Who owns Edsa? HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 02/24/2010

Who owns Edsa? HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 02/24/2010 The snide whisper came with a throbbing pain when this question popped up in my half-dazed state as I caught a glimpse of a GMA Flash Report on Monday morning, when Christopher Carreon of the Spirit of Edsa Foundation admonished a small band of protesters — mostly belonging to Bayan, Gabriela and Kadamay, for staging a rally in front of the people power monument, supposedly a freedom park built to honor the many heroes of Edsa, that first edition which toppled a dictator from Malacañang, but on which common folk can no longer assemble without permission from the new authorities who have snatched (!) the revolution away from those who suffered most from the iron fist of Marcos. The monument was built to commemorate a united people’s action to end tyranny. Years after Marcos and martial law, these same people honored through every bronze image that occupies a space in that lofty landmark to our generation’s heroism, would still suffer from tyranny, although from a different... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100224com4.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL The law is the law? FRONTLINE Lies and more lies ZOOMING IN New wave of balimbings risking HE SAYS Who owns Edsa? SHE SAYS Edsa’s potholes FEATURE Shanghai goes all-out with Expo propaganda focus Zimbabwe’s white farmers struggle to build city lives

Edsa’s potholes SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 02/24/2010

Edsa’s potholes SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 02/24/2010 Lest the new Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman reacts to the title of this humble piece, allow me to clarify that this has nothing to do with any broken pieces of cement on the road where millions pass through everyday. This has more to do with the broken dreams and promises that have floated on Edsa for over 20 years now, ever since that day when Filipinos had their proudest day in history. Back in 1986, those who experienced the triumph on Edsa probably never imagined that they would find themselves some 24 years later feeling cheated by fate. But is it fate that we should blame or ourselves? I guess we all know the answer to that.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100224com5.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL The law is the law? FRONTLINE Lies and more lies ZOOMING IN New wave of balimbings risking HE SAYS Who owns Edsa? SHE SAYS Edsa’s potholes FEATURE Shanghai goes all-out with Expo propaganda focus Zimbabwe’s white farmers struggle to build city lives

Shanghai goes all-out with Expo propaganda FEATURE 02/24/2010

Shanghai goes all-out with Expo propaganda FEATURE 02/24/2010 SHANGHAI — Jackie Chan croons on giant screens floating on Shanghai’s river, Yao Ming beckons to shoppers from huge digital billboards on main thoroughfares and a waving blue mascot named Haibao is everywhere. On water and land, in homes and in schools, the propaganda machine in China’s largest city has unleashed an unprecedented campaign to promote Expo 2010, which starts on May 1 and aims to draw up to 100 million visitors. China is trumpeting the Expo as a bookend to the Olympics — twin showcases of the country’s growing global clout.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100224com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL The law is the law? FRONTLINE Lies and more lies ZOOMING IN New wave of balimbings risking HE SAYS Who owns Edsa? SHE SAYS Edsa’s potholes FEATURE Shanghai goes all-out with Expo propaganda focus Zimbabwe’s white farmers struggle to build city lives

Zimbabwe’s white farmers struggle to build city lives focus 02/24/2010

Zimbabwe’s white farmers struggle to build city lives focus 02/24/2010 HARARE — Ten years into Zimbabwe’s land reforms, lifelong farmer John Browning has found a job at a food company’s factory in Harare, supervising the night shift. “At 73, you should not be working at night,” Browning said. “But we don’t have a choice, do we?” He lost his only source of income when the government seized his land, and after years of hyperinflation his pension is now worthless.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary20100224com7.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL The law is the law? FRONTLINE Lies and more lies ZOOMING IN New wave of balimbings risking HE SAYS Who owns Edsa? SHE SAYS Edsa’s potholes FEATURE Shanghai goes all-out with Expo propaganda focus Zimbabwe’s white farmers struggle to build city lives