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1970 and 1971 - which saw the FQS Protests, the
Diliman Commune, the Plaza Miranda Bombing, and the suspension of the writ - the Palabay Brothers decided to take a break from their studies and go back home to San Fernando. There they enrolled in a local college where they continued efforts to build awareness of the abuses of the Marcos dictatorship. The Palabay brothers were in La Union when Ferdinand Marcos announced on February 23, 1972 that he had placed the Philippines under Martial Law.
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province of Ilocos Norte is also part of the Ilocos region. He took his elementary school studies at the San
Fernando Community School in his home city, and then went to high school at the La Union High School (now the La Union National High School, LUNHS). Through occasional news reports, he and his elder brother Romulo began becoming aware of the abuses of the Marcos regime, which led to them having regular discussions at their house with friends after school.
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He was particularly keen on activist drama - helping to organize and present street plays, leading in the singing of protest songs and the recitation of poetry in an effort to build awareness of the injustices inherent to
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Palabay was born in San
Fernando, La Union - the eighth of nine children of Francisco F. Palabay and Felicidad F. Ducusin. La Union is a predominantly Ilocano province, so the Palabay siblings grew up in a community with strong ethnic and regionalistic loyalties to Ferdinand Marcos, whose home
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Palabay became more involved in political activism when he was accepted into the
Bachelor of Science degree program in Economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He became a member of the Student Cultural Association of UP (SCAUP) and of activist theater group Panday Sining.
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herbal medicine and acupuncture so that he would be able to offer services to the community. Earning a reputation for his sense of humor, he also began learning about farming in an effort to better understand the daily difficulties faced by peasant farmers.
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