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...offered an appraisal, in "Glory Days" [Feb. 27], of the 1986 People Power revolution that toppled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the world witnessed truncheon-wielding police trying to break up rallies for the overthrow of the Arroyo government. Your story quoted an official report on our national flaws, describing Filipinos as "passive, unreflective, undisciplined and prone to loyalty toward personalities rather than institutions or ideals." Seen in another light, we might be regarded as resilient, spontaneous, flexible and sentimental. TIME credited People Power as the Filipino contribution to history, "a true gift to the world." But even before that, Filipinos...
...Glory Days" described the rise and fall of the People Power revolution and the individuals who were behind it. A gift to the world that is uniquely our own, People Power was used and abused until its true essence was degraded. To say Filipino history repeats itself is an understatement. What's happening nowadays to the country clearly indicates that history strikes back with a vengeance. The inability of some Filipinos to learn from the past holds back the entire country, including the many who just want to move on. Raphael Causapin Manila...
...that the coup was to be announced during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the People Power revolution that toppled Ferdinand Marcos [March 6]. A gift to the world uniquely our own, People Power has been used and abused until its true essence is degraded. To say that Filipino history repeats itself is an understatement. What's happening nowadays to the country clearly indicates that history strikes back with a vengeance. The inability of some Filipinos to learn from the past holds back the entire country...
...talk about themselves provides some insights about their parents too. Rob Ragasa, 31, a Filipino-American high school teacher raised in New Jersey, reflects on how his parents?conservative as they always seemed to him?had to be pretty daring to immigrate. "They had to come here and struggle. They had to be the first," he says, then pauses for a moment. "Maybe we are like our parents," he adds finally. "We are going to be pioneers too." And maybe they already...
...Filipino, I am humbled by Lee's statement, "I see the marketplace of ideas, as in the Philippines, and I see chaos." It is true that under President Ferdinand Marcos, freedom was suppressed and an oligarchy was in place. Now we are free to speak up, and we have hundreds of rallies a year, sometimes with water cannons in our faces. But recent events have shown that politics in this nation has become overwhelmingly toxic. Hushed tones in coffee shops sometimes say, "We miss Marcos." Singapore is lucky to have a strong founder like Lee. He made mistakes...