Give February 25, EDSA Revolution Day, Its Holiday Back
(Dont’t Worry. The Republic Can Handle It.)
February 25 marks the peaceful end of a dictatorship and the restoration of constitutional rule. That alone should qualify it for one day off.
Instead, it was downgraded under the current president whose father, Ferdinand Marcos, happened to be the one we removed in 1986.
History has a sense of irony. But irony is not policy.
Here is the simple point:
We managed a regime change without civil war. No state collapse. No devastated capital. Just citizens, institutions and a reset button pressed by the people, firmly but peacefully.
That is not a minor footnote. That is a civic achievement.
Other countries shut down for independence days, revolutions or founding myths involving tea, bread, or fireworks. Ours involved people standing in the streets and insisting the dictatorship has got to go.
Surely that’s worth one non-working day.
The economy will survive. Traffic will pause. The Republic will not crumble. Our GDP will not wobble.
What a holiday does is create space: for schools to teach it, for families to discuss it, for the country to remember that power ultimately flows upward from citizens. Especially in these times when corruption has mutated far more than we could imagine.
Restoring February 25 is not about reopening old wounds.
It is about keeping the institutional memory intact.
Nations forget at their own risk.
A confident democracy can afford one day of remembrance.
And frankly, if we can calendar sales, we can calendar sovereignty.
And it shouldn’t come at a discount.
Boss: “You arrived 10 minutes late.”
Employee: “Yesterday I stayed late finishing that last-minute report.”
Boss: “I understand… but rules are rules.”
The next day, the employee arrived exactly on time.
And at 5:00 p.m. sharp, shut down the computer.
No extra emails. No work taken home.
If punctuality is non-negotiable, then effort must have boundaries too.
Recognition cannot be one-sided.
When mistakes are highlighted but dedication is ignored, the real message becomes clear:
“Do only what’s required. Nothing more.”
Empathy costs nothing.
The absence of it? That can cost you everything—especially your best people.
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Dear Philippine Media.
Pwede mga 2 days before halalan. Ipalabas nyo lahat ng corruption news. Incomptence. Lavish lifestyle ng mga politiko and families nila. As in lahat ng corruption...
Ang ikli ksi ng memory ng mga Pilipino. Sobra.
Amnesia n nmn to s 2028