BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 26 February) — A Catholic church leader here has challenged the youth to reclaim the spirit of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolt by voting wisely and ending the cycle of political deception. Speaking at the
[Remarks at the “EDSA@40: Stewarding People Power, from Memory to Mission” Talk-Conversation at the Ateneo de Naga University, 25 February 2026] First of all, congratulations to the Ateneo de Naga University community for this meaningful commemoration of the 40th anniversary
I attended the Civil Disobedience Rally led by Corazon Aquino at Fuente Osmeña in Cebu on the eve of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolt. The air was thick with tension and hope. Not long after the rally, Cory was
TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – A people standing together can overcome tyranny, a church official said during the mass Wednesday marking the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolt that toppled the dictatorship of then-President Ferdinand E.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – The Marist Schools in the Philippines, a major education provider in Mindanao, joined the nation in commemorating the 40th anniversary of EDSA People Power Revolt on Wednesday. The Notre Dame of Dadiangas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) — Hilda Billano Narciso is a Martial Law survivor. Arrested in 1983 on charges of conspiracy to commit rebellion, later dropped for lack of evidence, she was detained as a political prisoner, tortured, and raped
(Delivered at the forum on “Tradition of Courage: Human Rights and the Living Spirit of EDSA” at the Ateneo de Davao University on 21 February 2026) Assalamu alaykum, fiyo temegen, maayong hapon. On behalf of Konsyensya Dabaw, I commend University Community
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) — Forty years ago, the air in General Santos City didn’t just carry the tropical heat of February 1986; it carried a weight that buzzed just beneath the skin. It was a feeling we’d
PEOPLE POWER. A child asks her aunt to explain the People Power photographs on display at the MIC Cursillo House in Davao City on Sunday (25 February 2024), the 38th commemoration of the People Power Revolution. After the mass, a forum was held with Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio talking about why the moves to amend the 1987 Constitution must be opposed. MindaNews file photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 23 February) – Sometimes people do find connections with inanimate things, objects that have become an extension of their experience and existence. In that part of my early youth as a human rights worker one of
As we mark the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, some might choose to lament what they see as its unfulfilled promise. Four decades of post-Marcos democracy have brought fluctuating fortunes: incremental gains in democratic governance, persistent inequities
PASIG CITY (MindaNews / 23 Feb) — Anthony de Mello, the Jesuit priest and storyteller, once wrote about a tribe that lost the art of making fire. A wise man taught them the skill. When he died, the priests preserved
To my children, my grandchildren, and to all the young Filipinos who will inherit the story of our nation, I am writing this not as a historian with all the answers, but as someone who has lived through the decades
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 22 February) – Archbishop Jose Cabantan will lead a march-rally to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the People Power revolution that toppled the Marcos Sr. dictatorship in 1986. Fr. Der John Faborada, head of the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 February) — I was in my first year of high school in February 1986. I can no longer recall whether it was on the 23rd or the 24th. But I can still remember how I
