Jessica Sales

Jessica Sales (born October 15, 1951—disappeared July 31, 1977) was a college professor and community organizer in the Philippines who disappeared during martial law under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.[1][2]

Jessica Sales
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, photographed on 15 November 2018, showing names from the 2001 batch of Bantayog honorees, including that of Jessica Sales
Born(1951-10-15)October 15, 1951
DisappearedJuly 31, 1977 (aged 25)
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Los Baños
OccupationUniversity Professor
AwardsHonored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani wall of remembrance

Sales was arrested by state agents, at the age of 26, along with nine other activists working with community organizations in the Southern Tagalog region in the Philippines: Cristina Catalla, Gerardo "Gerry" Faustino, Rizalina Ilagan, Ramon Jasul, Salvador Panganiban, Emmanuel Salvacruz, Virgilio Silva, Modesto "Bong" Sison, and Erwin de la Torre. The group came to be known as the Southern Tagalog 10.[1][3][4]

Sales' name is inscribed on the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Wall of Remembrance honoring martyrs and heroes of martial law.[5]

References
  1. "Sales, Jessica". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  2. "Tish, Jessica, Hermon and other missing martial law activists | Inquirer News". Inquirer. September 22, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  3. Ilagan, Bonifacio (December 6, 2016). "Resonance: The Southern Tagalog 10". Manila Today.
  4. Ilagan, Bonifacio (2017-10-11). "The story of the Southern Tagalog 10". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  5. "Martyrs & Heroes". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. Retrieved 2019-01-02.


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