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Corazon Aquino
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992. The first female president in Philippine history, Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth…
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politics · President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 · politician · human rights defender · also Corazon Aquino, Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino, Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco, Corazon "Cory" Aquino, Mariya Korazon Aquino, Cory Aquino
Born 25 January 1933 · Died 1 August 2009 · Q1480
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2026· 3 entries
Inquirer.net: Liza Marcos gets early birthday surprise from Kris Aquino, kids: ‘Feeling very blessed’
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Mshale: Corazon Aquino's Speech During The Joint Session Of The U.S. Congress Content & Contextual Analysis Angels Vs Blue Jays (LrzCNrkwnx)
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2024· 1 entry
Rappler rated the claim “The value of the peso against the US dollar started declining during the administration of former president Corazon Aquino. During the administration of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the peso-dollar exchange rate was at P1 per dollar.” False.
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2023· 1 entry
Rappler rated the claim “Former senator Benigno 'Ninoy' Simeon Aquino Jr. and former Philippine president Corazon 'Cory' Aquino will be removed from the design of the P500 bill.” False.
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2022· 3 entries
Rappler rated the claim “The graft and plunder complaint filed in January 2017 about an alleged illegal gold shipment is evidence that former President Benigno Ninoy Aquino III has ill-gotten wealth.” False.
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Rappler rated the claim “President Corazon Aquino handpicked 48 men and women, including suspected communists, to draft her own Constitution to accommodate the interests of oligarchs and foreign influences.” False.
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VERA Files rated the claim “Audio recording of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. criticizing Cory Aquino for politicking and discontinuing the operation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and warning Filipinos that the country will fall after 20 years” No basis.
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2021· 3 entries
VERA Files rated the claim “Former president Corazon Aquino shut down the BNPP due to health hazards” Needs Context.
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Rappler rated the claim “ll the senators at the time of a Senate hearing with former first lady Imelda Marcos on December 21, 1998, were all appointees of former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino.” False.
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Rappler rated the claim “The national debt during the administration of former president Corazon Aquino reached P1 trillion.” False.
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2020· 4 entries
VERA Files rated the claim “A Marcos flood control project was "one of the many projects with the name 'Marcos'" scrapped by the late president Cory Aquino.” Needs Context.
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VERA Files rated the claim “President Corazon Aquino shutdown the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, a project of her predecessor Ferdinand Marcos Sr., because she "didn't want Filipinos to remember the Marcos family."” False.
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VERA Files rated the claim “The Lopezes reclaimed ABS-CBN and Meralco for free during the Aquino administration.” False.
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VERA Files rated the claim “Formr President Corazon "Cory" Aquino passed the law on the contractualization of workers.” Misleading.
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2009· 9 entries
Reuters: Muere Corazón Aquino, la heroína del poder popular en Filipinas
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Público: Fallece la ex presidenta de Filipinas, Corazón Aquino
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Died 2009-08-01.
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Diario: Fallece Corazón Aquino, ex presidenta de Filipinas y heroína de la revolución
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Seattle Times: Corazon Aquino: Housewife led ‘people power’ overthrow, rose to presidency
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NPR: Corazon Aquino, Former Philippines President, Dead At 76
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National Catholic Reporter: Corazon Aquino, Ex-Leader of Philippines, Is Dead
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UPI: Corazon Aquino in pain, daughter says
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Benigno Aquino III won the 2010 Philippine presidential election and served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016
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2008· 2 entries
Aquino said that her blood tests indicated that she was responding well to treatment, although her hair and appetite loss were apparent
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Aquino's family announced that the former president had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer
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2007· 1 entry
Aquino helped establish the PinoyME Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to provide microfinancing programs and projects for the poor
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2006· 1 entry
When the Department of Agrarian Reform ordered the mandatory redistribution of land to tenant-farmers of Hacienda Luisita
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2005· 2 entries
After a series of revelations and exposes that implicated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in rigging the 2004 presidential elections, Aquino called on Arroyo to resign in order to prevent bloodshed, violence and furthe
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Aquino joined the international community in mourning the death of Pope John Paul II
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2002· 1 entry
Aquino became the first woman named to the Board of Governors at the Asian Institute of Management, a leading graduate business school and think tank in the Asia Pacific region
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded World Citizenship Award (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Aquino joined the mounting calls for Estrada to resign from office, amid a series of corruption scandals, including strong allegations of bribery charges and gambling kickbacks
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1999· 1 entry
Aquino and Cardinal Jaime Sin again worked together to oppose a second plan to amend the Constitution to remove term limits, this time under President Estrada
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award (1998).
