The family of the late democracy icon and former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino III said there’s a world of difference between what happened to their patriarch and what is happening to former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained in The Hague while awaiting trial for his crimes...
As the nation commemorates the 39th anniversary of the People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb. 25, teachers' groups urged President Marcos to restore EDSA Day as a special non-working holiday and reiterated their opposition to historical distortion and disinformation. The EDSA People Power...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremonies for the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb.25, at the EDSA People Power Monument. Mayor Joy Belmonte and other government officials atten the wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 25...
EDSA People Power Revolution 39th anniversary (Santi San Juan) The spirit of the EDSA People Power Revolution remains strong even after 39 years removed from the historic event, House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy”...
Progressive groups on Tuesday, Feb. 25, marked the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution—an event that they said should remind the country of the power of collective action to stand up for what is right. At the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, Bayan Muna Party-list...
Not declaring Feb. 25 or the EDSA People Power anniversary as a non-working holiday was neither an effort to erase history, nor undermining the gains from the historic revolution. EDSA People Power Revolution 39th anniversary (Santi San Juan/MANILA BULLETIN) This was what Malacañang Press Officer...
Do not forget. Celebrate. Be proud. The EDSA People Power Monument in Quezon City. (SANTI SAN JUAN / MANILA BULLETIN) On the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb. 25, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas urged students to uphold truth, fight injustice, and...
ILOILO CITY — Ilonggos highly criticized Mayor Jerry Treñas for downplaying EDSA People Power, especially when he boasted of his heroism during the Marcos dictatorship, including being imprisoned. ILOILO City Mayor Jerry Treñas' statement during the 36th anniversary of EDSA People Power in...
To commemorate the 39th EDSA People Power anniversary this year, the Aquino Center and Museum in Tarlac City will be reopened to the public on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The vicinity of Adamson University in Manila is decorated with yellow ribbons a day ahead of the 39th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People...
The Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) announced that the Aquino Center will open its museum honoring the lives of Ninoy, Cory, and Noynoy Aquino on Feb. 24, just a day before the country commemorates the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power. (Photo courtesy of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino...
(Courtesy of Roni Santiago / MANILA BULLETIN) Private sector employees who will report for work on the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Tuesday, Feb. 25, are entitled to proper payment of wages, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In Labor Advisory No. 2,...
EDSA People Power Monument (The Official Gazette) A survey conducted by research firm WR Numero on Filipinos’ views on historical events showed that 45.1 percent have a favorable perception of the EDSA People Power Revolution (12.3 percent “very positively,” 32.8 percent...
