RIP Cory Aquino 1933-2009
Former President Corazon ‘Cory’ Cojuangco Aquino has passed away Saturday morning after battling colon cancer for more than a year. She was 76. Details of the former president’s wake will be announced later, the family said.
Once a reluctant housewife, Aquino was known as an icon of Philippine democracy after the EDSA ‘People Power’ revolution removed the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy in the Southeast Asian archipelago in 1986.
Her son Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III confirmed that she died of cardio respiratory arrest at exactly 3:18 a.m. Saturday at the Makati Medical Center.
2008 Presidential Election victory for Democrat Barack Obama as he is the elected 44th President of the United States (US).
For the history, the first African-American elected as President and as well as the first time who was born outside the continental United States—Hawaii for Obama.
Congratulations Mr. President Barack Obama.
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Watch the United States (U.S.) Presidential Election 2008 Online Results and Live News Coverage November 4, 2008. This post will be kept up to date with the latest links to 2008 U.S. election news videos, live results coverage and any other related videos you can watch online.
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The United States 2008 Presidential Election on Tuesday November 4, 2008, will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President and the Vice President of the United States.
As of this day, there are only two candidates who is on the race for the Presidency. The Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama, the Junior United States Senator from Illinois with running mate Joe Biden and the Republican Party candidate John McCain, the Senior United States Senator from Arizona, with Sarah Palin as his VP.
Malacañang on Thursday announced that President Arroyo has decided to hand down an executive clemency to former president Joseph Estrada.
Mrs. Arroyo’s decision came after former president Fidel Ramos advised her not to be “hasty” with the request for full pardon.
In view hereof and pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the Constitution, I hereby grant executive clemency to Joseph Ejercito Estrada convicted by the Sandiganbayan of plunder and imposed a penalty of reclusion perpetua,” Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said as he read the President’s signed order.
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