The Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA) welcomed the bill filed by Rep. Edcel Lagman (Albay) seeking to declare the EDSA anniversary on February 25 a regular national non-working holiday.
A woman stands in front of the People Power Monument during a rally marking the 37th anniversary of the"People Power" revolution, which ousted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's dictator father and sent the family into exile, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA, in Quezon City on February 25, 2023.
“This is obviously meant to belittle the Filipino people’s efforts in ousting a tyrant and dictator,” the group said in a statement. Malacañang defended the event’s exclusion from the list of holidays in 2024, claiming this has “minimum socioeconomic impact” as it falls on a Sunday and coincides with the rest day for most workers.
The Quezon City government, under Mayor Joy Belmonte, has passed the Commission on Audit review of the utilization of its...
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