"While the period from January to March 1970 was one of significant social unrest in the Philippines and there is no definitive record of all protests or demonstrations in the country, seven protests in the area of Metropolitan Manila have come to be considered the historically notable demonstrations of the time, even being branded the "7 deadly protests of the First Quarter Storm" in some media accounts.The event that kicked off the series of events which eventually became known as the "First Quarter Storm" was a demonstration held on January 27, 1970, at the opening of the The protest was primarily organized by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), and was meant to coincide with the first State of the Nation Address of Marcos' second term. Scenes from "Konsyertong Bayan sa Ika-50 Taon" in U.P.
Once the gate broke and gave way, bold protestors charged into the Palace grounds tossing rocks, pillboxes, Protesters ran towards Arguelles Street to evade the explosions in front of the Palace. This disagreement was ongoing when Marcos, having finished his speech, walked out the legislative building.Marcos and his wife Imelda were eventually able to escape to the presidential limousine, leaving the police - consisting of the Manila Police District (MPD) and elements of the Four days after the SONA, to condemn "state fascism" and police brutality, protesters, mostly students, marched back to the Congress.While this was happening, different student leaders were already in Malacañang having a meeting with Ferdinand Marcos to make the following demands: "the holding of a nonpartisan constitutional convention; the commitment that Marcos, a two-term president, would not suddenly change the rules forbidding a president from seeking a third term; the resignation of the Manila Police District top brass; and the disbandment of paramilitary units in Central Luzon. The nationwide student demonstration that took place on January 26, 1970 proved how militant student organizations had achieved a high level of organization and commitment from its followers. Diliman on Friday. These encounters exhibited the then growing prevalence of student activism, parallel to demonstrations in other countries wherein students played a large role such as the toppling of the Since KM was founded under the aspiration of resuming and completing the Philippine Revolution of 1896, now fighting "a new type of colonialism," it sought to inspire nationalism once more in a time wherein it was considered as a dangerous concept.The KM aims to break this monopoly of power by allying with workers, peasants, progressive intellectuals, professionals and the nationalist bourgeoisie in an effort to arouse and mobilize the masses towards the attainment of national freedom and democracy. Diliman on Friday. The slight increase of the minimum wage was countered by continuous price increases and unemployment.Various parties had begun campaigning to initiate a Marcos would eventually surprised his critics by endorsing the move, but later historians would note that the resulting Constitutional Convention laid the foundation for the legal justifications Marcos used to extend his term past the two four-year terms allowable under the 1935 Constitution.The media reports of the time classified the various civil society groups opposing Marcos into two categories.With the Constitutional Convention occupying their attention from 1971 to 1973, statesmen and politicians opposed to the increasingly more-authoritarian administration of Ferdinand Marcos mostly focused their efforts on political efforts from within the halls of power.Student demonstrators, for example, made a manifesto for the constitutional convention, containing the following provisions:Student groups considered "moderate" at the time included: The violent demonstrations that would extend to March of that same year would become known as the First Quarter Storm. Scenes from "Konsyertong Bayan sa Ika-50 Taon" in U.P. Many of the students left Manila to go home to the provinces for summer vacation, leading to a lull in protest actions.Violent dispersals of various FQS protests were among the first watershed events in which large numbers of Filipino students of the 1970s were radicalized against the Marcos administration. First Quarter Storm, Fqs, Protests Against Marcos, Filipino Student Activists, Philippine History. Scenes from "Konsyertong Bayan sa Ika-50 Taon" in U.P.
The First Quarter Storm. RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO. Ang Sigwa ng Unang Kuwarto o First Quarter Storm ay ang panahon ng ligalig ng mga makakaliwa sa Pilipinas mula Enero hanggang Marso 1970 (unang kuwarto ng taon) kung saan nagkaroon ng kaliwa't-kanang demonstrasyon at protesta laban sa pamahalaan.Ito ang isa sa mga naging batayan ng pagdeklara ng batas-militar noong 1972.. Kasaysayan. The President did not agree to their terms and their meeting ended at around 6pm.