History through headlines: People Power Revolution
Below are front pages, news articles and comic strips of BusinessDay (the predecessor of BusinessWorld) published days leading to the People Power Revolution on February 25, 1986.
February 7, 1986: “Vote with your conscience”
February 8, 1986: Who’s leading?
February 9, 1986: People vs the police
February 10, 1986: The walkout
February 14, 1986: Confrontation seen imminent
February 15, 1986: Evidence
February 21, 1986: Poorest in the region
February 23, 1986
February 24, 1986: How people reacted to the Enrile-Ramos rebellion
Bankers were worried.
February 25, 1986: Dawn of a new government
At 3:45 p.m. on February 25, 1986, a truck and a Jeep carrying loyalist soldiers wearing arm bands fired indiscriminately at crowds of people gathered along Tomas Morato Ave. in Quezon City. The shots hit two women and a man (shown in photo).
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We’ll be posting more images of the People Power Revolution from our archives in the next few days.
