"It just has never been well managed, from the Marcos era on."

This approach, which also proved important in regaining the confidence of investors, whether domestic or foreign, was definitely unthinkable during the Marcos era.

Coconut products were the single largest export of the Philippines in the Marcos era.

Foreign borrowing was a key element in Philippine development strategy during the Marcos era.

Poverty during the Marcos era deepened despite a modest increase in average national income.

Yet today, when buffeted by the global economic crisis, he seems not to have learned any lessons from the end of the Marcos era.

These enemies represent a return to all that held the Philippines back during the Marcos era.

During the Marcos era, Imelda had the entire town whitewashed.

No Philippine government has made such efforts to muzzle the press since the Marcos era.

Through the law, the veterans regained their rights as rightful shareholders of the bank, which were denied during the Marcos era.