Cory Aquino

“This is a victory for justice,” he said. Aquino, the son of revered democracy icon and late President Corazon Aquino, won the 2010 election on a promise to rid the Philippines of corruption.  

Corona's lawyer Serafin Cuevas cited a threat of kidnapping and extortion. Aquino, the son of the revered democracy icon and the late president, Corazon Aquino, won the 2010 elections on a promise to rid the Philippines of corruption. His immediate target ...  

MANILA, Philippines - “My enemies are the candidates of the Liberal Party (LP), not my nephew, President Noynoy Aquino.” Former Tarlac congressman Jose “Peping” Cojuangco Jr., brother of the late former President Corazon Aquino, made the ...  

They would take the oath before PDP-Laban secretary-general Jose Cojuangco Jr., younger brother of the late former President Corazon Aquino, mother of the President. Allies of President Aquino had dared Binay to show if he is still supporting the ...  

He is the first chief justice to be impeached in the Philippines, which has been roiled by political unrest and failed coups since Aquino's mother, former President Corazon Aquino, toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in 1986.  

The family of the President’s late mother, former President Corazon Aquino, owns Hacienda Luisita. “What is President Aquino’s right to be upset over the distribution of Hacienda Luisita to the farmers? The land was only lent (pinahiram lamang ...  

He is the first chief justice to be impeached in the Philippines, which has been roiled by political unrest and failed coups since Aquino's mother, former President Corazon Aquino, toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in 1986.  

President Benigno Aquino III’s family said Thursday it would cooperate with the government in the immediate distribution of its sprawling Hacienda Luisita to its workers as a “glowing legacy” of his late mother, democracy icon Corazon Aquino.  

Marcos was ousted in a 1986 “people power” revolt led by current President Benigno Aquino III’s late mother, Corazon Aquino. Marcos died three years later in exile in Hawaii and his body was returned in 1993 to his northern Philippine ...  

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III received on behalf of his mother, the late President Corazon Aquino, an honorary degree conferred on her by the Bicol University in ceremonies held in Malacañang on Tuesday. The Bicol University, one of the Philippines ...  

(EDSA) while he was a congressman. Aquino was en route to his sister’s house for a Sunday lunch with their mother, the late President Corazon Aquino, at the time of the alleged traffic violation. He explained that he crossed lanes using the broken line ...  

“We should commend the President for his choice of Mr. Domingo Lee,” Arroyo, former executive secretary of the Chief Executive’s mother, the late former President Corazon Aquino, said in a statement. Arroyo underscored the need for President Aquino ...  

Binay said his debt of gratitude to the Aquinos, dating back to President Corazon Aquino, is very huge. “I will repeat every now and then to our countrymen that I recognize my huge debt of gratitude for what I am right now to former President Cory Aquino ...  

When Mario T. Taguiwalo was a 34-year-old Undersecretary of Health in the early "revolutionary" years of the Cory Aquino administration, he would say that behind his back, the Department ...  

ANGELES CITY, Philippines – The construction of the P15-billion Balog-Balog mega dam in Tarlac, a project initiated way back during the term of President Aquino’s mother, former President Corazon Aquino, will finally start in July, the National ...  

Mr. Aquino is the only son of the late former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., and former President Corazon Aquino. The 51-year-old bachelor President said the “major” increase in his net worth came from the Times property. “My sisters have ...  

Last night the Benigno and Corazon Aquino scholarship was awarded to Krystle Jiang, A ’13. The ceremony took place in the Murray Function Room between 6 and 8:30 p.m. and featured Mario Lopez de Leon, Jr., Consul General at the Philippine ...  

President Benigno Aquino 3rd has admitted to seeking guidance from his late mother, former President Corazon Aquino, whenever he encounters difficulty in solving problems. “I will admit [that] I still think about my mother a lot of times. I do pray to ...  

President Aquino gestures in front of a painted portrait of his mother and former President Corazon Aquino to CNN reporter Anna Coren during a scheduled interview by the cable news network at the Malacañan Palace on Thursday.  

MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III admitted Tuesday he still thinks about his late mother, former President Corazon Aquino, a lot and even prays to her during problematic times. “I will admit I still think about my mother a lot of times.  

He said the distribution of the Hacienda Luisita is being made through the Agrarian Reform Law which is the legacy of his mother, former president Corazon Aquino. “Iyung gusto ng family namin, siguraduhin nasa maayos sila hindi iyung sumama sitwasyon nila.  

The move would crown the Philippines’ 14-year effort, ironically launched by the incumbent leader’s late mother, then-president Corazon Aquino, to give millions of share croppers land to help dig themselves out of poverty. “The DAR stands ready to ...  

The move would crown the Philippines' 14-year effort, ironically launched by the incumbent leader's late mother, then-president Corazon Aquino, to give millions of sharecroppers land to help dig themselves out of poverty. “The DAR stands ready to ...  

Cory Aquino, in 1987. It is also a rigorous test of the steadfastness and consistency of the high court in upholding its 14-0 unanimous landmark decision that directed the distribution of 4,915 hectares of the estate to 6,296 farm workers. The court ...  

Hacienda Luisita has been described as a “litmus test” of the government’s sincerity in pursuing the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which Mr. Aquino’s mother, President Corazon Aquino, launched in 1988 as the centerpiece ...  

Aquino Jr. (who was in jail for seven years and seven months), and at one point was accused of plotting to remove his mother, Corazon Aquino. Enrile was the administrator of martial law for 14 years. But he redeemed himself when he led the four-day ...  

Aquino expressed his condolences to Castro's wife, June Keithley, also known as the voice of People Power in February 1986 when Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency after the first EDSA revolution. Aquino stayed for a while and talked with Keithley and ...  

The SWS said the Aquino government's rating was still high compared to the previous four administrations, including that of late President Corazon Aquino. (SDR/Sunnex)  

Ejercito, vice-chairman for the House Committee on Labor, said that the creation of an advisory council similar to one during President Cory Aquino’s term would benefit the Aquino administration for it could give sound counsel on handling the immediate ...  

They were the ones who were always 'Yes mam, Yes GMA," the Vice President said. Binay said he remains supportive of Aquino whose mother, the late former President Corazon Aquino gave him his biggest break in politics when he was appointed mayor of Makati ...  

When Ramos assumed office, he had to deal with the debilitating Luzon-wide blackouts he inherited from the administration of P-Noy’s late mother, former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino. For one year, the emergency powers granted to Ramos enabled the ...  

Even back then we were told (not by Cory Aquino) that she was not involved in the administration of the estate, that she had no say in running the hacienda. The role, we were told, belonged to the men in the family, notably the eldest, Pedro, and Don Pepe ...  

Castro’s widow, June Keithley, was one of the broadcasters that reported on the clandestine Radio Bandido developments during the four-day People Power Revolution that ended the dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ 20-year rule and swept Corazon Aquino to the ...  

BATO, CATANDUANES, Philippines – President Aquino – the only son of the late democracy icons Ninoy Aquino and former President Cory Aquino – is now the proud owner of their yet-to-be-renovated family home on 25 Times Street in Quezon City.  

Cory Aquino, Fidel Ramos and P-Noy himself were latecomers who won the presidency over those who campaigned long before them. The latest opinion polls show that our people value the endorsement of both Binay and P-Noy. But P-Noy has additional weapons.  

Mr. Aquino said that the Agus VI transformer, built in 1953, was good for only 30 years, or until 1983, and that the past presidents, including his mother, the late Corazon Aquino, never addressed the problem. “A thought just crossed my mind. Thirty ...  

Mr. Aquino said that the Agus VI transformer, built in 1953, was good for only 30 years, or until 1983, and that the past presidents, including his mother, the late Corazon Aquino, never addressed the problem. “A thought just crossed my mind. Thirty ...  

She began her career in government under Cory Aquino’s presidency, and her peers considered her a valuable asset to that administration. President Cory herself certainly shared this opinion, having voiced it out publicly on many occasions. Indeed ...  

