Sunday, February 19, 2017

THE EVE OF EDSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION

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By Philip M. Lustre Jr. Feb. 21, 1986 was neither earthshaking nor electrifying; it was very ordinary day. It fell on a Friday to enabl...
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Saturday, February 18, 2017

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS BEFORE EDSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION

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By Philip M. Lustre Jr. All claims that the Philippines had its “golden years” during Ferdinand Marcos’s 20-year rule (13 years of whic...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

THE 1986 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN

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By Philip M. Lustre Jr. On February 16, 1986, or 31 years ago, the political opposition launched what could be regarded a successful ci...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

THE 1986 'SNAP' PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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By Philip M. Lustre Jr. (This is for the millennials, who hardly know the Marcos dictatorship and the pivotal presidential elections in...
Sunday, February 5, 2017

FIRST SPOUSE AS STATE SYMBOL

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By Philip M. Lustre Jr. Modern democracies, particularly those that have a presidential system like the United States and the Philippin...
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Saturday, February 4, 2017

GAY RIGHTS IN TONDO

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By Philip M. Lustre jr. The assertion and exercise of gay rights could have started in Manila's biggest district - Tondo, the same p...
Monday, January 9, 2017

STREET DANCE IN TONDO

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By Philip M. Lustre Jr. I was a curious, wide-eyed 11-year old Grade 5 pupil when I first saw a street dance party. The social club of ...