InThe Crotto of the Pink Sisters ‘mous palace where the Wafcoees ives By Anne 4ismall antique desk occupied by the oaly goverunent fmpoyer sth free acct fo the prencens time and ow aves a¢ 2 iu | seen: her 33-year-old daughe. Bais. who serves at eum foroanss and | ser personal seceaty als, her husband Eldon ad Fehooiehildren There they see Ime clossenoes. ined op ‘nea rows and be othrof pat! Ou Fa bear poied in Font vs ter sinter ‘heey carved bed Bow she hall they Cory Aquinos ee Test of Faithwer== Shere he lft the Sect matress on the floor wbere is amy sept before thes Bed. The ce Pies offsembeteetngotclson “Wnen she came fo power Corton Aquino dees tha the plac oa to eden ofthe ceases ot he ‘Mascon yar She movedcperatonsscouthe ay othe Gee Howe bay Inle Mas pup Pc Slargart se ter sens om tener) "Botie new prensa ofes are ole nthe ove yay cow lng corr an through aoe dor Inge monly empiyroom Toth le aros anexpanic of “raya cider co apa: pon mene theirbaby Give on hc moter tthe exeeuve anton down theron. edo tce of se president our oxet Ehilaren: Kos, he youngest t 6, sings Whitney Houston Songs at her mothers campatg ales, Ina world fl of nee cl he fara ean ube rated "The present makes fequen weekend rere to he tot the Sei Perpetual Adorauonacorty own incl atthe Pink Siar forthe color af thee abae, There. she mesttes snd prae. Before he wat preuden, when ner Bund we in pton he eneun fered nurs om venous errs whote mason ook tem but te worl of socal action marist ro Peasants nasi dels swells po- Teal prsones| ‘Satin grew especialy cone to Salt Chestae Tua perhaps, because they shared 0 Ser \eelltondo. Chinese mestzo background, Thev even look Some ake st Pa ound {Efts geile eve, and secret, smiles Of course, Siscer Chnsine Santini i the pesca ole suburzan va es Of GR bees and stick. She remained an acer pes frseinherpisineyeslaey het Iuiatwaprcoveee wih sare. Altiough ier Chine atworuen jones «soe emeof the communitnsuegene the ao under | earthing white elope, prams them afew words, and Siood ibe sonitone fom chi had pea. She has | les up ngin a they wach shel fees blasted by the ‘Tork for years inte wort dumsin Manda: and made | #0005 py Sametfng of a noestion out ol reveag te Horo 10 ‘Somen fm her omncomionable background. Hes rar | CotazoN Coruascco AguisG GREW UP AS a Mae (qu woke woul kz onasbghiy chiding tone ashe ty | ofone of teman power funiestnecount, and het ‘Seonmnce the perfumed inde tating ie alleroon of | fam’ rot usualy udersaed in dlsasons of es om the mah ong out hte bres ground fr | poteal carer. Power the Piipanes, a elsewhere, Sch msery in het county lamaelycouldhaten the | Seine in any arenas~money, pbs. diplomacy. so- bn eleing, to. fl sttsand the Cojeangeos alvays had aati every Th the ary days ofthe aye government, President | ing sa tsa that f Corazon Cofuangc had ot ad agua ‘enced sie Caines ‘estar 10 er fami’ esis sn poke! ‘dash fom the pnsonandher npn achive, Corazon Aquin the wo ever workin ibe ums, angbeouat her im he ‘would have bees serous canst for Frensenta ofes. Sister Chnsune used resident Fe audences to speak a8 oabudswoman ike most Filipinas of her generation, forthe poor The pease even appates Ccorzon Cojnngros fe ts an ad as er totke comission shared wihcrtre HEN THE Seined by he man she marted, ane after thecouncrs new consiuion as perofs SU HIEN TRIE Geaih as past determined her pots ee ees erened —wbispes started, aur. Het marmage to Benign “Ninoy pa Pilppne term spied to any saying Sister Christine Agino-ea they were bolt 21—wasap- ne promoting sual concer vse fis, ‘ated by bot amas, a represented Af fr he cused rou Erne eee be Cun slsndes Aquino’ drama deco t jor benkng fray, ad the Aquos, of PScpotivcl preoeerend sarpesce wie MMMM eer economic nportance but one of the vm the gueales, When thy worsed that economic | leading plicalnames nie county. ‘Elon were not making am popes someone coud | Nine} Aquino ad grownup inthe shadow of boyhood ‘Shunrsansoe; nora less the siden woul lear abou | trauma: hfe, 2saioalst Wao opposed Amenean ie peeds of the poor theoep er talks wth Site | clonal rule served under ihe Ipanese