Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the eleventh president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution,which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic.
Benigno "Ninoy" SimeonAquino Jr.,was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino,who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination,and father of Benigno Aquino III,who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino,together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga,helped form the leadership of the opposition towards then President Ferdinand Marcos. He was the significant leader who together with the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno led the overall opposition.
The People Power Revolution,also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution,was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines,mostly in Metro Manila,from February 22 to 25,1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of Ferdinand Marcos,the end of his 20-year dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats,abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and popularly known as Lakas,was a political party in the Philippines. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy. The party's influence on Philippine society is very strong,especially after the People Power Revolution,which has led the country to elect two presidents from the party,namely Fidel V. Ramos,a United Methodist,and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,a Roman Catholic.
Herminio Sanchez Aquino,also known as Hermie Aquino,was a Filipino businessman,politician,and a vice presidential candidate who ran as the running mate of Raul Roco in 2004.
A parliamentary election was held in the Philippines on April 7,1978,for the election of the 165 regional representatives to the Interim Batasang Pambansa. The leading opposition party,the Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN),ran twenty-one candidates for the Metro Manila area. Their leading candidate was the jailed opposition leader Ninoy Aquino. Marcos regime's party known as the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL),which was led by the then-First Lady Imelda Marcos. Ninoy was allowed to run by his fellow partymates under the Liberal Party,who boycotted the election and was not allowed to campaign,and so his family campaigned for him. The night before the election on April 6,1978,a noise barrage was organized by the supporters of (LABAN) which occurred up to dawn.
The United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) was the main political multi-party electoral alliance of the traditional political opposition during the turbulent last years of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in the mid-1980s. It was formed in January 1980,and was originally known as the United Democratic Opposition from 1980 to 1982. It was initially a union of eight major and minor political parties and organizations with the main aim to oust President Marcos through a legal political process. In April 1982,the coalition received its present name,and increased its members to twelve parties. Shortly after the assassination of popular opposition senator Benigno Aquino Jr.,the party was led by Senator Salvador Laurel of Batangas.
Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino,Jr. was the husband of Corazon Aquino,who later became 11th Philippine President. His assassination led to the downfall of the 10th president of the Philippines,Ferdinand Marcos,on February 25,1986,through the People Power Revolution. Since 2004,a commemoration ceremony is traditionally held that was attended by presidents Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,Fidel V. Ramos and Benigno Aquino III.
Andres dela Rosa Narvasa was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 1,1991,to November 30,1998.
Benigno Simeón Quiambao Aquino Sr. was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944.
International Academy of Management and Economics or IAME is a private,non-sectarian,degree-granting educational institution in Makati,Philippines.
The University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters,popularly known as "UST Artlets" or "UST AB",is the liberal arts school of the University of Santo Tomas,the oldest and the largest Catholic university in Manila,Philippines.
José"Pepe" Chichioco Cojuangco Sr., KSS was a Filipino politician who served as Representative of the 1st District of Tarlac in the Philippines from 1934 to 1946. Cojuangco is one of the patriarchs of the Cojuangco clan. He was the father and grandfather of future Philippine presidents Corazon Aquino and Benigno Aquino III,respectively. His other grandchildren include actresses Kris Aquino and Mikee Cojuangco.
Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo Cojuangco Teodoro Jr.,nicknamed Gilbert or Gibo,is a Filipino lawyer,politician and business executive who is the incumbent Secretary of National Defense under the Marcos Jr. administration since 2023. He previously served in the same post from 2007 to 2009 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was the nominee of Arroyo's Lakas–Kampi in the 2010 presidential election,which he lost to his second cousin,Noynoy Aquino.
Joaquin "Chino" Pardo Roces was a Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher. He was best known for being the founder of the Associated Broadcasting Corporation and a former owner of The Manila Times,as well as his staunch opposition of the administration of Ferdinand Marcos.
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.,a former Philippine senator,was assassinated on Sunday,August 21,1983,on the tarmac of Manila International Airport. A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos,Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed exile in the United States when he was shot in the head while being escorted from an aircraft to a vehicle that was waiting to transport him to prison. Also killed was Rolando Galman who was accused of murdering Aquino.
Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th Vice President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004,during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San Juan,Rizal,Teofisto is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University,where he was a working student.
Heherson "Sonny" Turingan Alvarez was a politician from the Philippines. He served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and the Senate of the Philippines. He was also Minister of Agrarian Reform from 1986 to 1987 and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources from 2001 to 2002.
Napoleon "Nap" Genson Rama,PLH was a Filipino Visayan lawyer,journalist,and writer in English and Spanish from Cebu,Philippines. He was the Vice President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention and the Floor Leader of the 1986 Constitutional Commission. In 2011,he was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor,the country's highest recognition,with the rank of Grand Commander on the 25th anniversary of the EDSA 1 Revolution by President Benigno S. Aquino III.
In the Philippines during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos,groups and individuals which opposed the regime without subscribing to leftist ideology were usually labeled with the terms "middle force," "third force," the "mainstream opposition," or more rarely,as the "conservative opposition." Mostly consisting of middle class and upper class groups which had been apolitical when Marcos first declared martial law,the most prominent examples of oppositionists in this category include religious groups,business sector groups,professional groups,social democrats,academics,journalists,and artists. Politicians from the traditional opposition are also sometimes counted in this category,although the terms are traditionally associated with ground level opposition,rather than political opposition per se.
