Title: Corazon Aquino (1933-2009)
MSantor - July 31, 2009 09:46 PM (GMT)
Former President Corazon Aquino passed away after making a brave stand
against cancer, at 3:18am, Aug 1st of 2009.
Rest easy now, ma'am.
You and Ninoy have this Filipino people's eternal thanks. :salute:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...ory-Aquino-dies
against cancer, at 3:18am, Aug 1st of 2009.
Rest easy now, ma'am.
You and Ninoy have this Filipino people's eternal thanks. :salute:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...ory-Aquino-dies
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| Cory Aquino dies By Maila Ager INQUIRER.net First Posted 05:18:00 08/01/2009 Filed Under: Health, death notices, Cory Aquino MANILA, Philippines -- Former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino has passed away. She was 76. Her son Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III confirmed that she died of cardio respiratory arrest at exactly 3:18 a.m. Saturday at the Makati Medical Center. Mrs. Aquino has been diagnosed with colon cancer early in 2008 and has been confined at the Makati Medical Center for more than a month. Mrs. Aquino, widow of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., will be remembered as an icon of democracy, having led a military-backed popular revolt in 1986 that ousted a dictator who ruled the country for 20 years. |
jvelarde - August 1, 2009 12:05 AM (GMT)
God speed, Mrs. President. Let the light of God show you His path. Please tell Ninoy that an entire nation will be forever grateful. :salute:
el_ramon - August 1, 2009 08:52 AM (GMT)
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israeli - August 1, 2009 12:17 PM (GMT)
Rest in Peace, Madam President.
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israeli - August 1, 2009 12:48 PM (GMT)
No state funeral for Aquino
M. MERUEÑAS, A.B. SEE, and A. CALONZO, GMANews.tv
08/01/2009 | 02:39 PM
The family of former president Corazon Aquino opted for a private funeral for the democracy icon instead of availing a state funeral in Malacañang.
Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, eldest son of the late President, announced their decision at a press conference in Makati City, shortly after Aquino succumbed to colon cancer on early Saturday morning.
"There won't be a state funeral," he said. "We are more comfortable having it in a church."
The Aquino family chose to hold the wake at the La Salle Greenhills Gymnasium in Mandaluyong City. Starting Saturday night, a Catholic Mass on the La Salle campus will be held twice a day: one at noon and another at 8 p.m.
The announcement came shortly after Malacañang declared a 10-day national period of mourning to honor the former president's death through Proclamation 1850.
Arroyo and Aquino have not been on good terms in recent years after the latter called for the President's resignation following allegations of election cheating in the 2004 polls.
Aquino told Arroyo, who was catapulted to power in a similar EDSA revolt in 2001, to "make the supreme sacrifice" and resign.
Sen. Aquino said that the decision not to hold a state funeral for his mother was not political.
"'Wag na nating idamay lahat ng iba pang issues of political nature (Let's not bring up issues of political nature)," he said.
In 2001, Mrs. Aquino joined the protest movement that forced then-president Joseph Estrada from power, resulting in Arroyo's rise to the presidency.
Meanwhile, Malacañang said they respect the family's decision but reiterated the Palace's willingness to extend all courtesies to the former president.
"We are ready to extend all necessary services of the government, but we defer to the Aquino family's plans," Secretary Gabriel Claudio, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Executive, told GMANews.TV.
Claudio said the Palace has been coordinating with the members of the Aquino family through their spokesperson Deedee Siytangco regarding any form of help Malacañang can extend for Mrs. Aquino's funeral.
"Bibigyan na lang namin sila ng suporta (We will just give them the support), like honor guards and police forces for security and order during the funeral." he said.
A state funeral would allow Mrs. Aquino to lie in state in Malacañang Palace and have the option be buried in Libingan ng mga Bayani with full military honors after a ceremonial funeral procession. [See sidebar for further details]
Shower of confetti
Amid an overcast sky and a light downpour, Aquino’s remains arrived at the La Salle Greenhills in Mandaluyong City to a shower of yellow confetti.
An honor battalion from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) carried Mrs. Aquino's casket into the gym, with family members trailing behind. Among them were Sen. Aquino and Mrs. Aquino's brother Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr.
Once the casket had been taken inside the school gymnasium the light rains intensified into a heavy downpour. The cortege was met with arrival honors from the military and a shower of yellow confetti from nuns and other supporters.
