February 25th, 2011 will be the 25th anniversary of Philippine's People Power Revolution. With the Philippines still lagging among its asian neighbors in terms of economic growth, foreign investments, tourist arrivals and almost everything else except institutional corruption, is there really something to celebrate?
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Egypt revolt like Edsa I
Aquino hails people power to free, reform society
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 01:24:00 02/13/2011
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines on Saturday congratulated Egypt for winning its freedom in a revolution that ended with the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, a historic moment that came 25 years after Filipinos introduced people power to the world on Edsa.
President Aquino on Saturday hailed the “relatively peaceful resolution” of Egypt’s political crisis that forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down, making a reference to Filipinos’ bloodless people power uprising that overthrew strongman Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986.
“Egypt’s ‘people power’ transition shows that the aspirations for a more free and fair society are universal,” Mr. Aquino said in a statement read by Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte.
“As Filipinos did in 1986, Egyptians must now begin the work of rebuilding their institutions. We stand in solidarity with Egypt and all people who long for peaceful and meaningful change,” he added.
The Philippines will mark the 25th anniversary of the first Edsa People Power on February 25. The event in 1986 marked the rise to power of President Aquino’s mother, the late icon of democracy Corazon Aquino. The revolt restored democracy to the Philippines after 14 years of one-man rule.
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February 13th, 2011 06:10 PM #1
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February 13th, 2011 06:18 PM #2There's nothing to celebrate, we just introduced the concept, same old faces same old names hold power, and the corruption is more alarming. Is there hope? I would say "yes" but definitely not with the present crop of leaders we have.
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February 13th, 2011 06:47 PM #3the elite will always be in power
what did people expect? a government for the people, by the people?
keep dreaming
the starring cast changes every few years but the powers behind the scences are always the same people
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February 13th, 2011 07:00 PM #5people power is synonymous to a mob venting anger and frustation. that's all there is to it.
after that, the rich goes back to being rich
the corrupt goes back to being power hungry
the middle class goes on to blindly emulate their idols: the rich
and the masa goes back to kabig kabig in exchange for something they give less
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February 13th, 2011 07:08 PM #6yes, the same families
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the Philippines is ruled by oligarchs
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February 13th, 2011 07:02 PM #7before power, one must have intelligence and the capacity to look at the biggest picture. one thing wannabes don't know about the people in power, they're willing to lose a lot also and persevere to live and fight another day. Originally Posted by uls
that's why the elite will always be ... the powers that be.
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February 13th, 2011 07:08 PM #8EDSA 1...
Sayang yung ipinaglalaban nila sa EDSA 1.. dahil kita mo ngayon kung sino nakaluklok sa pamahalaan "same old faces" at yung mga bagong nasa pamahalaan mas gutom pa sa mga datihan. Yung mga nakisakay sa EDSA 1 ayun sila naman ang nagpakakasasa at patuloy na piniprotektahan ang kanilang sariling interest at hindi ng bayan.
Mas masahol pa nga ata ngayon ang pang-aabusong ginagawa ng mga nasa kapangyarihan.
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February 13th, 2011 07:42 PM #10sa Edsa bus system pa lang, makikita na. back in the pre-EDSA revolution days, Marcos inspite all the lobbying never gave in na i-privatize ang transport system. he wanted full regulation of the transport system and that's why EDSA back then were cleaner, smoother and more controllable. Originally Posted by shakatak70
pero ano ang sinigaw ng mga "api", bakit mina-marginalize ang mga gusto mag tayo ng bus company sa edsa, bakit pinapaharipan ang tao sa rush hour and all that leftist shout.
eh ano ngaun ang EDSA, pure and simple chaos and anarchy.
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February 25th, 2011 11:57 PM #12http://globalnation.inquirer.net/col...ongbong-Marcos
The delusional Bongbong Marcos
By Benjamin Pimentel
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First Posted 17:29:00 02/24/2011
Let's start with perhaps the most amusing twist in this twisted claim.
Here’s Bongbong blaming the hundreds of thousands of us who rose up against the dictatorship for derailing Marcos’s supposedly grand scheme to turn the Philippines into an economic miracle like Singapore.
But the man who did turn Singapore into an economic powerhouse, Lee Kuan Yew, didn’t exactly have a flattering opinion of the Filipino dictator.
In his memoir published in 2000, Lee recalled how he once told former US Vice President Walter Mondale that Marcos “might have started off as a hero but ended up a crook.” Lee also dismissed Marcos as a “self-indulgent ageing ruler who allowed his wife and cronies to clean out the country through ingenious monopolies and put the government heavily in debt.”
Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Marcos and his alleged ambition to become the Philippines’ economic miracle worker.
Bongbong’s jaw dropping argument becomes even more outlandish if you consider this: He is claiming that the Philippines would have become another Singapore, known to be among the least corrupt nations in the world, under a president who is considered one of the most corrupt leaders in world history!
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February 26th, 2011 10:10 AM #13well democracy wont flourish in a country where investments are low. democracy and capitalism goes hand in hand where a strong work ethic of accountability and responsibility is a requirement. when the government finds a way to increase investments and businesses here (like liberalizing the economy), corruption will be lessened since people will have more options to improve his/her welfare and being. poverty or a lack of choice in our country drives people to be corrupt, kanya kanya attitude follows and we end up in chaos Originally Posted by projector
I must say Edsa is a failure. It was just a change of men in power, not a revolution in the mindset of the people. It was just a power grab from the late strongman with his cronies to the oligarchs rallying under the banner of democracy.
we need a genuine revolution not this pathetic emo-driven EDSA "uprising"!
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February 26th, 2011 10:31 AM #14 Originally Posted by agentrambo007
well democracy wont flourish in a country where investments are low. democracy and capitalism goes hand in hand where a strong work ethic of accountability and responsibility is a requirement. when the government finds a way to increase investments and businesses here (like liberalizing the economy), corruption will be lessened since people will have more options to improve his/her welfare and being. poverty or a lack of choice in our country drives people to be corrupt, kanya kanya attitude follows and we end up in chaos
I must say Edsa is a failure. It was just a change of men in power, not a revolution in the mindset of the people. It was just a power grab from the late strongman with his cronies to the oligarchs rallying under the banner of democracy.
we need a genuine revolution not this pathetic emo-driven EDSA "uprising"!
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Yeah, a leftist-led revolution like Cambodia and Cuba...look where they are now. Even Nicaragua and El Salvador gave up their leftist ideas...
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February 26th, 2011 01:26 PM #15 Originally Posted by Monseratto
yeah i agree some leftist-led revolutions do end up with more chaos. The problem with the so-called leftist "reds" is that they are only half-enlightened, they are led to believe an ideology and they will fight for it by hook or by crook, without even weighing and considering if that ideology is applicable to the local setting. I think what the Philippines needs is a genuine nationalistic party or a group that could "revolutionize" our way of thinking. Maybe the likes of People's Action Party led by Harry Lee Kuan Yew.
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February 26th, 2011 01:59 PM #16http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiu9PcEyQ5Y
Improvement of the people's lives starts in the local government.
MARIKINA looks as clean and orderly as suburban Singapore in this Coke video. And people are disciplined and line up properly.
Now when you have Old Farts like Mayor Lim running Manila and Peewee Trinidad in Pasay, then things will remain the same....ROTTEN.Last edited by marg; February 26th, 2011 at 02:07 PM.
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