The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
On this day, February 23, in 1986, people began to gather on EDSA opposite Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo to heed Cardinal Jaime Sin’s call to protect Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel V Ramos. Cory Aquino returned to Manila. Military tanks and civilians began to face each other on the roads.https://www.inquirer.net/118121/edsa-people-power-revolution-day-2-february-23-1986/ On this day in … Read more
On this day, February 22, in 1986, Gen. Fidel V. Ramos and Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile declared their defection on President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Today is also the birth of National Artist Lazaro Francisco (1898). On this day, February 22, in 1986, Hen. announced his defection to President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Fidel V Ramos … Read more
Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo was born on this day, February 21, in 1853 in Binondo, Manila. The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014]. On this day in 1972, US President Richard Nixon visited China. This … Read more
On this day, February 20, in 1942, President Manuel L. Quezon, his family, and cabinet fled Corregidor. The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014]. On this day in 1986, the USSR began building the … Read more
On this day, February 19, is the birth of National Artist Francisco F. Feliciano (1941) and death of National Scientist Francisco O Santos (1983). The official calendar of the Republic of the Philippines: an almanac of Philippine commemorations enlivened with illustrations and information. –Manila: Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, [2014]. On this day … Read more