By nighttime, thousands of Kapampangans have made their way to Mabalacat and have massed up along the approach to Bamban Bridge. It was a spontaneous, unprecedented display of People Power. A few hours later, President Marcos fled Malacañang. After four days, it was finally over.
A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
A collection of stories gathered as a journalist in the Philippines from 1983 to 1998.
Salimpusa
“Are you sure you know what you are getting yourself into?” I could sense his hesitance in sending someone who might just as well be his son into harm’s way.
The Sole Survivor
"Sometimes it does not feel like 30 years ago. Sometimes, I can still see every detail,” Captain Pulsifer told me after I messaged him to remind him how fortunate he was for cheating death in the hands of the NPA not just once but twice.
Farewell, Sonny
Sonny was among those I asked if it was a good idea to go to Iraq taking into account the serious security challenges I would face there. He told me to go for it. I knew that was what he was going to tell me. That's why I made sure I asked him.
DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONTLINE 