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Since Edsa 1986: 25 years of walking the walk of shame with a bad hangover

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Since Edsa 1986: 25 years of walking the walk of shame with a bad hangover

I went to “Edsa” in 1986 to kibitz, make tusok-tusok da fishball and watch girls. Ok, so I also wanted to “contribute” to removing then President Ferdinand E. Marcos from Malacanang who, after all inconvenienced me no end with his banning of Voltes 5 and other Japanese robot cartoons back in the 70’s. He also…

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The REAL story of the last 25 years since the EDSA People Power Revolution

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The REAL story of the last 25 years since the EDSA People Power Revolution

Twenty five years ago in 1986, former President Ferdinand Marcos was the most reviled Filipino on the planet. He was the bad guy in a world-renowned story that billed a bunch of people dressed in yellow waving “L”-shaped hand gestures as its main protagonists. Fast forward to today, and a “debate” on whether or not…

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