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Thirty-five years since the “People Power” ouster of Marcos in the Philippines 26 February 2021 On February 26, 1986, Ferdinand Marcos and his family, confronting ouster by significant sections of the military and popular opposition from millions of Filipinos who had taken to the streets, were hastily evacuated from Malacañang presidential palace by US military helicopters. They were brought to Hawai’i, where the former dictator, who had exercised brutal rule over the Philippines since 1972, lived out the rest of his life in comfortable exile. The overthrow of Marcos is popularly assoc...

'If we want to receive what we ask for, to find what we seek, and to have the door opened when we knock, we must not forget to do it as members of the one body of Christ, present and alive in the here and now'

Julieta de Lima, longtime leader of the CPP, delivered a speech to archbishops and religious leaders celebrating “500 years of Christianity in the Philippines,” and embracing the medieval barbarism of the church.

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) — No other law penalizes the exercise of civil and political rights based on a person’s intent, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the Anti-Terrorism Act on Tuesday. “Worse, it allows the state to simply presume the existence of intent from the citizens’ acts even if the acts themselves do not constitute a crime,” said Diokno, one of the seven counsels of the petitioners seeking to junk the controversial law. He argued mainly against Section 4 of the law, which states that advocacy...

Former Vice President Jejomar Binay A day after the termination of the accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND), a social media post appeared in the Facebook pages of several military units listing the names of UP graduates who have allegedly joined the New People’s Army (NPA), have been captured, or have died in encounters with government forces. Oddly, the list included the names of established academics, lawyers, artists, journalists, former members of Congress, and senior government officials – among them a former chair of the ...