Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Friday stressed the importance of commemorating the EDSA People Power revolution saying it is “a beautiful story that needs to be told.” “The province of Sorsogon joins the nation as we commemorate the Edsa...
During the 36th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal F. Advincula presided over the celebration of the holy eucharist and said that the EDSA People Power is not just a political event, but a “religious and spiritual experience” that cuts through time....
There has always been a misconception that the first People Power Revolution in 1986 happened only in Metro Manila, particularly at EDSA, but various demonstrations really took place in many regions across the country. 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution (Photo from Presidential Museum and Library...
ILOILO CITY—Bells of Roman Catholic churches in the province of Iloilo are set to ring Friday night to mark the 36th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo of the Archdiocese of Jaro encouraged all the churches in the 42 towns, component city of Passi, and...
Vice President Leni Robredo said it was the Filipinos' love for the country that gave them the courage to fight for their freedom and made the 1986 People Power Revolution successful. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo made the statement Friday, Feb. 25, as the country...
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) will finalize the metrics identifying areas that may be downgraded to Alert Level 1 with the findings already submitted for President Duterte's approval on Feb. 28, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed Friday,...
Today, 36 years ago, a plain housewife was sworn in as the 11 th president of the Republic of the Philippines, after a bloodless revolution that gathered hundreds of thousands of Filipinos along a stretch of EDSA, Metro Manila’s main thoroughfare. The plain housewife who would lead the...
Fifty seven million Filipinos — or slightly more than half of the country’s population — were born after the historic events at EDSA in 1986. It is understandable that many of them are unable to fully grasp the full significance of today’s commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the...
By Emmanuel Doy Santos Emmanuel Doy Santos Who would have thought that 36 years after the EDSA ‘People Power’ revolution of 1986, we would face another election where the leading candidates include one Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and a widow, turned politician aligned with the Aquinos? Having lived...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Thirty-six years after the EDSA People Power Revolution is a good time to think about the freedoms that bloodless revolution won for the Filipinos. I had lived through the martial law years and I know what freedoms we lost then. That’s why my husband and...
Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio has pushed for the inclusion of the country's martial law period in the school curriculum amid waves of disinformation on atrocities and human rights violations during this era. Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio (Screenshot from 1Sambayan...
Manila Archbishop Jose F. Cardinal Advincula will celebrate mass at the Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace or EDSA Shrine on Friday, Feb. 25. Photo RCAM The mass at 12:15 p.m. is in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolution. In response to the proposal of priests, the...
