MANILA – Malacañang on Wednesday affirmed that the EDSA People Power Revolution remains an important part of Philippine history, though no official statement has yet been issued on this year’s commemoration. In a press briefing, Palace Press…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The EDSA People Power Revolution has never been just another date on the calendar. The peaceful uprising in 1986 drew an estimated two million Filipino civilians, along with political, military, and religious groups,…
When Ferdinand Marcos fled the country on Feb. 25, 1986, retired judge Meinrado Paredes went to Fuente Osmeña to see for himself what the end of a 21-year reign dictatorship looked like here.…
The Akbayan party-list will file a bill to declare February 25 as a non-working holiday to commemorate the Edsa People Power Revolution, its representative Perci Cendaña said on Sunday.…
MANILA, Philippines — Church leaders will stage a protest along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) on September 21 to denounce corruption in flood control projects nationwide. In a statement on Friday, the Church Leaders Council for…
MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), representing 1,525 Catholic schools nationwide, emphasized the “urgent need to reignite the spirit” of the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) Revolution. “The Edsa spirit is a…
MANILA, Philippines — The once dormant People’s Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action (Pirma) spent P55 million for television ad placements in pushing for Charter change or Cha-cha. Part of the budget was also spent in trying…
“Kung hindi ngayon, kailan pa?” is one of the lines by actress Mae Paner in Director Joel Lamangan‘s “Oras De Peligro” film on the Edsa People Power. It is a familiar slogan in the student movement associated with…
MANILA, Philippines — As the Philippines commemorates the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution that ousted his father and namesake from power, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered reconciliation “to those with different political persuasions.”…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — As the country celebrates the 37th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, which happened on Feb. 25, 1986, here are some thoughts of some of the youths today, who were born years…
MANILA, Philippines — The 25th of February this year, which marks the 37th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, is a regular working day after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. moved the holiday on Feb. 24,…
Some years ago, colleagues, who had been at Edsa in 1986 and experienced people power firsthand, complained that their students did not seem to know or care about it. I advised them to mind their age and…
