EDSA 1: 25 years later...

[vito corleone]

sa 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.


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.

hindi naman buses lang ang problema sa edsa ngayon, there are just too many cars, combine that with the undiciplined drivers, you've got a chaotic situation. . .at tsaka di lang sa edsa me problema sa traffic

talagang puro sarili na lang kasi ang iniisip ng karamihan ng mga pilipino ngayon, mapaopisyal man ng gobyerno o ordinaryong mamamayan--mas marami nga lang pagkakataon maging corrupt ang opisyal sa gobyerno

[chrismarte]

EDSA 1, inaabangan ko lang to nung nag aaral ako kasing walang pasok....

For me, bata pa ako nung nangyari ang EDSA 1, na news ko lang napagkabit kabit kung ano ang tunay na dahilan bakit sila nag-alsa laban sa diktaturya...Naalis nila ang "Corrupt" na presidente at mga cronies nito, inalis upang palitan at sila naman ang makinabang sa kaban ng bayan!

Yan lang po ang aking pananaw! Bow!

[boybi]

Is Feb. 25 declared a holiday?

[Starex_Gold]

Oo daw, boybi.

[boybi]

Naku, may schedule kami ng passport renewal sa Feb. 26 (Sat), may pasok kaya DFA nun?

[Monseratto]

http://www.pinoymoneytalk.com/philippine-holidays-2008/

■1986 EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary - February 25 (Friday) – No classes only for schools

[Monseratto]

The Philippines is not the 1st country to sucessfully deposed a dictatorship by people power, There is also another predominantly catholic country which did it a few day earlier also 25 years ago . However compared to this other country, the Philippines is better off. I don't think this country has much to celebrate...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...5%E2%80%931986)

Discontent and economic hopelessness reached a head when Pope John Paul II visited Haiti in March 1983. Declaring that "Something must change here," in a speech in Port-au-Prince, the Pope called for equitable distribution of income and a more egalitarian social and political structure. Revolts began, revitalized by the Catholic Church, and riots began to break out in the city of Gonaïves, with crowds attacking food distribution centers. From October 1985 to January 1986, protests spread throughout the country, to the south. A revolt began in the provinces two years later. The city of Gonaïves was the first to have street demonstrations and raids on food-distribution warehouses. The protests spread to six other cities across the country, including Cap Haïtien. By the end of that month, Haitians in the south had revolted. The most significant rioting there broke out in Les Cayes.

Duvalier responded to riots by firing cabinet officials and cutting food prices. He also closed several independent radio stations, and deployed police units and army guards to quell the uprisings. However, these moves failed to pacify demonstrators, and in January 1986, the Reagan administration began to pressure Duvalier to renounce power and leave Haiti. Negotiations stalled, and while Duvalier initially accepted an offer of asylum in Jamaica, he rescinded his offer and decided to remain in Haiti. As a result, the US State Department cut back aid to Haiti, and violence in the streets spread to Port-au-Prince. On February 5, 1986, members of the military confronted the Duvalier regime and demanded his departure. With no support from the military or the legislature left, Duvalier consented, and he and his family departed by plane from Haiti to France on February 7.

[Monseratto]

Illusions of grandeur...mana sa nanay.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/213657/b...ther-singapore

Bongbong: Marcos would have turned PHL into ‘another Singapore
’02/22/2011 | 05:43 PM

Share26 Just before the 24th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power uprising, the son and namesake of the late strongman ousted by that revolt on Tuesday said that the country would now be as successful as Singapore had former President Ferdinand Marcos not been removed from power.

"Napakarami ang kanyang nagawa, napakarami ang kanyang tinulong, at napakalaki ng progreso ng ating bansa noong panahon na iyon... [kung hindi siya napatalsik] siguro Singapore na tayo ngayon," Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. told reporters on Tuesday.

(He has done so much, he has helped a lot, and our nation greatly progressed during those times. If he wasn't ousted, maybe we would be like Singapore now.)

The younger Marcos likewise maintained that his family was unfairly judged "by those who have a political interest and who provide the propaganda" against them.

"Sa taumbayan, maliwanag na maliwanag na lumilitaw ang katotohanan tungkol sa administrasyon ng aking ama," he said. (In the eyes of the public, the truth about my father's administration has very clearly emerged.)

In a separate chance interview with reporters, the senator described February 25 as "the day we were taken away" from the country. “We did not leave the country. We were taken away, and not allowed to return," he emphasized, adding that there’s “a very distinct and important difference."

“[O]ur tendency is not to look back. Our instinct is to look forward and see what else we can do to be of service to the people. Perhaps the celebration of [the 1986 EDSA uprising] reminds us of how much needs to be done, how much we have to work to bring that progress that we all want for our country," Marcos explained.

He refused to comment, however, on whether he thinks anything actually changed since the EDSA revolt. "Lahat ng aking sasabihin, sasabihin biased yan dahil nasa kabilang panig sila," he said. (Whatever I say, they'll say it's biased because they are on the opposite side.)

The younger Marcos explained that the "best way" to determine the situation of the country is to go through "objective tests" that would prove or disprove the supposed improvement in the Filipino people's lives.

"What is the improvement in our security, what is the improvement in security, in peace in order, and in our standing in the international community of nations? I think that should be the basis when we try to judge how far we have come since 1986," he said.

The lawmaker noted, however, that the public should look forward and just treat what happened during his father's time as a "touching point" in the country's history.

"Let us use it as a basis to see what we can do and look to the future and not rest on laurels that we are celebrating every time we have the EDSA celebration," he said.

[kevin3000]

ang tao naging dependent sa gobyerno masyado example ung sa mga skwaters they are not paying taxes yet gusto pa nila bigyan sila ng bahay at hindi magbayad ang swerte naman nila tapos pag pinapaalis inaapi daw sila purkit mahirap.. sa singapore tulong tulong sila and please sana maisip ng pinoy na wag ng icompare ang bansa natin sa ibang bansa na maunlad NASA TAO DIN YAN..

edsa isang malaking cause niyan is ung BUS! why not remove the yellow lanes? napapansin ko hindi to effective it causes more traffic they are waisting 2 lanes still ung mga bus naka gitna padin nasa yellow lane nga pero nakaharang naman maybe nasa gobyerno nga pero remember tao din yung mga un..
may naalala ako near na city dito samin isang taga budget ng city taga release ng pera.. pag wala siyang pakinabang or "kurakot" di niya babayaran ung ginawa or matagal pero kung mabilis ang pera boom bayad agad... and if makikita mo ang muka niya hindi talaga katikatiwala well bulag din ata si mayor kamaganak kasi

[kotiko]

edsa isang malaking cause niyan is ung BUS! why not remove the yellow lanes? napapansin ko hindi to effective it causes more traffic they are waisting 2 lanes still ung mga bus naka gitna padin nasa yellow lane nga pero nakaharang naman maybe nasa gobyerno nga pero remember tao din yung mga un..

No offense man but I don't agree that the yellow lanes should be removed. Just thinking about the situation before in Commonwealth where buses would weave in and out of different lanes makes me cringe! It'll just encourage bus drivers to be more adventurous with their driving.

Maybe letting private cars pass through yellow lanes on a provisional basis or on certain wide areas would be more acceptable to some extent, but then again a lot of people still use the yellow lanes despite it's purpose.