Francisco Tatad "Proclamation No. 1081" (lost Filipino TV footage of presidential speech; 1972)
Fransisco Tatad
Status: Lost
At 7:15pm on September 23, 1972, then-president Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law in the entire Philippines, broadcasting it in television.[1] With other Filipino political elites in jail or exiled, media was also affected. TV networks such as ABS-CBN, MBC, ABC-5, and newspapers were closed. Only Roberto Benedicto's KBS-9 (now RPN-9/CNN Philippines) and Philippine Daily Express were allowed to continue their operations.
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TV networks that time were closed due to martial law, showing static and color bars. KBS-9 went back on air in the afternoon, playing episodes of Hanna-Barbera's Wacky Races series. It was interrupted by then-Press Secretary Fransisco Tatad and he read Proclamation No. 1081.[2]
The page was written by Bob Chanco of PhilStar. Francisco Tatad went on-air at 3pm, while others said KBS-9 went on-air at 3pm.[3]Marcos' 7:15pm speech is available online, while the footage and the speech of Francisco Tatad haven't yet resurfaced.