ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma How important are the coming elections in shaping the future of the nation? An election could change the course that a country will take for an entire generation. Consider the snap elections held on Feb. 7, 1986. Recall that this event sparked a massive wave of protest...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s supporters or kakampinks are still on a high on Saturday, Feb. 26, as the topic #IloiloIsPink is still the number one trending topic on social media site Twitter the morning after Robredo’s grand rally at the Iloilo Sports Complex that drew an estimated crowd of...
Opposition candidates joined the country in commemorating the 36th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution--the bloodless upheaval that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines. The EDSA People Power monument Vice presidential bet Senator Kiko Pangilinan...
Senatorial candidate and former congressman Monsour Del Rosario on Friday said all Filipinos should relive the true “spirit of EDSA,” a historic event that reshaped the nation, in the comfort of their homes and community. Though it has been almost four decades since the Philippines have shown...
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...
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...
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...
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...
