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May 2022
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People Power in the Philippines

Bbc World Service
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In 1986, four days of huge public protests brought down President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines. Kate McGowan, in Manila, talks to the leading Filipino novelist, Jose Dalisay, about the demonstrations. This edition of Witness History was first broadcast in 2011.

PHOTO: Filipino troops celebrating the fall of President Marcos (Getty Images)

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