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2 leaders of Edsa I uprising unite vs Arroyo
TWO remaining icons of the 1986 People Power Revolution have opened heavy fire on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in an attempt to stop her political machine from clearing the way for returning her to power after she serves out her term in 2010.
EDSA 3 now runs through Bangkok
There was a time when some Filipinos were betting on who would be ousted first, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo or Thaksin Shinawatra—and by now, Ms Arroyo must be crying all the way to the bank. Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim’s February 2006 attempt to overthrow Arroyo was thwarted.
Rise of mob rule
It was only three months ago when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the world would condemn another EDSA People Power revolt. Speaking on the 23rd anniversary of the first Philippine People Power Revolution that electrified the world in February 1986, she said, “The world embraced EDSA 1 in 1986.
Nostalgia or embarrassment?
As a Filipino, you don’t know whether to beam with pride or cringe in shame at the goings-on in Bangkok.
EDSA I was a way of asking for forgiveness
Arnold van Vugt unjustly censured Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile for saying that former President Corazon Aquino should have found out, during her incumbency, who the mastermind was in the murder of her husband, Ninoy Aquino.