Timeline: Events in the life of Cory Aquino

Research by Maria Althea Teves, abs-cbnNEWS.com/ Newsbreak | 07/22/2009 2:00 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1933 January 25 – Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco is born to into a wealthy, political family in Tarlac. She was the sixth of eight children (of whom two died in infancy) of Jose Cojuangco, a former congressman, and Demetria Sumulong Cojuangco, a pharmacist. 1946 The Cojuangco family leaves for the United States and Cory enters...

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‘Erap’ to run in 2010 if opposition is divided

Saturday, July 25, 2009 By Larry Madarang, Correspondent ----------------------------------------- BAGUIO CITY: Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada on Friday said that he would call for a meeting of all opposition presidential aspirants to unite all opposition candidates for next year’s presidential polls. “Let us give time for all opposition presidential aspirants for them to feel the pulse of the people and voluntarily withdraw in order for the opposition to have only one official candidate,”...

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Meet Your Candidates: Gilbert Teodoro starts quest for presidential nomination by joining Lakas

Mike Banos July 23, 2009 -------------------------------- Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro begins his quest to clinch the presidential nomination of the ruling coalition as he takes his oath as member of Lakas-Kampi-CMD today (Friday, July 24, 2009 Philippine time). Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Lakas-Kampi-CMD President, will swear-in Teodoro at the party headquarters in Mandaluyong City this morning. A majority of Lakas-Kampi-CMD members expressed their desire to select a standard bearer...

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Villar tops new SWS poll

Updated July 23, 2009 12:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------- MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Manuel Villar has emerged as the top choice of Filipinos to be the next president in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Vice President Noli de Castro, who topped previous SWS surveys on “presidentiables,” slipped to fourth place, according to the SWS’ second quarter survey conducted from June 19 to 22. In the survey, 33 percent of the respondents named Villar as the...

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Panlilio gets support from Ex-Seminarians

July 23, 2009 SAN JUAN CITY, Philippines (UCAN) -- Former seminarians are planning to campaign for Father Eddie Panlilio, a priest who intends to run for the presidency in next year’s election. “We aim to deliver 5 million votes,” said Tyrone Cimafranca, president of the association of former Society of the Divine Word (SVD) seminarians. Cimafranca, a lawyer, was speaking to UCA News after the weekly Fernandina Media Forum session organized in San Juan. PAX has about 1 million members, former...

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Priest says God wants him to run as Philippine president in 2010

By Barbara Mae Dacanay, Bureau Chief Published: July 22, 2009, 21:57 ------------------------------------------------------ Manila: A Catholic priest-turned-governor in Central Luzon has said God wants him to run for the presidency in 2010. Pampanga governor Eddi Panlilio said he was willing to give up his priesthood to serve his country and the poor, a local paper said. "I have every intention to file my candidacy on or before [the] November 30 [filing deadline for candidates for 2010]. I'm...

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'Panlilio for President Movement' gets support from businessmen

By Dennis Carcamo Updated July 22, 2009 02:21 PM ------------------------------------------------------------- MANILA, Philippines -- The Ed Panlilio for President Movement has been getting a lot of financial pledges from various business organizations, an official of an ex-seminarians group disclosed today. Atty. Ricky Ribo, Philippine Alliance of Ex-Seminarians (PAX) convenor, said they hope to raise the needed funds to launch the presidential campaign for Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio before he...

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Philippine Politics - Bishops and fleas

Here’s something that they don’t teach in Catholic catechism, even if maybe they should these days: If you lie down with the political dogs, you get up with the fleas of corruption. During a mass last Sunday at the parish church of swank Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa, the Catholic bishop who was officiating tore into the media for allegedly smearing the new president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Tandag, Surigao del Sur prelate Nereo Odchimar. In his homily, the bishop...

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The condition of ailing former Philippine president Corazon Aquino has worsened

Asia-Pacific News Jul 20, 2009, 9:08 GMT -------------------------------------------- Manila - The condition of ailing former Philippine president Corazon Aquino has worsened with the democracy icon now in pain from her colon cancer, her daughter said Monday.    Aquino, who was catapulted into the presidency by a four-day popular revolt that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986, has been in hospital since last month.    Her youngest daughter, Kris Aquino, appealed...

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