Aquino is dressed in a yellow Paul Cabral dress embellished with Swarovzki crystal beads. Although visibly thinner, the former President looked serene.
On Aquino's hand is a rosary with pink beads and gold chain. Spokesperson for the Aquino family Lourdes "Deedee" Siytangco clarified that the rosary was not the one given by Sister Lucia, one of the three shepherd children who supposedly saw the Virgin Mary at Fatima in Portugal.
"That one is blue," Siytangco said, referring to Lucia's rosary.
However, the two-day viewing will be closed for three hours from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Sunday and Monday to give way to maintenance work.
As of this posting, school officials were constructing a stage with a white backdrop, adorned with yellow chrysanthemums in front, and a crucifix and an image of Virgin Mary on both sides of the stage.
From La Salle, Mrs. Aquino’s remains will be brought to the Manila Cathedral where overnight vigils and requiem masses are scheduled. A necrological Mass will be held Tuesday night.
After a 9 a.m. Mass Wednesday, Mrs. Aquino’s body will be brought to the Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque for interment. No details have been disclosed yet to media about the funeral procession route.
Senator Aquino said that his mother will be buried beside the remains of his father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., assassinated upon his arrival in Manila from the United States on August 21, 1983.
"That's my mom's plan from the very beginning," he said.
The public will have to form a line at Gate 5 of the La Salle Greenhills, while Gate 2 will be reserved for members of media. Guests, relatives, members of the Aquino family, and reporters will have to use Gate 6 to exit the school premises.
The Aquino family has also set up a memorial site at the historic EDSA Shrine called "The Dedication Garden for Tita Cory," where supporters can leave their flowers and notes for the former head of state.
Media
The Aquino family has also asked photojournalists to refrain from using a flash in taking their photographs. "The gym will be properly lighted," Siytangco said.
Due to space limitations, journalists are also being asked to form groups of four, each group having a scheduled time to cover the wake.
The school gym will also be housing a "media room" where interviews for broadcast and print media can be conducted.
Senator Aquino said they chose to hold the wake in La Salle Greenhills because it is a "sizeable venue."
Each media company will be allowed to deploy a reporter and two photographers.
"We would want to spend as much time as possible as a family," Senator Aquino said.
He added that although his family's life has been "public property" for years, he and his siblings want to make the funeral as private as possible.
Senator Aquino also thanked all the Filipinos who have been supporting their family during this "difficult time" for them.
"Taus-puso ang pasasalamat namin. Napakahirap po nitong dinadaanan naming ito, pero dahil nandiyan ho sila... hindi na namin madama na nag-iisa kami(We are very thankful. What we are going through is very difficult but they are there...we no longer feel that we're alone)," he said, a reference to the popular protest slogan after the assassination of his father Ninoy, "Hindi ka nag-iisa." - GMANews.TV
M. MERUEÑAS, A.B. SEE, and A. CALONZO, GMANews.tv
08/01/2009 | 02:39 PM
The family of former president Corazon Aquino opted for a private funeral for the democracy icon instead of availing a state funeral in Malacañang.
Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, eldest son of the late President, announced their decision at a press conference in Makati City, shortly after Aquino succumbed to colon cancer on early Saturday morning.
"There won't be a state funeral," he said. "We are more comfortable having it in a church."
The Aquino family chose to hold the wake at the La Salle Greenhills Gymnasium in Mandaluyong City. Starting Saturday night, a Catholic Mass on the La Salle campus will be held twice a day: one at noon and another at 8 p.m.
The announcement came shortly after Malacañang declared a 10-day national period of mourning to honor the former president's death through Proclamation 1850.
Arroyo and Aquino have not been on good terms in recent years after the latter called for the President's resignation following allegations of election cheating in the 2004 polls.
Aquino told Arroyo, who was catapulted to power in a similar EDSA revolt in 2001, to "make the supreme sacrifice" and resign.
Sen. Aquino said that the decision not to hold a state funeral for his mother was not political.
"'Wag na nating idamay lahat ng iba pang issues of political nature (Let's not bring up issues of political nature)," he said.
In 2001, Mrs. Aquino joined the protest movement that forced then-president Joseph Estrada from power, resulting in Arroyo's rise to the presidency.
Meanwhile, Malacañang said they respect the family's decision but reiterated the Palace's willingness to extend all courtesies to the former president.
