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When they were little girls, Ballsy and Pinky Aquino couldn’t understand why their father put “country before family,” why he made them give gifts on their birthdays instead of the other way around, why he made them read Time and Newsweek like they were everyday comic books, why he gave perfect strangers a free ride — and why he was kind even to his political foes.

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Cory Aquino was wearing fuchsia, not yellow, the last time I interviewed her.

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To a grateful nation, he is the martyr whose death sparked a conflagration that gutted the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy in the Philippines. To the widow he left behind, he “was a loving husband and father” and his loss, “a deep and painful one.”

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(I wrote this piece on Ninoy Aquino’s 20th death anniversary nine years ago.)

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On the eve of President Corazon Aquino’s third death anniversary, her eldest daughter Ballsy Cruz defended her brother, President Aquino, for his outspokenness on certain issues.

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Maria Elena Aquino was 16 when Martial Law was declared and her father, the late Sen. Benigno Aquino, was imprisoned.

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When Cory Aquino and her daughters visited South Africa after her presidency, another democracy icon, Nelson Mandela, took her eldest daughter Ballsy Cruz aside and told her: “You certainly know how to pick the right mom.”

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Corazon Aquino’s last birthday wish was not for herself. Today would have been the 78th birthday of the former President.

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Maria Elena “Ballsy” Aquino-Cruz, eldest sister of Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, told The STAR yesterday that her brother is coming out of his shell and he is “his own man.”

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Presidential bet Sen. Noynoy Aquino would have not crossed the Rubicon, so to speak, without the love and support of the women who have loved him the longest — his sisters.

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When they were little girls, Ballsy and Pinky Aquino couldn’t understand why their father put “country before family,” why he made them give gifts on their birthdays instead of the other way around, why he made them read Time and Newsweek like they were everyday comic books, why he gave perfect strangers a free ride — and why he was kind even to his political foes.

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Cory Aquino was wearing fuchsia, not yellow, the last time I interviewed her.

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To a grateful nation, he is the martyr whose death sparked a conflagration that gutted the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy in the Philippines. To the widow he left behind, he “was a loving husband and father” and his loss, “a deep and painful one.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 840287 [Title] => Ninoy Aquino and the woman he loved [Summary] =>

(I wrote this piece on Ninoy Aquino’s 20th death anniversary nine years ago.)

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On the eve of President Corazon Aquino’s third death anniversary, her eldest daughter Ballsy Cruz defended her brother, President Aquino, for his outspokenness on certain issues.

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Maria Elena Aquino was 16 when Martial Law was declared and her father, the late Sen. Benigno Aquino, was imprisoned.

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When Cory Aquino and her daughters visited South Africa after her presidency, another democracy icon, Nelson Mandela, took her eldest daughter Ballsy Cruz aside and told her: “You certainly know how to pick the right mom.”

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Corazon Aquino’s last birthday wish was not for herself. Today would have been the 78th birthday of the former President.

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Maria Elena “Ballsy” Aquino-Cruz, eldest sister of Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, told The STAR yesterday that her brother is coming out of his shell and he is “his own man.”

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Presidential bet Sen. Noynoy Aquino would have not crossed the Rubicon, so to speak, without the love and support of the women who have loved him the longest — his sisters.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) ) )
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