filipinos of the Diaspora, as none of the Filipinos who lived in the Philippines could pursue any interest in pop culture. That is not to say, there is no pop culture within the Philippines during the Tadiar military dictatorship. You have singers like Karylle and Jake Pempengco who have pioneered their music by mixing Filipino style music with the music of the nations they reside in. For Jake, since he lived in the United States, he naturally mixed it with American pop music. For Karylle, she took the elements from Balkan turbo folk and blended it with her own style of Filipino music. It was because of Karylle that Filipino Chalga became a thing in the Philippines, and with her introduction of Fil-Chalga to Filipino audience, they have gone wild with it. Filipino pop music eventually took influences from various foreign pop music cultures, especially Latin American and Japanese music culture, though in return J-Pop and J-Rock stars have been more open to performing their songs in the Philippines. Latin American pop stars have also started performing in the Philippines, as early as 2014, and this year, there was a collaboration in the pop song between Karylle and prominent Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi on “Despacito”. However, it was the popular Diaspora rap group ‘Exiled Barkada’ that took the hip hop world by storm, as their anti-Tadiar songs were so popular that Tadiar himself imposed a ban on all CDs and cassettes that contain Exiled Barkada’s song, in a similar vein to former President Ferdinand Marcos’s knee-jerk reaction to a popular 70s Japanese show, Voltes V. At the same time, ‘Exiled Barkada’ soon became the ultimate gold standard of Filipino hip hop culture, with even former Philippine Civil War veterans Andrew Espiritu and Francis Magalona (known by their stage names as Andrew E. and Francis M.) getting it on the stage. Filipino rock bands like Coalskins* and Sunbaked Boyz*, while not as popular as their hip hop counterpart, had experimented with Eurobeat-style technos, having been formed from the sons of the Filipino Diaspora residing in Europe. It was the Eurobeat-style techno experiment that would lead to the birth of the Fili-Beat-no genre (a portmanteau of Filipino, Beat and Techno), which eventually became popular in European, Australian, SE Asian and North American nightclubs, but would not reach the Philippines until well into the first year of the Loren Legarda administration.” From the Filipino-Australian documentary “Born in the Exile: The Rise of Filipino Pop Culture During the Tadiar Era”.
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*Coalskins would be TTL’s version of Eraserheads, while Sunbaked Boyz would be TTL’s version of Rivermaya.
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Post by gillan1220 on Jan 8, 2021 7:02:58 GMT
“When all the great powers decided to punish us for stamping out communism from our country, they also played a role in China’s imperial role in SE Asia. The blood of Filipino patriots is on the hands of the governments of the nations that consented to imposing an arms embargo on us. We failed to stop the People’s Liberation Army from overrunning Kalayaan Island because we ran out of ammo, and when we saw the Marines who had no choice but to surrender, the PLA troops simply machine gunned them down. On top of that, the Philippines was subjected to an intense bombing campaign by a foreign power for the first time since WWII. The bombing lasted for approximately four weeks, but it was enough to kill off almost 500,000 of our people. They dropped all kinds of bombs on us, white phosphorus, incendiary devices, and all other kinds of bombs. It was a horrific form of retribution inflicted on us by the Chinese state, and the result was that we resembled a post-war country that was barely able to survive. It was only thanks to the generosity of the Japanese government that provided us with aid, despite the sanctions, that we were somehow able to survive. We brought in Japanese construction workers to teach us how to rebuild our homes and commercial buildings. We also brought in Japanese health workers to help us run our health care system in the country when the casualties continued to pile up, and we brought in Japanese entrepreneurs who are seeking to build their business in our country, through the employment of our surviving unemployed. Thankfully, the UN slowly repealed the economic sanctions imposed on us by 1997, though Japan had already breached the conditions of the sanctions, as early as 1996. We have already imposed enough austerity measures on ourselves that a quarter of the survivors from the Chinese bombing raid had died from starvation between 1995 and 1998. Brigadier General Tadiar had to resort to such unorthodox measures when it comes to securing food supplies, such as the introduction of shark and carabao meat, as well as carabao milk. It was said that he even fasted for a week to mourn the victims of the bombing, though the Japanese nurse whom he employed to personally watch over his health had given him advice on what to eat. It is because of Japan’s generosity that we have come to view them as our saviors. Without Japan, we would have been invaded, occupied, and annexed by China. Many of our compatriots have criticized us for simply replacing the expelled Tsinoys with Japanese immigrants, but they are our friends. The Japanese are also our real blood brothers, not the Chinese.” Testimony of former Major (now Colonel) Saulito Aromin, during his trial in the Hague, September 13, 2017. How would this short Sino-Philippine conflict look like? So the Japanese sent aid and arms so the Filipinos could inflict casaulties on the Chinese? I could see the Japanese revoke Article 9 earlier in this TL. |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 8, 2021 7:23:24 GMT
