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Obama Statement on the Filipino People Power Day and the Filipino
Veterans Equity Act

Chicago, IL -- Twenty-two years after the People Power Revolution in
the Philippines , we remember and commemorate the Filipino people who
used the democratic, non-violent method of "people power" to
overthrow the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and end the martial
law regime that ruled the Philippines for fourteen years.
On this anniversary, I urge my colleagues in Congress to... Read More

AMBASSADOR GAA HONORS FILIPINO WWII VETERANS’ SERVICES AND SACRIFICES ON 62nd ANNIVERSARY OF ENACTMENT OF RESCISSION ACT

On 19 February 2008, a day after the 62nd anniversary of the Rescission Act of 1946, Ambassador Willy C. Gaa, together with Filipino WWII veterans and officials from the Philippine Embassy, honored the services and sacrifices of Filipino WWII veterans by laying wreaths at a simple and solemn ceremony at the Bataan-Corregidor marker at the World War II... Read More