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Young Filipinos clueless about Edsa People Power

By James Cordova Sat, Feb 26, 2011 9:03AM UTC View Comments

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, taking a leaf from the “Jaywalking” segment of the Tonight Show With Jay Leno, interviewed several college students for a video about the 1986 People Power uprising. Practically all of the students couldn’t say when and where the revolt took place, even what the event was all about. The...

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The unsung heroes of the Philippine “People Power”

By Carlos H. Conde Fri, Feb 25, 2011 5:15PM UTC View Comments

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EDSA at 25: Filipinos and the long, winding road to change

By Tonyo Cruz Fri, Feb 25, 2011 4:36PM UTC View Comments

The Philippines today marks the 25th anniversary of the 1986 People Power uprising that brought down the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, the epoch-breaking event that continues to inspire people across the world to stare down and confront corrupt rulers and tyrants. Egyptians were inspired some weeks back and the spirit of collective people’s action now...

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Philippines’ people power a street party, not a revolution

By James Cordova Thu, Feb 24, 2011 8:58AM UTC View Comments

This week marks the 25th year of the so-called People Power revolution in the Philippines that toppled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. I was just into puberty when the uprising happened so, like kids of my age, I didn’t care much about what was happening. What I learned and appreciated about it came later, when because...

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The Philippines as a model for Egypt? Get real

By Carlos H. Conde Mon, Feb 14, 2011 10:47AM UTC View Comments

One of the most preposterous things I’ve heard in the aftermath of the ouster of Hosni Mubarak was that the world failed to credit the Philippines’s own “People Power” for what happened in Egypt. It is as outrageous as the claim that we Filipinos invented “people power.” This is not to belittle what Filipinos did...

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