cceypaton gov Chose tment durog Worl War Il and was imprisoned by the "ur then the nhipers stared inthe corso, behind | Amercats for weson at te end of the ar he dled offes doors ser cnoinet meting he alee snyng | short afer be was eed. Asa result, Ninoy pew up with Since Chnsine was 2 lla” Fer infosoe began te | lovehate relationship wh the United States and ng ene. No one ever sade an offal statement, oF Sug | Nae! int international intopues.peraps to avercom feted hatherebadbeena pot | peste forts fathers history. At i7be (alowed Korean {Gist ate presenta of | Woops a bate alongside te Areca war cores Fide it wag jst thar Sister | ponsent. Shordy ater as rear, he was adopted 2 3 Cini it ge invited to | pltal protege by Vie Present Ramon Magsaysay, tbe the palace as ofen a belo. | ClaSmani Mara Thesausecoriented groups | Mages was lected president in 195, thanks in pat vreent consulted a offen con: | tote ace suport of Edward Lanstle, the CLA’ od erning what should be done | fater of coumensuracocy srategy(rnmortaled in Shout el-cuses andthe oy | Gratam Greene The Quer Amencan) Young Ninoy Calenpha shite 0 what to | Aquino came to know Lansdale wel, and woul later ‘doasou te iaureney okie bs auhonzed grape, Nick osqun, abouts "Ten Sater Chrtine mas | ‘wn lA Ges In 885, ewes appedtotakeparinaCIA- vice to pve walt arioe Car | planned coup tempt sara Sukarao in Indonesia, and [eak Eeaownent for Inter: | Setup 2 Bey of Pigr-tesactary aning camp. and onal Fence n Washington, ju | commuricatons base fr the tebe colonels atthe Co ERE! the May congressional | jangeo¥ sugar planation. Me sipped mend ou ot In ‘esson,Iemade headin | Resi insel on a smug vse an by an exNaz U ‘be Mania pepers: “Cory govt | boatcapta, Later, as governs othe provns of Talcin list, nun says ao series lve Deen rendered 1 the | thea 196s, Aquio cava his relationship withthe ‘oot Irom the government in more than | US-Ageny for Interabonal Development, and te up ear, .Onlymilonsies can ge sleted fn the Pip. | programs for hem o tain Vietnamese personne. Pines” ‘Wien Mascon desnred marial Sw i 1972, be im ‘Wich that, Sister Cusine vas ron out ofthe pees psoned score of oppsion leaders, but most of theta dental ote for dloyaly Now when ter Chine’ ‘here guiely eased Mareos's wo most potent vas ‘lum dwelers ment comes wth the prescent, they goto | fetained behing bars Ninoy Aquino and Fepe Diokn0, amrillestiLuneePurs Proiden Aquinacomer Gown snoter dynamic young polucian who had once been 3Marcos ally. Of th wo, Aquino bad it worse, He wasn Prion ct vers endured otary confinement and wat EEhtencedtobesb, went ona hunger Ske snot ote in of death I 108) bene suey ened om the Eencton tht be leave the county ant Say out Then fer a ree sear Sil with Bs fam Boston, ee tuimed rote Pilppoes Hewat shot Gead a be sepped of the plane tect bbcode ua pa ‘one ble elo he ie so ce Sen eer presen sere hata exh acai eae Be SEN SRE el ane ne ceran oe eas peer these weg opal oc Tau ne Sora Nowy nd? Hepat te unng the household, ekg up hobbies Unite | tnyh. Any Flpino wil ace that he was an ence, (Mlninabe personaly, a bilant speaker man wh Beguled hs upevrs with hs charm and dentate ht "There the concensus bresks down, His pub recor, ke the Bb, il sopprt ay se of any tegument as hes natonait or ashout? Ware socal eformer or slender ofthe iadowne” nerese? Dio he crue Marcas on pcp spl Because he Wasted M00? Teas hae to fodge Som Aguinoy intbecua!lepey which semoaretsangy sight volume of speeches, sore eters, afew ares, al mevingess cud heir rune. fe conten ifs pect fo the weighty ouput of gues lke Ciro Reco, the gard old man of Philp ns tional, or Agupo's flow aniater Pepe Dict. who wen on ‘0 found and spearhead the county's human "ight movement etl eagle death in 1987, Agia rel leary, 10 hit ondow at wel a8 country, 3 fersecation and marsyrcor, end in an iatenulyCathole Sotney the pot to be unsiretinated, Agno’ eth seats momen when he Pp rent Beoveea hs homecoming an is widow's cleeson Scemed to be 2 reatment of the Chan myths that {erng b redempave, Tis the idea tht Corazon‘Armes of pss cod hoe of Sooty Mave ras