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...
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...
February 25, 1986. The day Filipinos reclaimed their long-lost freedom. After three days of a mass gathering of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos forming a human wall defying orders from Malacanang to disperse — to show a stand against dictatorship — along the main thoroughfare that is known...
National Artist Bencab, other artists share their experiences so can you, too “ Malaking tanong sa mga artist ang ‘ano ba ang pakialam ng art mo sa mga nangyayari?’ (When artists are asked what their art has to do with what has been happening, that means a great deal),” shares CCP Thirteen...
The EDSA 1986 People Power Revolution is the nation’s greatest victory over the dark times, vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Thursday, Feb, 24 said. ‘’It is a constant reminder how the Filipino people stood up against those who brought suffering on their...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who is running for senator in the May 2022 polls, took time to make a video presentation to clarify to supporters of former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. the misconceptions they have about the EDSA People Power 1. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes...
Employees who will report to work on special non-working days of Feb. 1, which was is Chinese New Year, and on Feb. 25, which is the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, will get full-pay plus 30 percent of their basic wages. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III...
How many times in your life can you say that you’re “very sure” about something or someone? Vice President Leni Robredo is one of the persons who knew, right from the moment she met him, that she’s going to marry her husband, the late former Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. Vice President...
The rebuilding of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) almost forty years ago today was “one of the best good things” that former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has done for her country, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos (3rd from...
