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Another funeral turns into a protest demonstration as cause-oriented groups unfurl their flags during the march through major Metro Manila streets in mourning for Evelio Javier. His death was a bright flare that lit up the muddle of electoral fraud and de
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February 22, 1986: Soldiers rush weapons into the ministry of National Defense in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
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The arms were in support of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Fidel Ramos who that afternoon broke away from the Marcos regime.
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After calling for support from their comrades and consolidating their positions, Enrile and Ramos spoke to the press
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General Ramos confers with some of his core group
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Apprehensive but resolved seminarians lead the BANDILA group, a moderate coalition.
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Nora Aunor was among the first to arrive that night. She had campaigned openly for the Marcos-Tolentino ticket and many of her fans were disappointed.
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Donors were responding to Minister Enrile who said earlier that, although they were ready to die for the country, they had no food for their troops.
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A reminder of who is in charge.
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L for Laban: the fight goes on
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A soldier with Aquino-Laurel cap
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Minister Enrile (right) and aide: raise high the Marian standard
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Girl and mother: is this really revolution
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Flagbearer at his perch: a highly placed witness
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A walking flag shield
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Seminarian and cross: faith at the ramparts
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February 23, 1986: Young men cut down a tropical pine, drag it to the middle of the street and leave it there as a barricade against tanks
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Hoping to prevent Marcos troops and tanks from reaching Minister Enrile and General Ramos, people make barricades using sandbags, a left-over lamp post and even a drainage grill.
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The people's barricades were set up as far as five to three kilometers away from the camps
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Across the ten-lane Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, a group of volunteers make a sandbag barrier from sacks donated by a cement factory.
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Early in the morning of Sunday in and around Camp Crame, civilian support grew undeniably, while the few rebel soldiers supporting Enrile and Ramos stayed alert
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Human barricade grows with people who arrive on foot and on wheels
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Inside Crame
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Citizens continue to march to EDSA as individuals or as organized groups with their own safety rope, provisions and banners
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Nuns continue to say their Rosary on Sunday morning and the prayer was to become an anchor of the uprising, the endless chain of pleas to Mary, the Mother of God, for her protection.
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The Ortigas family, owners of vast and important real estate on both sides of EDSA, strolls around
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Image of La Naval de Manila at the gate of the military camp
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Food and provisions pour into the military camps
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Feb. 23, 1986, early afternoon: Thousands of citizens in the streets.
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The experience exhilarates a young reformist
