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Ang konsyerto ng mga palaka
Habang nagkakantahan at nasasayawan sina Pangulong Aquino sa EDSAnoong Biyernes sa kanilang pagdiwang ng 25 taong anibersayo ng People Power, ako ay nakikinig sa kunsiyerto ng mga palaka. Tuloy-tuloy hanggang lampas ng hatinggabi ang kunsiyerto ng mga palaka. Minsan may … Continue reading
‘EDSA is not just four days in February’: Remembering the role of the ‘Mosquito press’
I’m reprinting here the recollection of Lourdes “Chuchay” Fernandez, Malaya’s editor-in-chief at the time of the 1986 People Power, which she did for VERA Files and Yahoo. Chuchay is now editor-in-chief of Business Mirror. The 1986 People Power is most … Continue reading
Thoughts on 25 years after 1986 People Power
We are commemorating the 1986 People Power revolution, many refer to as EDSA 1. If we refer to EDSA I and EDSA 2 as a gathering of people on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, that long stretch of road from … Continue reading
Ninoy assassination a closed book for Aquino sisters
by Booma Cruz VERA Files Twenty-seven years after the murder of opposition leader and former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., his daughters say the search for the brains behind his assassination is over, and that the Aquino family has already … Continue reading
“Ipaglaban ko ang pagsasama ng pamilya natin”: James Yap
Statement issued by James Yap: “Kilala niyo po naman ako. Tahimik at simple lang akong tao. Tingin ko din itong lahat na issues na naglalabasan siguro dapat kami na lang mag-asawa ang mag-aayos in private. Ever since naman, never niyo … Continue reading
Sen. Edward Kennedy and Philippine democracy
The passing away of President Cory three weeks ago and last Friday’s 26th death anniversary of her husband, Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., brought back to mind the events of February 1986 when the world stood in awe as Filipinos linked … Continue reading
Anak talaga ni Ninoy at Cory
Hindi pa sinasabi ni Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. ang kanyang desisyon kung siya ay tatakbo sa pagka-presidente na siyang panawagan ng iilang mga kolumnista at sinasabing eksperto sa pulitika. Ngunit sa himig ng kanyang pananalita, parang natatanto ko na … Continue reading
Pang-iinis ni Arroyo sa pamilyang Aquino
Bilib naman talaga ako sa kapal ng mukha at tapang ng apog nitong si Gloria Arroyo at ng kanyang mga alagad. Sinabi na nga ng pamilyang Aquino na “No, thank you” doon sa kanilang plano na magpatayo ng monumento para … Continue reading
Ninoy, Cory, Evelio
Update: Former Antique Governor Enrique Zaldivar passed away Friday. His remains lie in state at the Philippine Independence Church Cathedral on Taft Avenue (in front of PGH). Update: Please see reflections of Precious L. Javier, widow of Evelio Javier, under … Continue reading
The Aquino legacy is a peaceful regime change
(I can’t help but find some similarities described by Wolfowitz here to the current situation like “there’s no real alternative” and the “opposition weak and expected the US government to do their work for them.”) By Paul Wolfowitz The Asian … Continue reading
