Why was the holiday removed in the first place, and do Filipinos really care? One of the great joys of scanning the calendar at the start of the year is finding those little moments of ...
This year, the EDSA Shrine will emphasize the “spiritual component” of the EDSA people power revolution, which ended Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship 39 years ago.
The relatively peaceful People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution, took place from Feb. 22 to 25, 1986. It led to the ouster of then-president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
MANILA, Philippines — The spirit of the Edsa People Power Revolution remains relevant today, as the same issues that led to the 1986 uprising continue to persist, Makabayan senatorial candidate Amirah ...
MANILA, Philippines — For veteran activists who took part in the four-day Edsa People Power Revolution in 1986, seeing students from different universities in Metro Manila joining this year’s ...
The 20 Filipinos in this exhibit include some of the main players at Edsa, but many are ordinary individuals who led extraordinary lives and made brave choices before and after 1986. Each story that ...
The road to EDSA began in 1978 with the elections for the Interim Batasan Pambansa. The Metro Manila noise barrage on April 6, 1978 was on the eve of the elections. The opposition was led by Ninoy ...
Today’s protest themes, led by aging martial law survivors and their dewy-eyed ... of the children and grandchildren of those who once stood shoulder-to-shoulder on Edsa. How fitting, too, that the ...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (PBBM) declared February 25, the EDSA 1 anniversary, as a working holiday, instead of as a non-working holiday. What d ...
MANILA, Philippines — This year, the EDSA Shrine will emphasize the “spiritual component” of the EDSA people power revolution, which ended Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship 39 years ago.