The United States Embassy in Manila warned its citizens in the Philippines of the two large-scale anti-corruption rallies scheduled on Nov. 30, with one being close enough to the embassy’s compound along Roxas Blvd. in Manila. In an advisory, the embassy informed its citizens that the rallies...
Former military officers spearheaded a mass demonstration in front of Camp Aguinaldo, the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in Quezon City on Sunday, Sept. 21, as part of the nationwide massive anti-corruption protests against the anomalous flood control projects of...
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...
The Senate minority bloc on Tuesday, February 25, lauded the continuing moves to commemorate the spirit of the EDSA People Power Revolution, as the nation celebrates its 39 th anniversary. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said EDSA should be “celebrated” because it...
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...
With the announcements of numerous academic institutions of class suspensions to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, senatorial candidate Bam Aquino said that the spirit of the peaceful revolution is alive in the...
