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Philippines remembers Cory Aquino, democracy iconSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:39PMThe Philippines on Sunday remembered the late Corazon Aquino, who led the nation in crushing a brutal dictatorship and whose death exactly a year ago propelled her son to the presidency.

Noynoy leads commemoration of Cory's 1st death anniversarySaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:38PMPresident Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Sunday led his family and hundreds of yellow-clad supporters in commemorating the first death anniversary of his mother, former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino.

Democracy icon Cory Aquino rememberedSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:30PMThe country on Sunday remembered the late Corazon Aquino, who led the nation in crushing a brutal dictatorship and whose death exactly a year ago propelled her son to the presidency.

Gun lovers celebrate gun-loving AquinoSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:29PMStanding amid an array of foreign assault rifles and local shotguns at one of the Philippines' largest shopping malls, firearms aficionados celebrated the rise of the nation's new president.

Bishop: Aquino's PhilHealth coverage goals doableSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:23PMPresident Benigno Aquino III's goal of health insurance coverage for all Filipinos is doable, a senior Catholic Church official said.

DOUBLE WBO ORIENTAL MATCH IN MLANG: VILLANUEVA IN SHAPE, BANGOYAN OVERWEIGHTSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 10:19PMM&\#039;lang, North Cotabato - What was earlier expected to be an interesting match up between World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental Featherweight Champ ...

Easy Come – Easy Go! Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston Wedding OffSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:16PMOoops, I didn’t see that happening! NOT! Let’s just get this straight. These two people weren’t meant to be together to begin with. They are both young, having a child before they both got a job… the list goes on. Apparently, according to E! News, they have called off the wedding/engagement because of Levi’s ex [...]

Lea main draw in year’s splashiest, if dated, showSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMTHE CHERRY on top, of course, is Lea Salonga as Grizabella, this production’s biggest draw and the reason even the theater-indifferent are now scrambling for tickets to “Cats,” the splashiest show of the year.

Paris swooned over ‘la dame en jaune’ in ’89Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:07PMI WAS HAVING a late Saturday breakfast when I heard about Cory’s death on French radio. It was very sad news, to say the least. This was immediately picked up by TV news bulletins, with more extensive coverage on the prime-time mid-day and evening news of the two major channels, TF1 and FR2.