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1997· 3 entries
Aquino, together with Cardinal Jaime Sin, led a rally opposing President Ramos' attempt to extend his term through his proposal to amend the 1987 Constitution's restriction on presidential term limits
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Aquino attended the wake and funeral of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whom she met during the latter's visit in Manila in 1989
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Under President Fidel Ramos and violent insurgency officially continued until 2014, when peace accords were formally signed between MILF and the administration of President Benigno Aquino III that would lead to the creat
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize (1996).
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1995· 2 entries
Aquino advocated for the continuation of capital punishment (since reinstated by President Fidel V
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And continue to the present day, including the 2004 bombing of the MV Superferry 14 that resulted in the deaths of 116 people
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1992· 3 entries
Corazon Aquino formally and peacefully handed over power to Fidel Ramos
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And remained active in political activities
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With the country reeling under a severe power shortage crisis
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1991· 3 entries
Tropical Storm Thelma (also known as Typhoon Uring) caused massive flooding in Ormoc City, leaving around 5,000 dead in what was then considered to be the deadliest typhoon in Philippine history
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A volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo, then thought to be dormant, killed around 800 people and caused widespread long-term devastation of agricultural lands in Central Luzon
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In the aftermath of the 1989 coup attempt by the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, which shook international confidence in the Philippine economy and hindered foreign investment
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1989· 3 entries
By Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani and composed of radical former members of the MNLF
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Declaring that the implementation of CARP was "a revolutionary kind of expropriation"
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The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was created under Republic Act No
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1988· 1 entry
With the backing of Aquino, the new Congress of the Philippines passed Republic Act No
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1987· 7 entries
The MV Doña Paz sank after a collision with the oil tanker MV Vector
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Which outlined her land reform program, including sugar lands
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As well as local elections on January 18, 1988
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The Constitution of the Philippines was ratified by nationwide plebiscite
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During which at least 12 farmers were killed at a protest rally
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During the era of transition government and shortly before the nationwide plebiscite to ratify the Constitution, 12 citizens were killed and 51 were injured in the Mendiola Massacre
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“The President's Penultimate Report To The People (2016-2020)”
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1986· 10 entries
Awarded Time Person of the Year (1986).
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President Aquino issued Proclamation No
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Four days into her presidency, Aquino formed the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), which was tasked with retrieving Marcos' domestic and international fortune
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The first day of her administration, Aquino issued Proclamation No
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Disgruntled and reformist military officers led by Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and General Fidel V
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The Batasang Pambansa, which was dominated by Marcos' ruling party and its allies, declared President Marcos as the winner of the election
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And was marred by massive electoral fraud, violence, intimidation, coercion, and disenfranchisement of voters
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The Aquino administration paid off $4 billion of the country's outstanding debts to improve its international credit ratings and attract the attention of foreign investors
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Career landmark: President of the Philippines (1986–1992).
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Campaign: 1986 presidential election.
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1985· 1 entry
During an interview with American journalist David Brinkley on This Week with David Brinkley, Marcos suddenly announced snap elections that would be held within three months to dispel doubt against his regime's legitimat
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1983· 3 entries
Ninoy ended his stay in the United States and returned without his family to the Philippines, where he was immediately assassinated on a staircase leading to the tarmac of Manila International Airport
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Emerged as leader of the opposition against the president
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Corazon Aquino became active in various demonstrations held against the Marcos regime
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1980· 1 entry
Ninoy suffered a heart attack, and Marcos allowed Senator Aquino and his family to leave for exile in the United States upon intervention from U
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1973· 1 entry
Had been abolished by Marcos and replaced with first the Batasang Bayan and later the Batasang Pambansa
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1972· 2 entries
And later abolished the constitution, thereby allowing him to remain in office
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And his consolidation of authoritarian power, President Ferdinand Marcos issued various government decrees that awarded monopoly or oligopoly power over entire industries to various close associates, in a scheme later re
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1970· 1 entry
To $28 billion by the end of his administration, through privatization of bad government assets and deregulation of many vital industries
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1961· 1 entry
And then the youngest senator ever elected to the Senate of the Philippines in 1967
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1953· 1 entry
With a major in French and minor in mathematics
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1941· 1 entry
And Senator Lorenzo Sumulong, who was later appointed by Aquino in the Constitutional Commission
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-01-25.
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