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Parallels with 1986? Traditional Opposition cling to Leni Robredo as their hope for “unification”!

August 24, 2021 Ramon Ortoll No Comments

Evidently caught up in the past, John Nery waxes nostalgic in his Inquirer piece “The united opposition of … 1986”. Nery points out that the fragmented Opposition of that time managed to rally together at the eleventh hour to beat their bogeyman, then President Ferdinand Marcos. He writes wistfully, suggesting that his comrades must see…

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#EDSA30: What I’ve seen, heard and, now, think after 30 years

February 26, 2016 Vincent 11 Comments

(Note: This post is actually meant to be just a comment to Mike Portes’s latest article. But since it is long, I opted to post is as an article. And I wrote the recollection parts purely from memory.) It was exactly 30 years ago. Allow me to share as an ordinary citizen how I viewed it and…

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