Recalling the big brownouts of President Cory Aquino’s time, they are back again in Mindanao and now Metro Manila. It is most unfortunate considering that enough early warning had been sounded as early as 4 years ago. After almost 2 years in office it is ...  

Aquino also defended Binay – a long-time friend who served as officer-in-charge of Makati during the term of the late President Cory Aquino in the late 1980s – from speculations he was going against the incumbent administration, now that the May 2013 ...  

Aquino III in Malacanang on Thursday to convey his support ... Health Secretary Enrique Ona, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan and Presidential Assistant for Muslim Concerns Undersecretary Yasmin ...  

MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III’s wealth grew by P10 million to P65.13 million by the end of 2011 due mainly to the inheritance he received from his late parents, former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and former President Corazon C.  

A meeting between Noynoy Aquino, son of the martyr Ninoy Aquino and Corazon Aquino, a symbol of freedom for 92 million Filipinos would mark a milestone for both countries and peoples.  

President Aquino receives on behalf of his mother, the late President Corazon C. Aquino, a Plaque of Commendation from former Bicol University Board of Regents Chairperson and Commission on Higher Education Commissioner Nenalyn Defensor, Ed.D., during the ...  

WHAT 34-year old Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aguirre Aquino IV, son of Paul and Melanie, (nephew of Ninoy and Cory and first cousin of Noynoy) has achieved ought to make him a shoo-in for Senator in any political party. Add to that the uncanny fact that Bam ...  

Aquino III led the ceremonial turn-over ceremony of the newly ... from Barangay Macasandig who were the first occupants in Inda¬hag Phase I. DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman said the beneficiaries were identified through the Beneficiary Selection, Award ...  

Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos. Aquino and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Soliman will lead the turnover ceremony. Aquino will also distribute certificates of completion and acceptance ...  

Marcos and swept Corazon C. Aquino into power ... Featuring some of the best Filipino painters of the 19th century, beautiful and important fine prints from the groundbreaking book on Philippine botany, Flora de Filipinas, will be illustrated with ...  

Aquino recalled how his mother, former President Corazon Aquino, who suffered several failed but damaging coup plots after she ascended after a people-backed military mutiny forced out former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. His rule began in 1965.  

MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino will be leaving tonight for Cambodia to attend ... Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas, Mindanao Development Authority chairperson Lualhati Antonino and presidential ...  

The 6,443-hectare Hacienda Luisita, one of the biggest agricultural lands in the country, has been controlled by the family of. President Benigno Aquino III’s family on the side of his mother, the late Corazon Cojuangco Aquino since the 1950s.  

Former Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo considered the ruling “an insult to President Cory.” An April 14 ... has urged President Aquino to make a stand. Now. This could be his defining moment. National interest is involved. The issue affects the ...  

Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Mindanao Development Authority head Lou Antonino and presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda. Aquino’s itinerary starts Tuesday with the Asean plenary session which will tackle the Phnom Penh declaration of Asean ...  

Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Mindanao Development Authority head Lou Antonino and presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda. Aquino’s itinerary starts Tuesday with the Asean plenary session which will tackle the Phnom Penh declaration of Asean ...  

He also chairs the government’s anti-illegal recruitment and anti-human trafficking task forces. Binay said he owes former President Cory Aquino for naming him mayor of Makati after the 1986 Edsa Revolution. “Ako naman ay uulit-ulitin ko sa ating mga ...  

Former president Cory Aquino’s men were chosen -- DILG Secretary Alfredo Lim, Agriculture Secretary Edgardo Angara, Jr., DoTC Undersecretary Sonny Coloma, and myself. Academicians like UP School of Economics Dean Felipe Medalla and the late Brother ...  

Asked how the rating would affect Binay’s relationship with the President, Binay’s spokesperson said politics would never affect his relations with the President and the Aquino family. Binay was closely associated with the late former President Cory ...  

