Random number between 1 and 98, page 44 of Storm Chasers, Ambeth Ocampo's 7th Looking Back book has a photo of the former First Lady used as "charm offensive" for the Tripoli Agreement in the 70's. pic.twitter.com/V13iV3FQJf— glenncruz (@glenncruz) September 21, 2018
Storm Chasers is the seventh book of the Looking Back series by historian (and one of my favorite authors) Ambeth Ocampo. Random number between 1 and 98, page 44 of the book is in the middle of the article "Marcos on the Tripoli Agreement," contains a photo of the First Lady of the former President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos being used as "charm offensive" for the Tripoli Agreement. (Learned elsewhere that it succeeded on bringing the GOP and MNLF to the negotiation table, but in the end, it failed, no thanks to the Prexy himself.)
This Storm Chasers article began on page 42 with something that we could relate with the latest buzz around social media today, 21 September, the anniversary of the proclamation of Martial Law in 1972:
Longevity is often a liability in history especially for those who start out right and end badly.... [E]xample is Juan Ponce Enrile who entered history as Martial Law administrator. He redeemed himself during EDSA 1986 People Power revolution but fell from favor and history during the administration of Corazon Aquino. Elected to the Senate on the catchy slogan "gusto ko happy ka!" Enrile's last high point was presiding over the Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona. Today, he is charged with plunder.September was derived from the Latin word septem, which means "seven," because it used to be the seventh month of the ancient ten-month Roman calendar. liwaliw Pages this September features the seventh volume or seventh of a series from some of the multi-volume or series titles in my personal library.
[P.S. Below, from a good friend, for the reference of those who didn't catch this trending on social media.]
— Perci Cendana (@PerciCen) September 21, 2018
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