It’s become a fad, of late, to compare and contrast our two female Presidents Cory and Gloria, although it strikes me as more than a little sad that it was only after she died that Cory clearly gained the upper hand in that contest. Lost and politically discarded in the years after her term ended, [...]
The Son Also Rises: Noynoy Aquino for VP?
Update: I knew it :D
I know that Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III categorically stated that he had no plans to run for Vice-President, but you have to admit, the Liberal Party has to be considering it, given LP Presidential Candidate Mar Roxas’ weak showing in the early polls. Callous as it is — yes, I [...]
Cory Aquino’s Prayer for a Happy Death
It sounds like an oxymoron, “happy death”. Kind of like “military intelligence”, “business ethics”, or “congressional action”. These aren’t exactly the words you’d use together without being sarcastic. But that’s me; the deaths of people close to me will always be tragic, untimely, and unnecessary — it’s not something I can really be rational about.
Doesn’t [...]
August 1 ‘09 Bullets – Cory Aquino
Google’s Timeline on former President Corazon C. Aquino
Mon Casiple gives us something to hope for → “Corazon Aquino, in her death, reopened the opportunity for the people to block all attempts to undermine the democratic legacy she leaves behind to future generations of Filipinos. In her, we see the rallying point to check the powers-that-be [...]
Remembering Cory
She was hardly the perfect President; despite my decided bias because of her key role in our shining moment, I freely acknowledge that former President Corazon C. Aquino had her flaws. After all, she gave us Kris Aquino. She had her share of critics, bloopers, and outright blunders. There was a time she was even [...]
What happened to us?
Corazon C. Aquino, February 25, 1986:
At last, we are home. Let us remember the day, February 25, 1986; the time, nine in the evening; he occasion, the coming of freedom.
Freedom from twenty years of dictatorship, twenty years of oppression, hardship, repression, injustice, corruption, greed, waste and near despair — ended. Ended by a revolution of [...]
