MANILA, Philippines -- Pro-democracy protesters in the Philippines Saturday marked the anniversary of the 1986 army-backed "people power" revolt with the son of the dictator, who was ousted in that ...

Thirty-six years ago, the People Power Revolution in the Philippines toppled a dictator. The predominantly Catholic nation believes that what happened in 1986 was a miracle wrought through the ...

We’ll talk to historian John Schmidt about President Ferdinand Marcos’s fall from power in the Philippines. In 1972, he declared martial law and began rule as a dictator. Marcos would order the ...

REVOLUTIONS normally start with good and noble intentions. The Philippine EDSA People Power Revolution of February 1986 was no exception. But like other revolutions, it can also be subjected to more ...

“The full moon rose last night on a Philippines blown inside out by an act of rebellion. At the gates of two of Manila’s military camps, the people are guarding the soldiers.” That was me, writing as ...

It was a revolution like no other. Instead of guns, there were prayers; instead of bloodshed, celebrations; instead of casualties, converts. Other countries may erupt into violent civil war at a ...

A Catholic bishop in the Philippines has urged youth in the Catholic-majority nation to continue advocating for social change while seeking out truth, drawing lessons from the People Power Revolution.

In 1985, after 20 years of holding near absolute power, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos called for snap elections a year before his term was set to end in hopes it would ease foreign pressure ...

I think it was Anthony Spaeth, correspondent of Time magazine during the 1986 Philippine revolution, who said Filipinos love freedom so much that they preferred it over a fuller rice bowl. Such is the ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. dropped a national public holiday marking the 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the two-decade-long dictatorship of his late ...

It was one of the most tense and terrifying times in our country. It was like the tremulous gloom of wartime, our elders said. February 1986 was turbulent and stressful. Because he could no longer run ...