"We are ready to extend all necessary services of the government, but we defer to the Aquino family's plans," Secretary Gabriel Claudio, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Executive, told GMANews.TV.
Claudio said the Palace has been coordinating with the members of the Aquino family through their spokesperson Deedee Siytangco regarding any form of help Malacañang can extend for Mrs. Aquino's funeral.
"Bibigyan na lang namin sila ng suporta (We will just give them the support), like honor guards and police forces for security and order during the funeral." he said.
A state funeral would allow Mrs. Aquino to lie in state in Malacañang Palace and have the option be buried in Libingan ng mga Bayani with full military honors after a ceremonial funeral procession. [See sidebar for further details]
Shower of confetti
Amid an overcast sky and a light downpour, Aquino’s remains arrived at the La Salle Greenhills in Mandaluyong City to a shower of yellow confetti.
An honor battalion from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) carried Mrs. Aquino's casket into the gym, with family members trailing behind. Among them were Sen. Aquino and Mrs. Aquino's brother Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr.
Once the casket had been taken inside the school gymnasium the light rains intensified into a heavy downpour. The cortege was met with arrival honors from the military and a shower of yellow confetti from nuns and other supporters.
Aquino is dressed in a yellow Paul Cabral dress embellished with Swarovzki crystal beads. Although visibly thinner, the former President looked serene.
On Aquino's hand is a rosary with pink beads and gold chain. Spokesperson for the Aquino family Lourdes "Deedee" Siytangco clarified that the rosary was not the one given by Sister Lucia, one of the three shepherd children who supposedly saw the Virgin Mary at Fatima in Portugal.
"That one is blue," Siytangco said, referring to Lucia's rosary.
However, the two-day viewing will be closed for three hours from 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Sunday and Monday to give way to maintenance work.
As of this posting, school officials were constructing a stage with a white backdrop, adorned with yellow chrysanthemums in front, and a crucifix and an image of Virgin Mary on both sides of the stage.
From La Salle, Mrs. Aquino’s remains will be brought to the Manila Cathedral where overnight vigils and requiem masses are scheduled. A necrological Mass will be held Tuesday night.
After a 9 a.m. Mass Wednesday, Mrs. Aquino’s body will be brought to the Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque for interment. No details have been disclosed yet to media about the funeral procession route.
Senator Aquino said that his mother will be buried beside the remains of his father, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., assassinated upon his arrival in Manila from the United States on August 21, 1983.
"That's my mom's plan from the very beginning," he said.
The public will have to form a line at Gate 5 of the La Salle Greenhills, while Gate 2 will be reserved for members of media. Guests, relatives, members of the Aquino family, and reporters will have to use Gate 6 to exit the school premises.
The Aquino family has also set up a memorial site at the historic EDSA Shrine called "The Dedication Garden for Tita Cory," where supporters can leave their flowers and notes for the former head of state.
Media
The Aquino family has also asked photojournalists to refrain from using a flash in taking their photographs. "The gym will be properly lighted," Siytangco said.
Due to space limitations, journalists are also being asked to form groups of four, each group having a scheduled time to cover the wake.
The school gym will also be housing a "media room" where interviews for broadcast and print media can be conducted.
Senator Aquino said they chose to hold the wake in La Salle Greenhills because it is a "sizeable venue."
Each media company will be allowed to deploy a reporter and two photographers.
"We would want to spend as much time as possible as a family," Senator Aquino said.
He added that although his family's life has been "public property" for years, he and his siblings want to make the funeral as private as possible.
Senator Aquino also thanked all the Filipinos who have been supporting their family during this "difficult time" for them.
"Taus-puso ang pasasalamat namin. Napakahirap po nitong dinadaanan naming ito, pero dahil nandiyan ho sila... hindi na namin madama na nag-iisa kami(We are very thankful. What we are going through is very difficult but they are there...we no longer feel that we're alone)," he said, a reference to the popular protest slogan after the assassination of his father Ninoy, "Hindi ka nag-iisa." - GMANews.TV
spraret - August 2, 2009 01:37 AM (GMT)
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mazingu - August 2, 2009 12:18 PM (GMT)
Taps
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israeli - August 2, 2009 02:06 PM (GMT)
Arroyo cuts short US trip, sets August 5 holiday for Cory
GMANews.tv
08/02/2009 | 07:49 AM
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is cutting short her visit to the United States so she can pay her last respects to former president Corazon Aquino, whose funeral is scheduled on Wednesday, a palace spokesperson said Sunday.
