The Official Student Publication of Education Circle Organization (A.Y 2024-2025)
25/02/2025
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๐๐๐๐๐๐ I Balik-Tanaw: No Bullets for Freedom
Every February 25, the echoes of history come alive.
The streets of EDSA were more than just concrete. They were a battlefield of peace, of hope, where prayers were stronger than bullets and unity was louder than gunfire.
Today, these echoes return, whispering to every Filipino: ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐.
To us, EDSA is a story told in fading ink, a sepia-toned memory belonging to another time. But for those who walked in those streets, it was the pulse of a million hearts beating as one. It was the moment when silence could have meant surrender, but instead, they chose to sing.
"Tama na! Sobra na! Palitan na!" The cries of millions swelled into the sky, an unrelenting chorus of defiance. Shoulder to shoulder, an unbroken wave of Filipinos stood together, their voices, hoarse from hours of chanting.
The rifles, once symbols of fear, now cradled delicate bloomsโwhite, yellow, and pink petals trembling in the breeze.
And then, the city erupted. Not in gunfire, but in the deafening roar of triumph.
Perhaps, all we need is peace.
A peace that goes beyond silence. A peace built on justice. Remembering the sacrifices of those who fought for our country with nothing but prayers and conviction.
Perhaps, all we need is the undying desire for change.
The same desire that fueled revolutions, that overruled tyranny, that lit the hearts of Filipinos aflame during the dark times.
But desire alone is not enough.
๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐.
For the generations that came before us, and for those who will inherit the nation we shape today,
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง.
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[Words by Kate Dean]
[Cartoon by Elizah Ortega]
