Society, Politics & Law
Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?
...publicity it would generate for the country. Ronnie Nathanielsz, the government-appointed liaison officer of ‘Thrilla in Manila’, wrote that then President Ferdinand Marcos wanted the international event to demonstrate that the country was peaceful and prosperous despite the declaration of martial law: …he wanted the “Thrilla in Manila” so he could ‘show the...