eee dnd pei ey og Ain presets inher standard speach, which vrei Ctheher tbe adcessing te joa hoes of Congres of Cmpalning it Cotabato: Ningy sfered and ea. bat wrth det he conguered Satan Marcos—and Fe ‘Seemed the tol of Phisppine democracy. ‘The only protem ital te move Josn't ead here. Sitay cae, Marcos sv of mpi the ud, butte Flin have mom inorvensnly emsined poo, ongry, ances, ble, miserable, and estes. Fyne sount roy Masa, ree sncore’s stasow fale on a bumpy tytn of sea, lance pay, eater, ‘Shove, ct, ato sea, and ea Natives of te ioanscaled the Visayas had a creation ho explain hi fornaton Inte Sepang, the heavens covered the eat ike a ‘Sheonut sel Ine he bow, at was tor, wach ge Sndbecame te gant Angugalo, wh carried the syn is ‘SHouers One day he elev hmeel nd hs feces a0 Une became the sans andthe Sea The hardest chalenge Aquino faces governing her ration remerberig atta snaon al spec Fave none ofthe earatersis thar wualy define tion bo predominant race, no common fanguaze, 00 Shared elon, 9 sgl landmass Trstesd. 3 bac tured compost of ofr 700 sandspopolted by over Jaxon 70 language groups. The only season they cosine 2 oust now bein «Spun namo ew ale oan pou ey gp dpe ng Inset for Pip, ing of Sainte ein iEfeent lanes En eerie wih exch tet sow ‘nl because he Unis Stes te colonizing power from $58 oul 186, ser publ schol sem and emt Engith, Plpto, hewo-iled nation ianguags based ‘on Taguig spon yest 30 percent ofthe people “The gspsaphicdeoestono! he Pesipins nar aes been sparen buitas ken the age of he elope 0 show he Fins tat they dost ven share te sane teanicy, The ajay of the MD 000 Mangyane of the ‘Sand o Minor, fr exampe, ares pomads without fred bowang. much es sie to education, elect, lean wnersippls,or modern mediane. The men wear tenths that expose tbe Duroc, with baseball shoes thd Rambo Tshis The women wear woven wraps td go barefoot Etery sping hundreds of children ie foram cpdenis, ad teres apa. ‘Pace the Mangyans ae othe milonires of Forbes, | Paka Mind nae acay Aneean | governor Brvng pst sce, velvety ewe, sprawling | oder houses, and erect mabs of bougues, you ean | Sitcoms: yous yu'reamone the quiet money ofnontern Cabfomia. The Mercedes is he automoble of hose chiaren go tocalege the Utes States Buch Forbes Park the @letmoney buy the unfomved servos: ftwoversonroiston.a gardener acook = few male. fd one nan, or jaya, perchld Ita stange Slane Feprodcing ie American dream wth he sdvenvage of Pitprine wage seat of bout S303 month ‘Between the mery ofthe Manpvans apd the aon shulanc of Forbes at le thee the lipnes There fe sprawing nghborhoodsin Mania that are recor biymudele-ncome, wi levlons andetngsrton and car in the deve. They proves the eve of ‘Aquino’ suppor: in the February ec ton. nd helped tum ina eeei fa of ‘hrs and nie’: Bu the high vty of theme clas deceptive ‘Sty perce of the poison svegies for sulin the countryside, where ane less peasnes ik up seasonal wok on tne sugarand coconut plantations Butven ths rfc gree ia and fon the bases ofboth the rat's expert arnings and the poor sbstence apes, fae steal dropped impose, The varus ‘trans of ote aod land age hare prepared the way fr insurgent, eon by exon: the fanunarist New Peene's Army in ae fom by peas. lendlrd conte she owo Muslin natonait ronson he ‘outer sland of Minden. Ts Mania, Cebu, and Davao iy the shantrowns sre bursting with county people who nave been puted ints the iy iseare of work. Inene Mandasium, Saved up gaint ceramis factory, 100 fans Ive im 3 ma Soned honeyeom ofeeret and meta cu om ht andar. thao running watt A femmes down the rose, {elphborhood called V- Mapa s butt over samp Shlren go tom house wo howe on boards sk down ‘he mud made af swamp waterandeewage. Ami the pet of sugy enbege are leat geen sts of amgtong, ot ‘Swamp spinach, which ete appear on the fy dies lable. On the comer aman dors with soldering ton, ‘ping to make is aniqute tas engine tum Over One Craze Aquino i ofciy president ofa ofthese Frlpios the unasite ie, the econo ele, td the poor who ae at east narpnalyatacked tothe an. "pigs or aay como fe bes ape het ine, since they never had