One Last Goodbye Tita Cory

Dear Tita Cory,
Today is the 40th day since your passing. We, as a nation, would like to thank you again for the great sacrifices that you made for your country.
You provided us with a new pride in being Filipino and showed us that we can and should be willing to fight for the true [...]

Senator Ninoy Aquino’s Love Poem for Cory

I Have Fallen in Love with the Same Woman Three Times
The late national hero Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr., wrote this poem for his wife, former president Corazon C. Aquino, decades ago. Composer and singer Jose Mari Chan later set the piece into music and included it in his album, Constant Change.

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Tita Cory – Rest in Peace

Today, we buried our beloved Tita Cory.
The President of the Philippines who  brought the country back from dictatorship and re-defined democracy to a people who had lost hope.

We will miss you but we are happy that you are with your beloved husband Ninoy and your Holy Father in Heaven this day. You have won all [...]

Corazon C. Aquino – Matriarch of Philippine Democracy

Restoring Democracy by the Ways of Democracy
Delivered during the Joint Session of the United States Congress, Washington, D.C. United States of America – September 18, 1986

“Three years ago, I left America in grief to bury my husband, Ninoy Aquino. I thought I had left it also to lay to rest his restless dream of Philippine [...]

President Corazon C. Aquino – The People’s President

Corazon Aquino, Leader of Philippines, Dies at 76
Corazon C. Aquino of the Philippines, who was swept into office on a wave of “people power” in 1986 and then faced down half a dozen coup attempts in six years as president, died Saturday in Manila, her son said. She was 76.
Her son, Senator Benigno S. Aquino [...]

Thank You and Good-Bye Tita Cory

Our beloved “Tita Cory” – Corazon C. Aquino, Former President of the Philippines, who was swept into office on a wave of “people power” in 1986 and then faced down half a dozen coup attempts in six years as president, died Saturday August 1, 2009,  in Manila at 3:18AM of cardiac arrest. She was [...]

A Vision of Hope and Change

I admit that I was up all night, along with tens of millions around the globe, to watch a “once in a lifetime” event.
The peaceful change of power in the United States of America is an example for every country in the world, including my home, the Republic of the Philippines. I was touched by [...]

Hope for Change for Us All

Tuesday, November 4, 2008, an election took place in the United States of America. It was peaceful, efficient, and above all, honest. The results were complied and released within hours not weeks. No one was killed and no one was bribed for his or her vote. How is that possible, we ask here in the [...]