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'No effort to erase EDSA revolt from history'

(UPDATE) MALACAÑANG said on Tuesday that the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to declare the 39th anniversary of EDSA People Power on Tuesday, Feb. 25, a special working holiday was not an effort to erase the popular uprising from history.

The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution, which took place from Feb. 22-25, 1986, led to the ouster of the president's father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

39 YEARS AFTER Confetti rain on those who marked the 39th anniversary of the EDSA revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City on Feb. 25, 2025. Among those present were Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairman Regalado Jose Jr., and Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Col. Ricnon Carolasan. PHOTO BY ISMAEL DE JUAN 39 YEARS AFTER Confetti rain on those who marked the 39th anniversary of the EDSA revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City on Feb. 25, 2025. Among those present were Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairman Regalado Jose Jr., and Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Col. Ricnon Carolasan. PHOTO BY ISMAEL DE JUAN
39 YEARS AFTER Confetti rain on those who marked the 39th anniversary of the EDSA revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City on Feb. 25, 2025. Among those present were Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, National Historical Commission of the Philippines Chairman Regalado Jose Jr., and Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Col. Ricnon Carolasan. PHOTO BY ISMAEL DE JUAN