tut cnnerion to Me nati Teme ene Aces, ‘ih et Tove Conor andyelow bumper wee, {i back hee. The ein conics oppor es on at Same basi elucanly came to het Simp. asi bet hance to preserve the sats quo and ward ie coma Sowa Bu the poor beard Aquino proms thes, amon ter thing, land elo, respect for buran niga an “pee outs" hat would ag ao end Yo ofa! coripson Fey ented wien ber snus widow and cum They expered ert change te atin and, wi cane bee Who's gor IFTYTOA bounded pesos a vote that down> For Joe Casto, nore ror 4 sew roumes” pio os Aslumeaed Kwon in May 987, Tatwas hen Case 8 candidate or Congres nad Noo precinct Sought out ‘fomunder aun, Joe Castro arora asia nselsone of 1D dhlden™though woud be hard te ues fom Tooting a hs dark, handsome face is can sah, And Stoneashed Blue jeans. He socked hs way though calege, then goc good job as sis seen ors mult tonal e wasn ely polities uth eth of Ninoy ‘ina; ten be go valved ths mass ogaroaon | Giiec BAYAN andapen mushoftheaet fewer he sett ia anteMaroe ais then ‘naehing fo Aino, Tn the Rs crf the Againo govens meat, BAYAN Iwoee mane meant “Pee Dor courte | panned Pango rg Bay frie only yal eotsentespary ake May congestonal campaign, Caseo Wat one of icant, Atoush the pasty includes former guess, Joe deserts Himself os a "Cathobe maton” He Shaves certain soil eis ih he cv ‘ss—support or andrefrm and dete: ing the country's dependence on foreign ‘pital—buths ay ht the communi | ology doesnt have mach oofer the Phlipncs He bs long eisusted he pay of armed stg ore oped favor the elecord pcs | etampaiged hard for nie mons, fess on fal ies ie runing water and elec. “Ta nod tes ‘our meng’ real dalogues, inthe aro." he vealed “tnd if they hd qesions, Tay eee The ete andes endorsed by Aquino ct by hee webs Juan Ponce Enrle~ "woud come i acd pew Speesh froma eskandiewe.” Casco though hehac goolsbot ving a eat. “Two days afer the elections, he noved through tbe stuns tl shalang hand, sl cody, butte wounded look in his eyes ashe scesed the damage and tne figure cut ow he had iets oversheininy. He ntoduced himself ta few men stig ouside a sey Bou oh «pase carinii wow Cane and propichere ees whatyousnh answers nan ‘aimed Were, "But what can youd? Te oe oes ame in and Bogph oer. Ft 1010 peor aoe, Who's sping to tir tht down?” (The creat exchange rae Sout 2 pes tothe lar) Tnthe next eihborbood, eed Pordsan, we stn a ling room wih group of Caos supporters“ ke 10 aood the lst tine | vas bere,” Car wi, The men ‘led wily, There had been thre pendence ‘ates for Congiess nthe din his pre, one of the men epored the cane rom Vise Pest Sl var Laurets camp only pid 3 0 pesos a votes the ‘nde om the capa runt he reser Pepin Cong, psd S00 100, He won “You have {remember on fine menssi, iat these ae peope whose ap of bland fer Opes. Sometimes hey ve {o goto dere: blosdbanks beast he ste one on bymore han oe pt month” ig to turnwornea jones wwe en tiller seibotonds, hee pore a aS a een ee vane fae 4 ane he Ens shad cops ae, 006, Ae ee a ol te lipase: the oney Seer oe pea) st tte Jour cnmeens) Tt {rom Mares Pit wcie war neared by cobetnt a eee ene wren babes aety ce. a Mean he Peony 588 pu ove seagent ha the aay incypabis oF anonng 2 8 Une fEshing our asans the mary high omunged sel ts Aquino, Frateral ‘Sree seh ay ae Masons ne flan as anes within te arn. When Enovier such group called the Guard: ‘ire mounted eagp amp stan day. ey even plaged 10 sah Big, Gen Anton Sotelo. an Acuino hoporer: he unknosrogly so. 7 ee by changing fs asta route She otice” Sotto was Inter incensed ‘When Cereral Ramos ted 0 placate The rebels by tang abou he “bot thooe a ne mary.” Corazox Aquino ax neR sUré fone re ood of quoting asatrent Frade by her busband. Ninoy, some Years ago," Whoever suceeccs Mareos {a awe bis ands fl wah he prob ies orcs leaves bein esa“ trout ake on a siber ple.” “Ths fetal 2 nfo heme ‘heb cat an alors on the partot the sovemenn cant be neon the ‘Ruin admit, Bu Ninoy bed er, seuely pease side tS ear ab becm vrumena an | quoted ess regent Unie he co + Quick Reference Instantly with MyBASE! 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