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On November 4, 1991, President Corazon Aquino allowed Imelda and her children to return to the Philippines so they could be formally charged in their tax fraud and corruption cases [135] [136] – part of the government's effort to convince Swiss courts to return the money in the Marcos' Swiss Bank accounts to the Philippine government. [137]
Former President Joseph Estrada said that the country has lost a "mother" and a "guiding voice of the people", and described Aquino as "Philippines' most loved woman". [36] Aquino supported Estrada's removal from office in 2001 , but the two supported each other to oppose amendments in the constitution since last year. [ 37 ]
In November 2024, Philippine authorities subpoenaed vice president Duterte after she threatened to have Marcos, his wife, and the House Speaker assassinated if she were killed. Marcos condemned her remarks as a criminal threat and increased his security, while Eduardo Año called the threats a national security concern.
President Marcos (left) and his wife Imelda (center) meet with US President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) in Manila in October 1966. Under intense pressure from the Johnson administration, [ 115 ] Marcos reversed his prior position of not sending Philippine forces to Vietnam, [ 115 ] [ 118 ] consenting to limited involvement. [ 119 ]
Corazon Aquino's accession to the presidency marked the end of authoritarian rule in the Philippines. Aquino is the first female president of the Philippines and is still the only president of the Philippines to have never held any prior political position. Aquino is regarded as the first female president in Asia.
Ricardo Rotoras, president of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines and concurrent president of the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges [363] 4 December 2017 Marcelito Paez, retired Catholic priest based in Nueva Ecija [364] 19 February 2018 Jonah John Ungab, Vice Mayor of Ronda, Cebu [365] 29 ...
Doña Aurora Aragon-Quezon replica house (corner of San Luis and Rizal St., Poblacion, Baler, Aurora), owned by her father Pedro Aragón [1] Aurora Aragón was born on February 19, 1888, to Pedro Aragón and Zenaida Molina in the town of Baler, then in the District of El Príncipe, a part of the province of Nueva Ecija (at that time, Baler was the capital of Nueva Ecija).
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina [b] GCGH KGCR (UK: / ˈ k eɪ z ɒ n /, US: / ˈ k eɪ s ɒ n,-s ɔː n,-s oʊ n /, Tagalog: [maˈnwel luˈis ˈkɛson], Spanish: [maˈnwel ˈlwis ˈkeson]; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who was president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in ...