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'Imelda, Iselda': Martial Law victims call for ex-First Lady's arrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 06:57 PM

Martial Law victims and youth leaders gathered at the People Power Monument on Sunday to call for the arrest of Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos who was convicted of 7 counts of graft.  Read more »

A childhood spent during the Martial Law years

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 10:39 AM

What is a little girl to do when your siblings are arrested one by one as Martial Law reigns over the nation? Read more »

Palace: 'People Power' won’t work vs Duterte

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 02:59 PM

MANILA - “People Power” may have succeeded in deposing two of the Philippines’ presidents, but it certainly won’t work against President Rodrigo Duterte, his spokesman said Monday, amid allegations that the chief executive’s foes are plotting to oust him. Read more »

Kuwento ni Enrile tungkol sa EDSA people power, pinalagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 10:27 PM

Pumalag ang ilang biktima ng batas militar sa mga paratang ni Senador Juan Ponce Enrile na hindi siya umano parte ng pagkalas sa kampo ni dating Pangulo at diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos sa EDSA People Power 1.  Read more »

'Flip-flopping' Enrile plotted military junta, says former opposition solon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 08:03 PM

Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile was lying when he claimed that he joined the 1986 EDSA uprising to stop some officials from putting up a military junta, a former opposition lawmaker said Sunday. Read more »

Enrile a purveyor of martial law lies - Lagman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 07:16 PM

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile has graduated from being an administrator of martial law under the late former President Ferdinand Marcos into a "purveyor of lies and fallacies" about his regime, opposition lawmaker Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said Sunday. Read more »

Senators recall Cory Aquino's contribution to democracy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 01:40 PM

Two opposition senators on Wednesday paid tribute to former President Corazon Aquino's legacy in helping restore democracy to the country.  Read more »

Imee Marcos lauds millennials' 'exciting reassessment' of dad's legacy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 05:05 PM

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos on Wednesday expressed admiration for "millennials" who have an "exciting reassessment" of the legacy of her father, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, a revision of history that victims of the strongman's repressive regime have many times decried.  Read more »

OPINION: Duterte govt’s People Power celebration looked like a Marcos rally

Raïssa Robles
Posted at Mar 02 10:04 PM

I’m posting today my first video blog. Read more »

Coffee or beer? Kris Aquino invites Paolo Duterte to settle 'bad blood'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 06:43 PM

Kris Aquino has invited Paolo Duterte, the son of President Rodrigo Duterte, to a meeting to discuss the 'bad blood' between their families. Read more »

Palasyo, nanindigang di 'fake news' ang EDSA People Power

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 09:07 PM

Nanindigan ang Malacañang sa ambag sa kasaysayan ng EDSA People Power Revolution sa kabila ng survey ni Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson ukol sa pagiging "fake news" ng naturang okasyon. Read more »

EDSA Revolution not a product of fake news: Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 02:52 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday maintained that the EDSA Revolution was not a product of “fake news”, after a Palace communications official ran an online poll asking whether the historic bloodless revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship was such. Read more »

Residents, local leaders protest vs charter change, tax reform law in Bacolod

Nico Delfin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 10:53 PM

Former Negros Occidental Governor Lito Coscolluela, however, clarified that the simultaneous activity organized by the broad coalition “is never an intent to call for the ouster of the President."   Read more »

Protests vs 'Cha-cha' mark 32nd People Power anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 10:11 PM

MANILA - People from different groups and sectors, including students, protested moves to change the Constitution by the Duterte administration in rallies held Sunday to commemorate the EDSA uprising that led to the toppling of a dictator in 1986. Read more »

Iba-ibang grupo, ginunita ang #EDSA32 sa Mendiola, Bantayog ng mga Bayani

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:48 PM

Bukod sa People Power monument, mayroon pang ibang makasaysayang lugar na pinagtipunan ang iba-ibang grupo kasabay ng paggunita sa ika-32 anibersaryo ng EDSA revolution. Read more »

Saguisag warns threats to democracy remain 32 years after EDSA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 12:19 PM

MANILA - A prominent human rights lawyer during the dark days of Martial Law believes that threats to democracy remain 32 years after the Filipinos toppled a dictator through EDSA People Power.  Read more »

The Unsung Heroines of Edsa

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 06:41 PM

Her heart was pounding with fear on the morning of January 28, 1973. But Bing Pimentel, wife of lawyer Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., then a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention, needed to show courage.  Read more »

Robredo reminds Filipinos of lessons from EDSA People Power

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 07:40 AM

The 1986 EDSA uprising is a reminder that power has always been in the hands of the Filipinos, and not those in the government, Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday, as the country marked the 32nd anniversary of the People Power revolution.  Read more »

Edsa People Power’s message to Duterte

Raïssa Robles
Updated as of Oct 10 07:38 AM

Edsa’s People Power message is clear and constant – leaders are accountable to the people and the people have the power over their leaders. Read more »

'Salubungan' marks 32nd anniversary of People Power

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 04:27 PM

Former President Fidel V. Ramos leads the traditional "Salubungan" on EDSA during the 32nd anniversary celebration of the EDSA People Power revolution on Sunday. Read more »