*Rep. Teddy Boy Locsin was President Aquino’s speechwriter and press secretary. Throughout thirteen years of martial law, until I laid eyes on her again, I never thought that I would ever see the end of it. Least of all that my father would survive it. I am not much given to prayer or pious reflection […]
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Off-travel: Fr. Catalino Arevalo’s Homily for Tita Cory
By PinayTraveller on August 7, 2009“We give her back to You, with grateful but breaking hearts” By Catalino Arevalo, SJ (Homily at the Funeral Mass for former President Cory Aquino, Manila Cathedral, August 5, 2009) IF I may, I will first ask pardon for what might be an unseemly introduction. In the last days of President Cory’s illness, when it […]
It’s Edsa 1 all over again. Rain and confetti pouring down on the streets of Manila as Filipinos bid farewell to their beloved People Power President Corazon Aquino. Bye, Cory! Say ‘Hi’ to Ninoy for me.:)