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1986 Time Magazine Woman of the Year
1986 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award
1986 United Nations Silver Medal
1986 Canadian International Prize for Freedom
1986 International Democracy Award from the International Association of Political Consultants
1987 Prize For Freedom Award from Liberal International
1993 Special Peace Award from the Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Awards Foundation and Concerned Women of the Philippines
1995 Path to Peace Award
1996 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding from the U.S. Department of State
1998 Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding
1998 Pearl S. Buck Award
1999 One of Time Magazine's 20 Most Influential Asians of the 20th Century
2001 World Citizenship Award
2005 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Awards
2005 One of the World's Elite Women Who Make a Difference by the International Women's Forum Hall of Fame
2006 One of Time Magazine's 65 Asian Heroes
2008 One of A Different View's 15 Champions of World Democracy
EWC Asia Pacific Community Building Award
Women's International Center International Leadership Living Legacy Award
Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize
United Nations Development Fund for Women Noel Foundation Life Award

Aquino was not spared from the controversies that eventually centered on Hacienda Luisita, a 6,453-hectare estate located in the Province of Tarlac, which she inherited from her family. She was scored for allowing Hacienda Luisita, which was now owned by the Tarlac Development Corporation, to opt for stock distribution, instead of land redistribution. She also has an issue concerning the farmers of Mendiola being massacred.

How old is President Corazon Aquino died?
Which college did Corazon Aquino attend?
When was Corazon Aquino sworn in as President of Philippines?
On March 24, 2008, the Aquino family announced to the shock of the entire nation that the Philippine Icon of Democracy has been diagnosed with ________.
Who is Corazon Aquino's spouse?

Answer: 1. 76 years old, 2. Mount Saint Vincent College, 3. February 25, 1986, 4. colorectal cancer, 5. Benigno Aquino, Jr.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corazon_Aquino
http://bloomspresidents.wordpress.com/corazon-c- aquino-1986-1992/

Prepared by:
Desiree Mae Dumayes
Leamie Lista
Mark Angelo Alonzo

“ I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningful life.”

- Corazon “Cory” Aquino

Born on January 25, 1933 in Paniqui, Tarlac, Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco was the 6th child of Jose Cojuangco Sr. and Demetria Sumulong. Her siblings were Pedro, Josephine, Pacita, Teresita and Jose Jr. Both Cory's parents came from prominent clans. Her father, Jose, was a prominent Tarlac businessman and politician. Melecio Cojuangco, her great grandfather, served as a member of the historic Malolos Congress.
As a young girl, Cory spent her elementary days at St. Scholastica's College in Manila, where she graduated on top of her class and batch as valedictorian. For high school, she transferred to Assumption Convent for her first year of high school. Afterwards, she went to the United States to finish her secondary education. There she continued her college education. She went to the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City, where she majored in Mathematics and French. During her stay in the United States, Cory volunteered for the campaign of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey against then Democrat U.S. President Harry S. Truman during the 1948 U.S. Presidential Election.
After graduating from college, she returned to the Philippines to study law at the Far Eastern University (owned by the in-laws of her elder sister, Josephine Reyes) for one year. She married Sen. Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., son of the late Speaker Benigno S. Aquino, Sr. and a grandson of General Servillano Aquino. The couple had five children, four girls and one boy: Maria Elena , Aurora Corazon , Benigno Simeon III , Victoria Elisa and Kristina Bernadette .
Cory was known to be a very devout and conservative Roman Catholic Christian. Besides English, Tagalog, and Kapampangan, Cory was also fluent in French.

She abolished the 1973 Constitution that was in force during martial law, and instead promulgated the provisional 1986 Freedom Constitution, pending the ratification of a new Constitution by the people.

Executive Order No. 228, July 16, 1987 – Declared full ownership to qualified farmer-beneficiaries covered by PD 27.

Proclamation No. 131, July 22, 1987 – President Aquino instituted the CARP as a major program of the government. It provided for a special fund known as the Agrarian Reform Fund (ARF), with an initial amount of Php50 billion to cover the estimated cost of the program from 1987-1992.

Executive Order No. 129-A, July 26, 1987 – streamlined and expanded the power and operations of the DAR.

Republic Act No. 6657, June 10, 1988 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law) – An act which became effective June 15, 1988 and instituted a comprehensive agrarian reform program to promote social justice and industrialization providing the mechanism for its implementation and for other purposes.

Executive Order No. 405, June 14, 1990 – Vested in the Land Bank of the Philippines the responsibility to determine land valuation and compensation for all lands covered by CARP.

Executive Order No. 407, June 14, 1990 – Accelerated the acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands, pasture lands, fishponds, agro-forestry lands and other lands of the public domain suitable for agriculture.

March 24, 2008, Corazon had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

May 13, 2008, Aquino said that her blood tests indicated that she was responding well to the medical treatment being administered to her; however, Aquino's hair and appetite loss became very apparent and rapid.

July 2009, Aquino was reported to be in very serious condition, suffering from loss of appetite, and was confined to the Makati Medical Center.

August 1, 2009, the 76-year-old Aquino died peacefully at the Makati Medical Center at 3:18 a.m., of cardio-respiratory arrest.

Corazon Aquino's funeral march with the 4 Famous Honor Guards.

Executive Order No. 229, July 22, 1987 – Provided mechanism for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).