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Day of mourning, indignation

NEVER again to martial law. Justice for the victims of Maguindanao massacre. Stop killing journalists. These were the resounding messages in Wednesday’s media-led indignation rally at the Chino Roces (formerly Mendiola) Bridge held to demand justice for victims of the Nov. 23 massacre in Maguindanao and protest the imposition of martial rule in the province.

Day of mourning, indignation

Cory’s day

AUG. 5, 2009, the day former President Corazon Aquino was buried, will very welll go down in the country’s history as “Cory Day.”  Thousands of Filipinos in Metro Manila turned out to pay their last respects and join the sendoff to her final resting place.  Mario Ignacio, Luz Rimban, Chit Estella, Ellen Tordesillas and Tessa

Cory’s day

The Cory years

By CHIT ESTELLA FOR someone who had undergone much sorrow and pain, Corazon Aquino laughed easily and well. People unaccustomed to hearing the former president laugh would quickly turn around to look for the source of the guffaw and be surprised at the woman who was known to be demure and self-effacing.  But she was

The Cory years