 President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, together with Vice President Jejomar Binay, former President Fidel Ramos, House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Executive Secretary and EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC) Chairperson Paquito Ochoa, Jr., Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Over-all program Chairperson Maria Montelibano, cuts the string to released a Philippine flag balloons with inscription of this year's theme"EDSA 25: Pilipino Ako. Ako ang Lakas ng Pagbabago". during the commemorative activities of the 25th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution at the flagpole area, People Power Monument in White Plains corner Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) Friday February 25, 2011. The 1986 peaceful and bloodless uprising ousted the dictatorship and catapulted the late Corazon C. Aquino to the Presidency. (Photo by: Ryan Lim / Malacaņang Photo Bureau) |