FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CORAZON C. AQUINO RETURNED TO THE FATHER'S HOME!

A Yellow Rose for the Joan of Arc of the Philippines

WITH GREAT SADNESS IN OUR HEARTS WE ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT OUR BELOVED FORMER PRESIDENT, CORAZON C. AQUINO RETURNED TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE THIS 3:18AM OF AUGUST 1, 2009.

THE ENTIRE NATION GRIEVES FOR THE LOSS OF THIS GREAT ICON OF DEMOCRACY WHO LED OUR PEOPLE'S STRUGGLES AGAINST THE MARCOS CONJUGAL DICTATORSHIP:

* She defeated the 21 year Marcos reign and restored Philippine Democracy.

* She gave us a Constitution ratified by the Filipino people in an honest and clean plebiscite.

* She restored the Writ of Habeas Corpus removed by Marcos during the Martial Law.

* She re-opened both Houses of Congress: The House of Representatives and The Senate which was closed during Martial Law.

* She returned Freedom of the Press and of the Media.

* She valiantly and successfully defended the Democratic institutions against 9 coup de etats of the military adventurists.

* She lived a life of simplicity and humility, a life of dedicated service and honest governance during her term of office.

* She refused to run for re-election even though she was not constitutionally barred from running again.

* She peacefully turn over the Presidency to her duly elected successor.

* She remained simple and humble and active in the political as well as social issues affecting the nation after her term of office.

A WOMAN OF GREAT FAITH, COURAGE AND STRENGTH. YET GENTLE, KIND, LOVING AND MOTHERLY. TRULY A PERSON WHO INSPIRES AND A ROLE MODEL FOR ALL TIME. A LADY OF DIGNITY AND GRACE.

"MAY THE LORD GOD MAKE HER SOUL SHINE FOR ALL ETERNITY IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM." AMEN.

Maria Corazon "Cory" Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a President of the Philippines and a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women's empowerment, and religious piety. She served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female president of the Philippines and was Asia's first female president.

A self-proclaimed "plain housewife", Aquino was married to Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. (1932–1983), a leading figure in the political opposition against the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos. After her husband was assassinated upon his return from exile in the United States on August 21, 1983, Aquino, who had no prior political experience, became a focal point and unifying force of the opposition against Marcos. She was drafted to run against Marcos in the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Marcos was proclaimed the winner despite widespread reports of electoral fraud, Aquino was installed as President by the peaceful 1986 People Power Revolution.

Early life and education

Corazon Cojuangco was born the sixth of eight children in Tarlac, a member of one of the richest Chinese-mestizo families in the Philippines. She was born to Jose Cojuangco of Tarlac and Demetria Sumulong of Antipolo, Rizal.

She was sent to St. Scholastica's College Manila and finished grade school as class valedictorian in 1943. In 1946, she studied high school for one year in Assumption Convent Manila. Later she was sent overseas to study in Ravenhill Academy in Philadelphia, the Notre Dame Convent School in New York, and the College of Mount Saint Vincent, also in New York... She studied liberal arts and graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts in French Language, with a minor in mathematics. She intended to become a math teacher and language interpreter. [WIKIPEDIA]