Mrs. Arroyo also declared Wednesday, August 5, a non-working special holiday to give Filipinos a chance to take part in the burial rites of Mrs. Aquino. The former Philippine leader passed away early Saturday after battling colon cancer for more than a year.
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said Mrs. Arroyo, who met with US president Barack Obama last July 30 and was officially scheduled to return to the country sometime on Aug. 5, expects to be back in Manila before dawn Wednesday.
"Ang gusto ni Pangulo na the moment we arrive magpunta na siya sa wake ni dating Pangulong Cory (The President wants to go to the wake of former president Cory the moment we arrive)," Fajardo said in an interview on dzBB radio.
She made no reference to the statement of Mrs. Aquino's son, who had earlier said he was not keen on having Mrs. Arroyo at the wake. His mother had been calling for the resignation of Mrs. Arroyo, who has been embroiled in election fraud and corruption scandals, since 2005.
In an interview with Jessica Soho of GMA Network during the first night of the wake Saturday, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said: "Kung pupunta ho dito, kung gusto ho niyang magdasal, siguro ho eh thank you na rin ho. Pero yung point naman na I'm looking forward to it, I'm not."
(If she comes here, if she wants to pray, we'll be thankful. But if the point is, if I'm looking forward to it, I'm not.)
Noynoy said his lack of enthusiasm stemmed from the controversies hounding the Arroyo administration.
"We have all these issues that remain unresolved starting with "Hello, Garci" and NBN-ZTE controversy to the fertilizer scam. I don't want to go through this list, which is quite extensive," he said.
Fajardo said Mrs. Arroyo and the presidential delegation is still in New Jersey for meetings with the Filipino community. However, she will skip business meetings there as well as other scheduled meetings in Chicago and Guam to return to the Philippines.
“Na-cancel nga ang mga lakad na yan kaya sa Lunes ng umaga babalik na kami. Dadaan kami ng San Francisco, kasi nandoon ang eroplano na sasakyan namin (Those visits have been canceled and we will be heading back to Manila on Monday morning via to San Francisco)," she said.
Fajardo said Mrs. Arroyo declared Aug. 5 a special nonworking holiday “para sa mga gusto mag-pay ng last respects at makikipaglibing (for Filipinos who want to pay their last respects and join the funeral procession and burial)." Malacañang earlier announced a 10-day period of national mourning for the death of the country's democracy icon.
Fajardo said Malacañang officials are coordinating with the family of Mrs. Aquino about arrangements for the funeral. Earlier, the Aquino family declined the government’s offer to arrange a state funeral, which would involve bringing the former president's remains to Malacañang.
Instead, the Aquino family opted for a public wake at the La Salle gymnasium in Greenhills and the Manila cathedral. Mrs. Aquino will be buried at the Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque beside the remains of her husband, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
The assassination of Mr. Aquino in 1983 had sparked widespread protests that culminated in the 1986 EDSA people power revolt that swept Mrs. Aquino the presidency.
“Tayo nire-respeto natin and we defer to wishes of family ano ang gusto nila (We respect their decision and we give in to the wishes of the family)," Fajardo said.
Fajardo said the Filipinos they visited in the United States were “malungkot na malungkot (very sad)."
“Everyone loved Cory ... She is a great woman and very admirable na icon 'di lang ng democracy kundi a person who has a very strong faith, very steadfast at dapat i-emulate natin (Everyone loved Cory ... She is a great woman and a very admirable icon, not only of democracy but also of a person who has a very strong faith. She should be emulated)," Fajardo said. - GMANews.TV
GMANews.tv
08/02/2009 | 07:49 AM
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is cutting short her visit to the United States so she can pay her last respects to former president Corazon Aquino, whose funeral is scheduled on Wednesday, a palace spokesperson said Sunday.
Mrs. Arroyo also declared Wednesday, August 5, a non-working special holiday to give Filipinos a chance to take part in the burial rites of Mrs. Aquino. The former Philippine leader passed away early Saturday after battling colon cancer for more than a year.
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo said Mrs. Arroyo, who met with US president Barack Obama last July 30 and was officially scheduled to return to the country sometime on Aug. 5, expects to be back in Manila before dawn Wednesday.
