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...
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...
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...
Demonstrating the power of arts in social transformation and empowerment The official poster of Pasinaya Two years into the pandemic, the CCP Pasinaya Open House Festival continues on the online platform on Feb. 26 and 27 with the theme “ Sana All Lumilikha, Lumalaya .” Celebrating the 36th...
ILIGAN CITY — Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Feb. 22, called on the public, the youth, and news agencies to band together to fight against disinformation, believing that this is one way to keep the spirit of the EDSA people power revolt alive. Vice President Leni...