By trying to open up rather than be puritanical about their politics, the duo has been accused of going the way of then President Marcos’ KBL, President Cory Aquino’s Laban/LDP and President Ramos, and Arroyo’s Lakas/Kampi – all of which collapsed ...  

We exchanged views about what was happening in the Philippine economy during the Administration of former President Cory Aquino. As always, I took the view that the "glass was half-full" although the country had just experienced some nine military coup ...  

After many years, the Luisita farmers and workers have remained poor even after Cory Aquino’s agrarian reform program, while their counterparts who benefited from CARP have become better off financially. Isn’t it ironic that the family of President ...  

After many years, the Luisita farmers and workers have remained poor even after Cory Aquino’s agrarian reform program, while their counterparts who benefited from CARP have become better off financially. Isn’t it ironic that the family of President ...  

His wise counsel was sought after by everyone. And friends and colleagues of Mario Taguiwalo from the Cory Aquino presidency will miss the wit, humor, insights on issues and concerns of this kind intellectual giant and true patriot. He was health ...  

P-Noy must know that people have come to detest over-staying. His mother Cory Aquino knew: she rejected flattery that only she could save the Republic. Extending P-Noy’s stay would be out of the question, not even if many people think that only he could ...  

Mely Nicolas was incarcerated three times during martial law for her activism, later serving in government from the administrations of Cory Aquino to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the current P-Noy administration. Both are among the 100 outstanding Agnesian alumni.  

This was People Power, and 25 years ago this month, we saw it in action in the Phillipines. The scenes of the millions who rallied to Corazon Aquino's side during what became dubbed the "People Power Revolution" of February 1986 that ousted tyrant Ferdinand Marcos.  

It will prove to be the watershed in the history of this nation. Remember it was people's power that made the difference for Corazon Aquino in the Philippines. That's what democracy is all about. It's not about the arrogant who think they can continue to ...  

The ARMM was created in 1989 under Republic Act 6734 as a result of the then ongoing peace negotiations between the government of the late president Corazon Aquino and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) headed by Nur Misuari. The law was amended by ...  

In August of 1983, Benigno Aquino, an opponent of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, returned home from three years in exile. He didn't even make it into town - he was shot and killed at the airport. A few days later, his wife, Corazon, returned to lead ...  

“The winners here are the Filipino people,” he added. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was the centerpiece program of the late President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino in the late 80s. A former Army colonel, Honasan launched unsuccessful ...  

That year, Tarlac Development Corp. (Tadeco) teamed up with 6,296 farm workers to form Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) under the stock distribution option (SDO) in the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which the late  President Corazon Aquino bega ...  

is a verdict the Cojuangco family embraces and should be a glowing legacy of the late former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino,” the statement read by lawyer Antonio Ligon said. “We will await the processes in compliance with the determination of just ...  

This was People Power, and 25 years ago this month, we saw it in action in the Phillipines. The scenes of the millions who rallied to Corazon Aquino's side during what became dubbed the "People Power Revolution" of February 1986 that ousted tyrant Ferdinand Marcos.  

THE late President Corazon Aquino was fond of angel hair spaghetti in cream sauce with smoked salmon according to Swiss-French Chef and culinary professor Martin Caspar, owner of the L’Entrecote at Burgos Circle at the Bonifacio Global City. Kaspar ...  

There he called on an assemblage of cousins, uncles and aunts as did his mother, the late former President Corazon Aquino, 23 years before. The greatest Chinoy of them all is national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal, whose ancestral village is Siongque, also in Fujian.  

This was People Power, and 25 years ago this month, we saw it in action in the Phillipines. The scenes of the millions who rallied to Corazon Aquino's side during what became dubbed the "People Power Revolution" of February 1986 that ousted tyrant Ferdinand Marcos.  

This was People Power, and 25 years ago this month, we saw it in action in the Phillipines. The scenes of the millions who rallied to Corazon Aquino's side during what became dubbed the "People Power Revolution" of February 1986 that ousted tyrant Ferdinand Marcos.  

