SEN. NOYNOY AQUINO FINALLY DECLARED PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN 2010 ELECTIONS!

Sen. Noynoy Aquino announced his presidential bid on Sept. 9, 2009 that is 9/09/2009. He made the declaration at the historic Club Filipino in San Juan City where his mother, the First Woman President of the Philippines and now a national hero, sworn in as President after expulsing the 21 year Marcos Dictatorship. The date also marks the 4oth day after the death of his great mother Corazon C. Aquino.

MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III officially announced that he will run for president in 2010 on Wednesday, exactly 40 days after the death of his late mother, former President Corazon Aquino.

Aquino made the announcement of his candidacy for the presidency at about 8 a.m. at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City, the same venue where his late mother took her oath as president in 1986.

Personalities present at the jam-packed room were Liberal Party members Senators Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, Francis Pangilinan, former Sen. Franklin Drilon, Quezon Representative Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III, former congressmen Florencio “Butch” Abad and Nereus Acosta, singer-composer Jim Paredes, former Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz and Leah Navarro of the Black and White Movement. Noynoy’s sisters, Ballsy, Pinky, Viel and Kris, were also there.

Aquino, who has gone on a spiritual retreat in Zamboanga City, has said he would announce his decision before the end of the month even as his supporters continued to gather the signatures that they hope would convince him to run.

Roxas, who was one of the earliest to announce his plans to seek the presidency, last week gave up his ambition and yielded to Aquino, saying the fight for 2010 was a fight for the country and went beyond personal interest. [By Maila Ager INQUIRER.net First Posted 08:03:00 09/09/2009]