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Civilians flash the "L" sign (for Laban which means Fight!) as they sing patriotic song during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the People Power revolution Friday Feb. 25, 2011, at the People Power Monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago saw the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year rule and helped install current President Benigno Aquino III's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, center, re-enacts the famous jump he made 25 years ago during the 25th anniversary celebrations of People Power on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, at the People Power Monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila. Mr. Ramos, one of the leaders of the nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution, made the jump following a premature announcement that the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos had fled the country. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Philippine soldiers and civilians mount an armored personnel carrier as they re-enact the support provided by tens of thousands of civilians to mutinous soldiers in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the People Power revolution Friday Feb. 25, 2011, at the People Power Monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago saw the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year rule and helped install current President Benigno Aquino III's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Philippine National Police are joined by civilians as they take their lunch known as "boodle fight" in the continuing celebration of the 25th anniversary of People Power Friday Feb. 25, 2011, along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago saw the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year rule and helped install now President Benigno Aquino III's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Students flash the "L" sign for Laban or Fight as they join the march celebrating the 25th anniversary of People Power revolution Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, in suburban Pasig City east of Manila, Philippines. The nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago saw the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year rule and helped install now President Benigno Aquino III's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency.(AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, former President Fidel Ramos, left, and Defense Chief Voltaire Gazmin, flash the "L" sign (for Laban which means Fight!) during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the People Power revolution Friday Feb. 25, 2011 at the People Power Monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines. The nearly bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago saw the ouster of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year rule and helped install current President Benigno Aquino III's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Philippine demonstrators display placards during a rally in Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines, on Thursday to protest the country's celebration of the 1986 "People Power" revolution. They contend little has changed in the 25 years since. (Associated Press)
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Dragon dancers perform as they celebrate the Chinese lunar new year at the Chinatown in Manila, Philippines, Thursday Feb. 3, 2011. This year is the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Police investigators search for clues after an explosion of a bus Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, in Manila's main highway in suburban Makati City, Philippines. A powerful explosion ripped through the passenger bus killing at least two people and wounding at least 18 others. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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Rescuers remove the victim from the wreckage of a passenger bus following an explosion Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 along EDSA Avenue at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. The powerful explosion ripped through the air-conditioned bus Tuesday killing at least four people and wounding more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Nestor Abrematea)
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Philippine National Police SWAT members secure the scene following an explosion of a passenger bus, background, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, along a busy Avenue at the financial district of Makati, east of Manila, Philippines. The powerful explosion ripped through the air-conditioned bus Tuesday killing several people and wounding more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Philippine National Police SWAT members and other investigators gather pieces of evidence following an explosion of a passenger bus, unseen, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, along the busy EDSA Avenue at the financial district of Makati, east of Manila, Philippines. The powerful explosion ripped through the air-conditioned bus Tuesday killing several people and wounding more than a dozen others. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Communist New People's Army militants march in unison past local residents and supporters during the celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, on Mount Diwata in the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
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Philippine National Police investigators inspect the damage at the Sacred Heart Catholic Chapel following an explosion during a Christmas Day Mass on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, on the volatile island of Jolo, Sulu province, in the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)
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Firefighters sift through the still-smoldering Bed and Breakfast Pension House in Tuguegarao city in Cagayan province in the northern Philippines after a fire rapidly swept through the budget hotel early Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. The blaze killed 15 people, nine of whom were nursing students in town to take a licensing exam, officials said. (AP Photo)
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Protesters are blocked by riot police as they surge towards the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010, to protest the presence of American troops for the joint US-Philippines military exercise known as the Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA, which they claim has provided legal cover for the occupation of foreign troops in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Filipino protesters burn caricatures of a monkey bearing the face of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally demanding wage increase for workers near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Filipino protesters carry caricatures of a monkey bearing the face of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally demanding wage increase for workers near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Riot police prepare to block protesters as they surge towards the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010, to rally against the presence of American troops for the joint US-Philippines military exercise known as the Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA, which they claim has provided legal cover for the occupation of foreign troops in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters are blocked by riot police as they surge towards the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010, to rally against the presence of American troops for the joint US-Philippines military exercise known as the Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA, which they claim has provided legal cover for the occupation of foreign troops in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
