Confetti is showered from above during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Philippines, on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE Confetti is showered from above during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Philippines, on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
Confetti is showered from above during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Philippines, on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Letters | Under Duterte, is there still a point in celebrating People Power?

  • The reasons for the popularity of the president, despite his failed promises on rooting out poverty and crime, must be understood
  • The rhetoric of public activism must shift to embrace empathy

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Updated: 10:30am, 27 Feb, 2021

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Confetti is showered from above during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Philippines, on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE Confetti is showered from above during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Philippines, on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
Confetti is showered from above during a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of the People Power Revolution at the People Power Monument in Quezon City Philippines, on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
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