One of the most memorable, if not the most memorable, speeches given by Ninoy Aquino against the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Given at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, California on 15 February 1981. That’s a few months before his assassination. See the video below. Or take the quiz to see how
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No Comments » Three different concepts. EDSA. People Power. Monument. These three concepts represent something powerful that resounds throughout the world even to this day.
Whatever I was doing on the 25th day of February 1986, I can’t remember. I was too young to remember or to care about a peaceful people’s uprising that ended a 20-year dictatorship. And inspired the whole world to this very day.
Perhaps you’re wondering why this “shrine” deserves a separate post, when it could easily be incorporated in our previous post on the Ninoy Aquino Day. Or why not feature the more famous Ninoy monuments/statues in Makati City or in Tarlac?
In 2004, Congress passed Republic Act No. 9256, declaring August 21 of every year as Ninoy Aquino Day, a special non-working holiday, in order to commemorate the death anniversary of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr. It’s one of the regular and national holidays contained in the subsequent law “rationalizing” the national holidays.
The city is a concrete jungle, full of greenery artificially created by people to resemble the plants and trees that nature has nurtured for years. There’s plenty of breathtaking scenery in the city — view from the Philippines’ tallest building in Makati or the seemingly endless labyrinths of gigantic malls, among others.
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