“When all the great powers decided to punish us for stamping out communism from our country, they also played a role in China’s imperial role in SE Asia. The blood of Filipino patriots is on the hands of the governments of the nations that consented to imposing an arms embargo on us. We failed to stop the People’s Liberation Army from overrunning Kalayaan Island because we ran out of ammo, and when we saw the Marines who had no choice but to surrender, the PLA troops simply machine gunned them down. On top of that, the Philippines was subjected to an intense bombing campaign by a foreign power for the first time since WWII. The bombing lasted for approximately four weeks, but it was enough to kill off almost 500,000 of our people. They dropped all kinds of bombs on us, white phosphorus, incendiary devices, and all other kinds of bombs. It was a horrific form of retribution inflicted on us by the Chinese state, and the result was that we resembled a post-war country that was barely able to survive. It was only thanks to the generosity of the Japanese government that provided us with aid, despite the sanctions, that we were somehow able to survive. We brought in Japanese construction workers to teach us how to rebuild our homes and commercial buildings. We also brought in Japanese health workers to help us run our health care system in the country when the casualties continued to pile up, and we brought in Japanese entrepreneurs who are seeking to build their business in our country, through the employment of our surviving unemployed. Thankfully, the UN slowly repealed the economic sanctions imposed on us by 1997, though Japan had already breached the conditions of the sanctions, as early as 1996. We have already imposed enough austerity measures on ourselves that a quarter of the survivors from the Chinese bombing raid had died from starvation between 1995 and 1998. Brigadier General Tadiar had to resort to such unorthodox measures when it comes to securing food supplies, such as the introduction of shark and carabao meat, as well as carabao milk. It was said that he even fasted for a week to mourn the victims of the bombing, though the Japanese nurse whom he employed to personally watch over his health had given him advice on what to eat. It is because of Japan’s generosity that we have come to view them as our saviors. Without Japan, we would have been invaded, occupied, and annexed by China. Many of our compatriots have criticized us for simply replacing the expelled Tsinoys with Japanese immigrants, but they are our friends. The Japanese are also our real blood brothers, not the Chinese.” Testimony of former Major (now Colonel) Saulito Aromin, during his trial in the Hague, September 13, 2017. How would this short Sino-Philippine conflict look like? So the Japanese sent aid and arms so the Filipinos could inflict casaulties on the Chinese? I could see the Japanese revoke Article 9 earlier in this TL. It will actually be tied to the larger Spratly Islands dispute, plus since it is also mentioned that China would annex the entirety of the Spratly Islands chain, you can see how this would play out. The PLAAF (China’s Air Force) might play a huge role here. Article 9 might be repealed, but not too soon to piss off even the two Koreas. We would initially see the Japanese working from a humanitarian standpoint, and given the whole utang na loob mindset, you can see where Tadiar would go with this. I may have to retcon the prologue to consider adding the portion where Article 9 is repealed, plus I could have in mind a joint collaboration project between Turkey and Japan on a development of a new fighter plane, with the help of the French or the Swedes, plus look to see the Turks and Japanese to get involved with the project to develop a new tank that is based on the OTL Altay tank as well. Also, you might also see the Chinese go forward with an earlier “Belt and Road Initiative”, though it might end in Iran, so we could also expect a hostile relationship between Russia and Iran as well. Remember that the arms embargo would be in effect well into the Spratlys conflict, but there could also be a weird variant of oil-for-food program, but replace oil with guns. |
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Post by gillan1220 on Jan 8, 2021 7:25:34 GMT
How would this short Sino-Philippine conflict look like? So the Japanese sent aid and arms so the Filipinos could inflict casaulties on the Chinese? I could see the Japanese revoke Article 9 earlier in this TL. It will actually be tied to the larger Spratly Islands dispute, plus since it is also mentioned that China would annex the entirety of the Spratly Islands chain, you can see how this would play out. The PLAAF (China’s Air Force) might play a huge role here. Article 9 might be repealed, but not too soon to piss off even the two Koreas. We would initially see the Japanese working from a humanitarian standpoint, and given the whole utang na loob mindset, you can see where Tadiar would go with this. I may have to retcon the prologue to consider adding the portion where Article 9 is repealed, plus I could have in mind a joint collaboration project between Turkey and Japan on a development of a new fighter plane, with the help of the French or the Swedes, plus look to see the Turks and Japanese to get involved with the project to develop a new tank that is based on the OTL Altay tank as well. Also, you might also see the Chinese go forward with an earlier “Belt and Road Initiative”, though it might end in Iran, so we could also expect a hostile relationship between Russia and Iran as well. Remember that the arms embargo would be in effect well into the Spratlys conflict, but there could also be a weird variant of oil-for-food program, but replace oil with guns. AFP would not use Japanese equipment then such as Type 74 tanks, Kawasaki C-1s, Type 89 rifles, and F-2s? |
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 8, 2021 7:39:45 GMT
They could, or the Japanese government would give the Philippine government official license to produce them. Selling the equipment listed above right away might spook even Korea out, due to the tensions left from WWII. Plus the Koreans might be more eager to sell their military hardware to the Philippines as well. Another thing too is that at some point the Japanese could eventually ship those weapons, but the campaign to repeal Article 9 will be difficult for Japan. Plus you might even have Ye Fei and his pals make some bizarre documentary about the Japanese roots of modern SE Asian militarism or some other random stuff.
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Post by stevep on Jan 8, 2021 14:09:43 GMT
Well the inevitable axe fell after the murder of potential opponents. Tadiar has presumably planned this some time before.
Like any thug he's still trying to excuse his behaviour at his trial. The answer to having insufficient democratic experience is to brutally suppress democracy by an far darker dictatorship than what occurred under the Marcos regime. Very funny if he hadn't murdered so many people.
Steve
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Post by TheRomanSlayer on Jan 8, 2021 15:09:44 GMT
It is true, and unlike Marcos, who can hide behind the ‘constitutional authoritarianism’ facade, Tadiar would at least be worse in this regard. As TTL’s Honasan would say, the man is merely an opportunist. However, there is also another dark side of Tadiar’s dictatorship, and that might involve the graduates of the School of the Americas.
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Post by kyuzoaoi on Jan 8, 2021 17:02:18 GMT
So they are now attempting Pinochet helicopter rides, Pinoy edition...
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