On legacy php5 environment...
imc indymedia

Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

white themeblack themered themetheme help
About Us Contact Us Calendar Publish RSS
Features
• latest news
• best of news
• syndication
• commentary


KILLRADIO

VozMob

ABCF LA

A-Infos Radio

Indymedia On Air

Dope-X-Resistance-LA List

LAAMN List

make media
archives


links
donate
sf-active
imc network

IMC Network:

Original Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: ambazonia canarias estrecho / madiaq kenya nigeria south africa canada: hamilton london, ontario maritimes montreal ontario ottawa quebec thunder bay vancouver victoria windsor winnipeg east asia: burma jakarta japan korea manila qc europe: abruzzo alacant andorra antwerpen armenia athens austria barcelona belarus belgium belgrade bristol brussels bulgaria calabria croatia cyprus emilia-romagna estrecho / madiaq euskal herria galiza germany grenoble hungary ireland istanbul italy la plana liege liguria lille linksunten lombardia london madrid malta marseille nantes napoli netherlands nice northern england norway oost-vlaanderen paris/Île-de-france patras piemonte poland portugal roma romania russia saint-petersburg scotland sverige switzerland thessaloniki torun toscana toulouse ukraine united kingdom valencia latin america: argentina bolivia chiapas chile chile sur cmi brasil colombia ecuador mexico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario santiago tijuana uruguay valparaiso venezuela venezuela oceania: adelaide aotearoa brisbane burma darwin jakarta manila melbourne perth qc sydney south asia: india mumbai united states: arizona arkansas asheville atlanta austin baltimore big muddy binghamton boston buffalo charlottesville chicago cleveland colorado columbus dc hawaii houston hudson mohawk kansas city la madison maine miami michigan milwaukee minneapolis/st. paul new hampshire new jersey new mexico new orleans north carolina north texas nyc oklahoma philadelphia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rogue valley saint louis san diego san francisco san francisco bay area santa barbara santa cruz, ca sarasota seattle tampa bay tennessee urbana-champaign vermont western mass worcester west asia: armenia beirut israel palestine process: fbi/legal updates mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer projects: print radio satellite tv video regions: oceania united states topics: biotech

Surviving Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: canada: quebec east asia: japan europe: athens barcelona belgium bristol brussels cyprus germany grenoble ireland istanbul lille linksunten nantes netherlands norway portugal united kingdom latin america: argentina cmi brasil rosario oceania: aotearoa united states: austin big muddy binghamton boston chicago columbus la michigan nyc portland rochester saint louis san diego san francisco bay area santa cruz, ca tennessee urbana-champaign worcester west asia: palestine process: fbi/legal updates process & imc docs projects: radio satellite tv

Return to Calendar    
   
Title: MEMORIAL MASS FOR PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO
START DATE: 8/6/2009
START TIME: 7:00 PM
Duration: 1 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
Memorial Mass for Philippine President Cory Aquino
St. Columban Church
125 S. Loma Drive.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Event Topic:
Event Type: Memorial Mass
Contact Name: Jerry Esguerra
Contact Email: jfav_us@yahoo.com
Contact Phone: 818-749-0272
DESCRIPTION:
EPCC Statement

Contact; Jerry Esguerra

(818) 749-7202

August 3, 2009

Mrs. Corazon C, Aquino, 76-11th President of the Philippines

Los Angeles—The Filipino American community in the United States and the Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) in Los Angeles is united with our compatriots in our motherland in their grief and their celebration of the life the 11th President of our republic, Mrs. Corazon “Tita Cory” Aquino.

Mrs. Aquino, a simple housewife, was reluctantly thrust into the center-stage of history with the assassination of her husband, Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. in August 21, 1983 and made her mark as an opposition leader and then as a president of the Republic after the dictator was deposed in a people’s power uprising in 1986.

Before that, for three significant years, from 1980-83 the Filipino American community was lucky enough to have the Aquino family in exile in Boston, in the east coast until Senator Aquino decided to come home to his martyrdom at the hands of the much hated dictatorship. Then rest is history.

Mrs. Aquino was an epitome of a strong Filipino woman. She foiled eleven coup attempts by her own military and made her mark as a president for six years. She brought back the trappings of bourgeois democracy in the Philippines that Marcos destroyed for 14 years. She said her farewell and stepped down after completing her six years term.

Now she stands as a counter figure against a regime hell bent to destroy that democracy again and build a dynasty based on one family and one party dictatorship in the name of “changing the constitution for the better.” Mrs. Aquino becomes an effective counter-force to this blatant wave of reactionary change.

What makes Mrs. Aquino stands out is that she stood for the 1987 Freedom constitution and resisted unwanted changes even against her protégé President Ramos, against plunder and corruption against President Estrada and Mrs. Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo.

Despite her shortcomings and class background, the Filipinos forgave her and embraced her as their own, because she stood for the people in their hours of need.

Her admonition to the people is a strong and a classic reminder to us all:

“ Don’t pray for me, pray for the nation, pray for change.”



© 2000-2018 Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Running sf-active v0.9.4 Disclaimer | Privacy