People Power at 40: A memorial for – and a reminder from – the revolution’s heroes

2026-02-25 - 01:54

MANILA, Philippines — Tucked in the middle of cosmopolitan Quezon City is a wall filled with the names of the Filipinos who paid the highest price — their lives and lifetimes — for a future many of them never even got to see. Rappler’s Bea Cupin visits the Bantayog ng mga Bayani (Monument of Heroes) as the nation marks the 40th year since the revolution that toppled a dictatorship and taught the world what it means to fight for democracy without bloodshed. Reporter/writer/video editor: Bea Cupin Script editor: Mia M. Gonzalez Producer: Supervising Producers: JC Gotinga, Beth Frondoso