After the overthrow of Marcos by a people-backed military mutiny in 1986, the 1987 Constitution, drafted during the time of President Corazon Aquino included the Organic Act which allowed for the first time, autonomy by referendum among Filipino-Muslims.  

The decision to disclose their SALN effectively nullifies the SC's May 2, 1989 resolution during the time of then Chief Justice Andres Narvasa, who was appointed to the High Court by the late President Corazon Aquino. The 1992 resolution required court ...  

This was People Power, and 25 years ago this month, we saw it in action in the Phillipines. The scenes of the millions who rallied to Corazon Aquino's side during what became dubbed the "People Power Revolution" of February 1986 that ousted tyrant Ferdinand Marcos.  

Then President Cory Aquino, just in power for few months, was on a US trip (her first trip after that fateful return from exile) and was wowing the whole of the US political and media establishments with the power of her message and the resolve of her character.  

But the winner or newsmaker from the home country is worth cheering for. Some friends went to join the small rallies that cheered Cory Aquino when she went to the US to speak before the American Congress. They couldn’t have imagined themselves doing this ...  

Mayo is not the first police bomb expert to be implicated in a criminal activity. During her term, the late democracy icon President Corazon C. Aquino, became the target of a bombing at the Philippine Military Academy which was blamed on military bomb ...  

It was the late Pres. Corazon Aquino, mother of the incumbent president, who ensconced ARMM in the new charter. We do not think that the OIC are as enthusiastic as they were before since most of the major patrons of the secessionist fronts are having their ...  

Dr. Dennis Tudtud of the Philippine Society of Medical Oncology also noted that even if the cancer had afflicted notable persons, like the late President Corazon Aquino, it had not yet reached the level of public awareness of the “more celebrated ...  

She was the country’s 14th President, the 2nd female Chief Executive after former President Corazon C. Aquino. She is now a member of the House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District of Pampanga. Born in San Juan, Rizal, to former President ...  

MANILA, Philippines - Sports patron Burlington BioFresh supported the recent staging of the second UST AB Gantimplala Awards at the Cory Aquino-Kalayaan Hall of the Club Filipino in San Juan. BioFresh anti-microbial solutions was a major sponsor ...  

During the term of President Gloria Arroyo, the annualized growth rate of real debt per capita, or using constant 2000 prices, reached 1.2 percent; President Corazon Aquino, 0.5 percent; President Fidel V. Ramos, with a contraction of 1 percent ...  

Sic O’Clock also gave birth to many intriguing characters such as Marcurakos and Presidentita, referring to the late Presidents Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino, and, likewise produced a number of superb comics like Joji Isla, Ching Arellano ...  

(Who is this Butch Abad? Who is this Abaya?) Never heard,” Estrada said. “Where were the Butch Abads and the Abayas during the trying times of Cory (Aquino), when Binay risked his life to defend her against the coup attempts?” Estrada added ...  

Enrile had accused Lagman, a former official of the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections, of “vote-trending” in favor of the candidates of then president Corazon Aquino during the 1987 senatorial race. Enrile placed last in that poll.  

NAMFREL’s  trending forecasts — among other things, supposedly caused this result. However, it must be recalled that President Corazon Aquino was at the height of her popularity at that time and her candidates practically swept the elections.  

The said concrete school building will thus complement the adjacent Corazon Aquino High School which was also built under Lim’s administration.                   The two new schools are only part of the total of 68 public elementary and ...  

The president’s mother and Marcos’ successor, the late Corazon C. Aquino, disbanded the Civilian Home Defense Force only to replace it with the Cafgu. She also supported anti-communist vigilante groups whose emergence was linked to the ...  

KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/28 April) –  From the Regional Autonomous Government under President Ferdinand Marcos in 1979 to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) under President Corazon Aquino in 1990, will  the “new autonomous ...  

Successive school presidents starting from Dr. Leonardo Chua during the Cory Aquino administration have had failed to resolve the land conflict between CMU and the farmers. (Walter I. Balane/MindaNews)