Benigno Aquino III, the son of the late Philippine president Corazon Aquino, announced on Wednesday that he would run for president in next year’s polls, after his mother’s death last month sparked popular clamour for him to join the race.The highly
MANILA - More than 100,000 mourners braving heavy rain thronged central Manila on Wednesday to honor former president Corazon Aquino, heroine of the Philippines' 1986 people power movement, who died last week of cancer. Masses in Aquino's memory we
MANILA, Philippines - Former President Corazon 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 leade
MANILA - Tens of thousands of Filipinos, many in tears, lined the streets as the body of former leader Corazon Aquino was moved to the capital's cathedral in an emotional procession on Monday. The ex-president, whose husband was assassinated by for
MANILA, Philippines - Masses of mourners yelled her name as former President Corazon Aquino's body was escorted Monday through rain-soaked streets to Manila Cathedral, along a historic avenue that 23 years ago became the site of a people power revol
MANILA - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos said Monday she wants a reconciliation with the family of former leader Corazon Aquino, whose People Power revolution forced Marcos' husband from office. Aquino, whose husband was Ferdinand Marcos
MANILA, Philippines - Mourners wept as they paid their last respects at the wake of former President Corazon Aquino on Sunday with some pledging to carry on her legacy by protecting the democracy she helped install 23 years ago. Filipinos have been
MANILA - Thousands of mourners paid their final respects to former Philippine President Corazon Aquino on Sunday, lining up to file past her coffin in silent tribute to the People Power democracy leader. Aquino, who died at the age of 76 on Saturda
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