"Ang gusto ni Pangulo na the moment we arrive magpunta na siya sa wake ni dating Pangulong Cory (The President wants to go to the wake of former president Cory the moment we arrive)," Fajardo said in an interview on dzBB radio.
She made no reference to the statement of Mrs. Aquino's son, who had earlier said he was not keen on having Mrs. Arroyo at the wake. His mother had been calling for the resignation of Mrs. Arroyo, who has been embroiled in election fraud and corruption scandals, since 2005.
In an interview with Jessica Soho of GMA Network during the first night of the wake Saturday, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said: "Kung pupunta ho dito, kung gusto ho niyang magdasal, siguro ho eh thank you na rin ho. Pero yung point naman na I'm looking forward to it, I'm not."
(If she comes here, if she wants to pray, we'll be thankful. But if the point is, if I'm looking forward to it, I'm not.)
Noynoy said his lack of enthusiasm stemmed from the controversies hounding the Arroyo administration.
"We have all these issues that remain unresolved starting with "Hello, Garci" and NBN-ZTE controversy to the fertilizer scam. I don't want to go through this list, which is quite extensive," he said.
Fajardo said Mrs. Arroyo and the presidential delegation is still in New Jersey for meetings with the Filipino community. However, she will skip business meetings there as well as other scheduled meetings in Chicago and Guam to return to the Philippines.
“Na-cancel nga ang mga lakad na yan kaya sa Lunes ng umaga babalik na kami. Dadaan kami ng San Francisco, kasi nandoon ang eroplano na sasakyan namin (Those visits have been canceled and we will be heading back to Manila on Monday morning via to San Francisco)," she said.
Fajardo said Mrs. Arroyo declared Aug. 5 a special nonworking holiday “para sa mga gusto mag-pay ng last respects at makikipaglibing (for Filipinos who want to pay their last respects and join the funeral procession and burial)." Malacañang earlier announced a 10-day period of national mourning for the death of the country's democracy icon.
Fajardo said Malacañang officials are coordinating with the family of Mrs. Aquino about arrangements for the funeral. Earlier, the Aquino family declined the government’s offer to arrange a state funeral, which would involve bringing the former president's remains to Malacañang.
Instead, the Aquino family opted for a public wake at the La Salle gymnasium in Greenhills and the Manila cathedral. Mrs. Aquino will be buried at the Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque beside the remains of her husband, the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
The assassination of Mr. Aquino in 1983 had sparked widespread protests that culminated in the 1986 EDSA people power revolt that swept Mrs. Aquino the presidency.
“Tayo nire-respeto natin and we defer to wishes of family ano ang gusto nila (We respect their decision and we give in to the wishes of the family)," Fajardo said.
Fajardo said the Filipinos they visited in the United States were “malungkot na malungkot (very sad)."
“Everyone loved Cory ... She is a great woman and very admirable na icon 'di lang ng democracy kundi a person who has a very strong faith, very steadfast at dapat i-emulate natin (Everyone loved Cory ... She is a great woman and a very admirable icon, not only of democracy but also of a person who has a very strong faith. She should be emulated)," Fajardo said. - GMANews.TV
dd5 - August 5, 2009 05:00 AM (GMT)
:salute: RIP
israeli - August 5, 2009 04:09 PM (GMT)
-- The coffin of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino lays beside the tomb of her husband Benigno at Manila Memorial Park, Manila, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Former President Corazon Aquino was buried in her family mausoleum Wednesday with hundreds of thousands of supporters wearing her signature yellow color and professing gratitude to the woman who restored democracy at high personal cost. Aquino died Saturday at age 76 after a yearlong battle with colon cancer. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Sabangan/pool)
-- Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, prepares to kiss the casket of his mother former Philippines president Corazon "Cory" Aquino, during interment rites at Manila Memorial Park at suburban Paranaque south of Manila August 5, 2009. The funeral procession lasted nine hours as tens of thousands of supporters lined up the route to bid goodbye to the former President. Also shown are his sisters (from left) Viel, Kris, Pinky and Maria Elena Aquino Cruz. REUTERS/Bullit Marquez/Pool (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- Soldiers carry the casket of late former President Corazon Aquino for burial at the Manila Memorial Park cemetery in Manila's sbuburban Paranaque city August 5, 2009. More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honour former president Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- Supporters flash "Laban" (Fight) signs as the truck carrying the casket of late former President Corazon Aquino enters Manila Memorial Park cemetery in Manila's sbuburban Paranaque city August 5, 2009. More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honour former president Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- A truck carrying the casket of former Philippines President Corazon Aquino makes its way through supporters during funeral rites in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009. Masses of mourners lined up the funeral route to pay their last respects for the former President. Aquino. (AP Photo/Joseph Agcaoili)
-- People march alongside a truck carrying the casket of late former President Corazon Aquino during her funeral in Manila August 5, 2009. More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honour former president Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- Full military honors is accorded the former Philippine President Corazon Aquino following necrological services at the Manila Cathedral in Manila, Philippines Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009. Aquino's body made its final journey through the capital Wednesday to be buried next to her assassinated husband in a culmination of grieving for the icon hailed as the example of moral leadership.
