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Filipinos urged to unite vs COVID-19 on 35th anniversary of EDSA People Power

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/02/25/20200219-edsa-people-power-jc-1520.jpg"/><figcaption>The People Power Monument on EDSA cor. White Plains, Quezon City February 19, 2020. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The Filipino people should unite against COVID-19 just as they did during the 1986 EDSA Revolution, an official said Thursday.</p><p>Due to pandemic restrictions, only a 15-minute program, including a &quot;simple wreath laying,&quot; will be conducted at the EDSA People Power Monument for the uprising&#x27;s 35th anniversary, said Joey Concepcion, vice chairperson of the EDSA People Power Commission.</p><p>&quot;Ang rebolusyon natin ngayon dito na sa pandemyang ito. Talaga dapat sumama ang mga Pilipino ngayong rebolusyon para manalo tayo sa giyera ng virus. Lahat ng Pilipino dapat magpabakuna,&quot; said the official who arranged for private firms&#x27; tripartite agreement with drugmakers and government for COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p>(Our revolution now is against this pandemic. All Filipinos must join so we can win this war. All Filipinos should get vaccinated.)</p><p>&quot;Itong youth natin ngayon, they should take inspiration paano tayo nanalo at toppled the dictatorship in 1986. It was basically unity of the Filipino people towards a common goal. Ngayon, ang laban natin itong virus so kailangan magunite tayo.&quot;</p><p>(Our youth should take inspiration how we won and toppled the dictatorship in 1986. It was basically unity of the Filipino people towards a common goal. Now, our enemy is the virus so we need to unite.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/02/25/21/open-critical-discussions-on-edsa-people-power-instead-of-simply-celebrating-anniversary-sociologist">Open critical discussions on EDSA People Power instead of &#x27;simply celebrating&#x27; anniversary: sociologist</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/02/25/20/ex-senator-memory-of-edsa-people-power-should-never-fade">Ex-senator: Memory of EDSA People Power should never fade</a></li></ul><p>Millions of Filipinos trooped to EDSA during the four-day uprising from Feb. 22 to 25, 1986 that led to the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1627901" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The Filipino people should unite against COVID-19 just as they did during the 1986 EDSA Revolution, an official said Thursday.</p>

The Filipino people should unite against COVID-19 just as they did during the 1986 EDSA Revolution, an official said Thursday.