The former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and the student Kian delos Santos were felled by bullets 34 years apart this month in starkly different circumstances, but many agree that they—along with the victims of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s martial rule and of Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs”—met their end in a climate of impunity. Seeing...
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What to expect on Edsa
On Feb. 25, 1986, Filipinos’ collective pursuit of democracy won over a dictatorship. Today, 39 years later, they commemorate the Edsa People Power Revolution that forced Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his family to flee abroad. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared Feb. 25 as a “special working holiday” under Proclamation No. 727. But some school...
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Mass kicks off 39th Edsa anniversary celebrations
Tanks rolled from south of E. delos Santos Avenue (Edsa), while Marines advanced from the east. Above, helicopters hovered, ready for bomb runs. Amid the tension, the people fell on their knees and prayed. Fr. Manoling Francisco recalled the unfolding of the Edsa “People Power” Revolution in 1986 in his homily on Saturday, Feb. 22,...