Cebuanos told: Remember Edsa lessons
Cebu’s religious and political leaders exhorted Cebuanos not to forget the lessons learned in the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution as the country celebrated its 27th anniversary yesterday.
Cebu’s religious and political leaders exhorted Cebuanos not to forget the lessons learned in the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution as the country celebrated its 27th anniversary yesterday.
“We’re glad to be here to witness the celebration. Our parents told us of the importance of the Edsa revolution, it is synonymous with the freedom we are having nowadays.” —K.C Contreras, student of Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology, who attended the 27th People Power 1 anniversary celebration with her friends at the Edsa Shrine.
Inquirer’s Fernando del Mundo’ wrote the last of his two-part series on Edsa ’86 on Wednesday, which was a recollection of the events leading up to the “Mother of all People Power Revolts.”
Senators praised President Benigno Aquino III for signing the Human Rights Victim Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 on the 27th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution.
In the twilight of the Marcos regime, a voice was heard across the land.
When the phone rang one day in May 1979, he was not to know that he would be caught in one of the most tumultuous chapters in Philippine history.
Malacañang has declared an “open house” on Monday for orphans and youth to symbolically “reclaim” the Palace for the people in commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
The wild tree atop a hill overlooking the bustling town of San Pedro, as well as Laguna de Bay had always fascinated the late Salvador “Doy” Laurel as he traveled the highway.
Malacañang is urging state employees to “actively take part” in activities marking the 27th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
The young aide was stunned when Jaime Cardinal Sin picked up the phone and called the Church-run Radio Veritas to broadcast an appeal on the night of Feb. 22, 1986.
In February 1986, our advanced calculus professor, Norman Quimpo, whom we fondly called Doc Quimps, said, “Classes have been called off in support of the protests.”
MORE than two decades have passed since the first Edsa People Power Revolt ousted the Marcos regime.
As a divided nation on Saturday marks the 26th anniversary of the 1986 “people power” uprising, President Benigno Aquino III and human rights groups on Friday appeared agreed on one thing—the historic Edsa upheaval that chased away a dictator remains an unfinished revolution.
