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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