
It was a fitting capstone for the person it hailed as its Woman of the Year in 1986 and listed as one of its Asian heroes when it celebrated its sixth decade in 2006.
I cannot pay my personal respects to President Cory. Hence, this, my little tribute."
From a gradeschool student to an overseas worker, Filipinos express their gratitude, praise and farewell to Cory through poetry.
For even as we seek to reform institutions and structures, as we search for models upon which to build our democracy, Cory showed us the power and value of personal example.
This is one of her farewell gifts to us and to the Filipino nation that she loved unconditionally.
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Posted on 14 July 2009
Empathizing with former President Corazon Aquino, several Filipino domestic helpers who are gripped with cancer trooped to the Philippine consulate in Hong Kong to pray for the country’s democracy icon. Continue Reading
Posted on 07 July 2009
Revisit the highlights of Cory Aquino's life and how she transformed from a national hero's wife to a global icon of democracy. Continue Reading
Posted on 05 July 2009
Writer Paulynn Sicam has known the former president and democracy icon as an interview subject, a senator’s wife, a boss, and a friend. Continue Reading
Posted on 05 July 2009
Sheila Coronel wrote the following memorable profile of former president Cory Aquino in 2006, in time for the 20th anniversary of EDSA's People Power revolt. Continue Reading

"Ako’y nagpapasalamat sa Panginoong Diyos na ginawa niya akong isang Pilipino"
-- Cory Aquino, September 2008
Click here to read a transcript of Cory Aquino's interview by Jessica Soho