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
-- Soldiers carry the casket of the late former Philippine President Corazon Aquino during a servicel at the Manila Cathedral on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, in the Philippines. Aquino's body made its final journey through the Philippine capital Wednesday to be buried next to her assassinated husband in a culmination of grieving for the icon hailed as the example of moral leadership. (AP Photo/Nat Garcia, Pool)
israeli - August 5, 2009 04:25 PM (GMT)
-- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo views the casket of late former Philippine President Corazon Aquino at Manila Cathedral, August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jay Morales/Pool (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- Kris Aquino, daughter of the late former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, places a cross on the casket during the requiem mass for her mother's funeral at the Manila Cathedral in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. Aquino's body made its final journey through the capital Wednesday to be buried next to her assassinated husband in a culmination of grieving for the icon hailed as the example of moral leadership. (AP Photo/John Javellana, Pool)
-- The funeral motorcade of late former President Corazon Aquino passes through a crowd of supporters in Manila August 5, 2009. More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honour former president Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES POLITICS)
-- Supporters follow the hearse of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino during her funeral Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009 in Manila, Philippines.Aquino's body made its final journey through the capital Wednesday to be buried next to her assassinated husband in a culmination of grieving for the icon hailed as the example of moral leadership.
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
-- People light candles as the picture of late former President Corazon Aquino on top of a vehicle passes by in Manila August 5, 2009. More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honour former president Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
-- Honour guards carry the casket of the late former Philippines president Corazon Aquino during her funeral rites in Manila, August 5, 2009. Masses of mourners lined up the funeral route to pay their last respects for the former President. Aquino.
REUTERS/Aaron Favila/Pool (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- A family member blesses remains of late former President Corazon Aquino shortly before her interment at the Manila Memorial Park cemetery in Manila's suburban Paranaque city August 5, 2009. More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honour former president Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. REUTERS/John Javellana (PHILIPPINES POLITICS OBITUARY)
-- Military officers carry the casket of former Philippines president Corazon "Cory" Aquino during interment rites at Manila Memorial Park at suburban Paranaque south of Manila August 5, 2009. The funeral procession lasted nine hours as tens of thousands of supporters lined up the route to bid goodbye to the former President. REUTERS/Bullit Marquez/Pool (PHILIPPINES MILITARY POLITICS OBITUARY)
israeli - August 5, 2009 04:51 PM (GMT)
-- People wave yellow ribbons as the truck bearing the casket of former President Corazon Aquino pass by Quirino Avenue. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Jojo Vitug
israeli - August 5, 2009 06:46 PM (GMT)
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kudos to the four young men in uniform who served as honor guards of the late Former President Corazon Aquino.
4 honor guards endure slow cortege
By James Mananghaya
The Philippine Star
Updated August 06, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines – For more than eight hours, they stood in snappy military fashion, undaunted by rain and steadfast in form despite the hunger everybody else experienced during the long procession that brought the late former President Corazon Aquino to her final resting place at Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City yesterday.
Army Pfc. Antonio Cadiente, Airman Second Class Gener Laguindan, Navy Petty Officer 3 Edgardo Rodriguez and Police Officer 1 Danilo Maalab, who served as honor guards for Mrs. Aquino’s remains, displayed exceptional discipline in the performance of their extraordinary task.
The ride from the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros was agonizingly slow due to tens of thousands who wanted to pay their last respects to the leader they fondly call “Tita Cory,” but the four men in uniform stood in finest tradition, adding solemnity and honor to the ceremony.
Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman told The STAR that the organization is glad to have been given the chance to honor their former Commander-in-Chief.
“And we are happy because our soldiers and our police counterpart displayed our finest tradition of discipline and professionalism.”
Brawner said that the army and air force soldiers came from their mother unit’s escort battalions, while the navy enlisted man came from the office of reservist affairs.
He said that after the exceptional display of dedication to duty by these soldiers, the AFP might recommend that they be given awards equivalent to their recent task.
“They were handpicked from the among the best our honor guards. They can withstand hours and even a day without doing something but stand in attention. It’s part of their training. We call it discipline,” Marine Col. Lt. Edgard Arevalo, spokesman for the Philippine Navy (PN), said.
Also during the funeral rites, Mrs. Aquino’s former security chief, retired Lt. Gen. Voltaire Gazmin, her former junior military aide now Cavite Rep. Jun Abaya and her former close-in escorts chief Lt. Gen. Jose Angel Honrado served as pallbearers at the Manila Memorial Park.
At the Manila Cathedral, senior police officers carried her casket out of the church for the funeral march.
The Philippine National Police also rendered full honors to the former president before she was laid to rest. – Jaime Laude, Cecille Suerte Felipe
Fmr TOPP Awardee 82'PNP - August 5, 2009 11:47 PM (GMT)
When life is woe,
And hope is dumb,
The World says, "Go!"
The Grave says, "Come!"
'Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
May she rest in eternal peace.
And hope is dumb,
The World says, "Go!"
The Grave says, "Come!"
'Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
May she rest in eternal peace.
mazingu - August 12, 2009 01:59 AM (GMT)
TIME Magazine honors President Cory
TIME Magazine honors President Corazon Aquino one last time on the cover of their latest issue, dated August 17, 2009.
The international news publication pays tribute to her as “The Woman Who Changed Asia, “The Saint of Democracy,” and “A Miracle Worker in a Plain Yellow Dress.”
“She was a good woman whose goodness alone, at the very end, was what proved enough, if only by an iota, to save her country,” the Time article said.
The magazine also highlighted their 1986 cover story on Aquino, where they declared her that year’s Woman of the Year – the second woman to hold that honor.
Her death made headlines across the world, with many remembering her ascent from a “plain housewife” to a global symbol of democracy.
“Whenever the country appeared to be in a crisis, Cory Aquino rose above the bureaucratic procrastination that had always bogged it down, reminding her people that they once astonished the world with their bravery — and that they could do it again. But Filipinos must now take stock. Whom will they march with now that their saint has gone to meet her God?” the Time article said.
Apart from TIME Magazine, many other global publications honored Tita Cory for being an icon of democracy from the the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.
“For many Filipinos, she embodied a hope of becoming a better nation and a prouder people,” a New York Times obituary on the former Philippine leader said.
“Although often criticized as an indecisive and ineffectual leader, Mrs. Aquino combined passivity and stubbornness and an unexpected shrewdness to hold firm against powerful opponents from both the right and the left,” it added.
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TIME Magazine honors President Corazon Aquino one last time on the cover of their latest issue, dated August 17, 2009.
The international news publication pays tribute to her as “The Woman Who Changed Asia, “The Saint of Democracy,” and “A Miracle Worker in a Plain Yellow Dress.”
“She was a good woman whose goodness alone, at the very end, was what proved enough, if only by an iota, to save her country,” the Time article said.
The magazine also highlighted their 1986 cover story on Aquino, where they declared her that year’s Woman of the Year – the second woman to hold that honor.
Her death made headlines across the world, with many remembering her ascent from a “plain housewife” to a global symbol of democracy.
“Whenever the country appeared to be in a crisis, Cory Aquino rose above the bureaucratic procrastination that had always bogged it down, reminding her people that they once astonished the world with their bravery — and that they could do it again. But Filipinos must now take stock. Whom will they march with now that their saint has gone to meet her God?” the Time article said.
Apart from TIME Magazine, many other global publications honored Tita Cory for being an icon of democracy from the the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.
“For many Filipinos, she embodied a hope of becoming a better nation and a prouder people,” a New York Times obituary on the former Philippine leader said.
“Although often criticized as an indecisive and ineffectual leader, Mrs. Aquino combined passivity and stubbornness and an unexpected shrewdness to hold firm against powerful opponents from both the right and the left,” it added.
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