Posts Tagged ‘Cory Aquino’


Risks of Aquino’s straight path

In a press conference held shortly after Congress proclaimed him the Philippines’ 15th president, Benigno Aquino 3rd made a slip-up that would haunt his leadership for the next six years. President Aquino said that unemployment data understated reality because they excluded people not seeking work.

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Was Kris Aquino named after the word “crisis”?

It’s highly unlikely. But a published account written by Cory’s speechwriter, newspaperman, and Makati City congressman TeddyBoy Locsin Jr. said that Kris Aquino was named after the word that has singularly defined the state of Philippine society (and arguably, her personal life). “We’re gonna call her Krissy, for crisis,” Locsin wrote in page 320 of [...]

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