TIME chose Corazon Aquino as its Person of the Year for 1986, recognizing her central role in one of the most compelling dramas in recent history — the widowed housewife who avenges her husband's ...

MANILA, Philippines, July 2 (UPI) -- Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino no longer is getting chemotherapy and moved to a private room from a hospital's intensive care unit, a friend said.

When Corazon Aquino challenged Ferdinand Marcos for the presidency of the Philippines, he scoffed that she had no experience. “It is true,” she replied. “I have no experience in lying, cheating, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Corazon Aquino, the unassuming housewife who toppled a dictator with a “people power” revolt and sustained democracy as president by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years ...

It shouldn’t have been surprising, really, that the world’s most populous continent would give birth to a movement called People Power. In 1986, a housewife from the Philippines whose given name meant ...

Last week, throngs of mourners filled the streets of Manila to pay respects to their deceased leader, former President Corazon Aquino. Filipinos remember Corazon as the woman behind the People Power ...

MANILA, Philippines, July 20 (UPI) -- Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, suffering from an advanced stage of colon cancer, is in pain, her daughter said ...

Reporting from Seoul and Manila — Corazon C. Aquino, the unassuming housewife who toppled a dictator and restored democracy to the Philippines as its 11th president, has died. She was 76. Sen. Benigno ...

A protégé of Ferdinand Marcos, he helped administer martial law for eight years before turning on his patron in the “People Power” uprising of 1986. By Seth Mydans Considered a ruthless Marcos ...

IF GREATNESS was thrust upon Corazon Aquino, and for a while it was, she did her best to parry it. The decisive moment came after eight hours of prayer at St Joseph's Convent of Perpetual Adoration in ...