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No joint commemoration of 40 years of the Edsa revolution among progressive groups
Edsa40 demands accountability from all those involved in corruption. —PHOTO BY OLIVER TEVES
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February 24, 2026February 24, 2026News

No joint commemoration of 40 years of the Edsa revolution among progressive groups

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The nation celebrates and commemorates this week the 40th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, a seminal event in Philippine history. But the hope and expectation that the main forces and their allies that worked to dismantle Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s dictatorship would march shoulder to shoulder on the now-world-famous avenue to mark the historic...

Agrava reports didn’t answer question of why Ninoy Aquino was killed
"Ninoy Aquino: His Last Portrait" was rendered in pointillist style, dot per dot, by hand, by the pen, when the artist Lynett Advincula Villariba could only respond to the event unfolding in 1983 -- a million dots for the millions who joined or watched the opposition leader's funeral cortege in anger and sorrow.
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August 20, 2022September 19, 2023Education, Politics

Agrava reports didn’t answer question of why Ninoy Aquino was killed

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Editor’s note: Former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was shot dead on Aug. 21, 1983, upon arriving from exile in the United States at the airport now named after him. Fourteen months later, a fact-finding board assigned by President Ferdinand Marcos to look into the assassination submitted two reports—one by its chair and the other...