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EDSA@30: An Unfinished Revolution

Davinci Maru

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Text and Photos by DAVINCI S. MARU

THIRTY years after the EDSA People Power revolt of 1986, protest marches linger. The protesters hurling often sharp and bitter critique of the myriad reforms that many had expected would follow the fall of the Marcos regime, and the peaceful transition from authoritarianism to democracy.

But EDSA was all of so many things to many people, an inchoate bundle of hopes and dreams not quite easy to fulfill. The expectations were so rich and enormous that not any four-day revolt by any number of street marches could deliver all at once — not just rights restored but also lives improved, and not just repression quashed but also good governance served on a silver platter.

And so, three decades hence, the marches continue.

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LITRATO: Ama at anak

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“LITRATO: Chasing light, glimpses of life” will showcase our slideshows on the PCIJ’s Youtube and Vimeo Channels. Litrato means “picture” in Filipino. “Ama at anak (Father and son)” is the title of this week’s episode.

It was early evening on the Chinese New Year when I met Allan Ebañez, a former construction worker.

His seven-year-old son, Allan, was piggybacking. They have been walking for several kilometers that night. They have been doing this for the past 900 nights or so.

Allan and Glenn have been homeless for the past three years. Allan’s bitter separation with his wife in Bulacan province forced them out on the streets.

“She was unfaithful,” he said.

Two other children of Allan live with his wife. For now, he and Glenn are family. Their house is anywhere in Quezon City.

Know more about them on our Vimeo Channel.

PCIJ Litrato Ama At Anak-2-20-15 from PCIJ on Vimeo.

Or click here to view it on our YouTube Channel.

Rituals of Faith

Ed Lingao Leave a comment

AS THE NATION celebrates Easter Sunday, people are reminded of the timeless concepts of death and rebirth. One lonely voice made this point abundantly clear two thousand years ago – that only in failure do we find victory, only in death do we find renewal, and only in fear do we find courage.

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s multimedia producer, Julius D. Mariveles, produced this video/slideshow of the Good Friday commemoration in Barangay Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga, where thousands of the faithful renew their spirituality in a passionate but highly controversial tradition of blood and pain as a test of faith.