CORY AQUINO, the Heroine of EDSA

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Comment by DOHLY VILLANUEVA BUCARILE on October 16, 2009 at 8:28pm

Good day po sir.

I woud like to ask if I can download the video about Tita Cory Aquino.

Thank you.

Dohly V. Bucarile

Comment by Dexter Jay F. Bagumbay on August 1, 2009 at 7:52am

The people remember her as the bespectacled woman in her trademark yellow dress.She was born to a wealthy and politically prominent family on January 25, 1933 in Tarlac. Her parents -- Jose Cojuangco, a three-term congressman and Demetria Sumulong, a pharmacist and daughter of a senator -- were among the most influential names in Central Luzon. She completed her elementary education at Saint Scholastica's College and high school at Notre Dame Convent School in New York. She earned her degree, Bachelor of Arts in French and Mathematics at Mount Saint Vincent Convent, New York. In 1956, she was planning to take up law at the Far Eastern University when Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino came into her life. She received international awards such as the Time Magazine's Woman of the Year, the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the United Nations Silver Medal and the Canadian International Prize for Freedom. She was cited for setting the example of nonviolent movement for democracy which later was also tested in Burma, South Africa, Poland and Chile.