1986 People Power Revolution

People Power in Cebu City

Cebu played a particularly key role in the days leading up to the 1986 People Power Revolution and the ouster of Marcos because of Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel's's presence in the city during the earliest days of the revolution. It was from Fuente Osmeña Circle in Cebu City that the opposition forces relaunched a civil disobedience campaign against the Marcos regime and its cronies on February 22, 1986. After that, the Carmelite Monastery in Barangay Mabolo served as a refuge for Aquino and Laurel on the first hours of the revolution, when it was not yet safe for them to return to Manila.