What's Your Name? Dunce? Bong? Bum?
In the Philippines, everyone seems to have some kind of all-purpose nickname that long ago rendered their real name obsolete. Politicians with names like Joker, Boy, Butch and Ping are commonplace.
In the Philippines, everyone seems to have some kind of all-purpose nickname that long ago rendered their real name obsolete. Politicians with names like Joker, Boy, Butch and Ping are commonplace.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
The Philippines hasn't recovered from its official mourning period for former President Corazon Aquino, but there's already pressure on her son, Sen. Benigno 'Noy Noy' Aquino III, to run for president.
José Ramos-Horta | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
The new officer corps emerging in Burma should know that they have a historic opportunity to save their country and restore Burma's place in the world.
Sen. Dick Lugar | Posted 09.07.2009 | World
History will record that Aquino's "yellow revolution" inspired a remarkable era of political transformation by ballot rather than bullet.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
Since Saturday, when Corazon Aquino died, my neighborhood in Manila has been awash with yellow ribbons and banners. At my local 7/11, I asked about the yellow ribbons tied to the door, and the cashier burst into tears.
Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.01.2009 | World
This morning, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs released a statement from the President, honoring the recently deceased former President of the Philippines...
AP | HRVOJE HRANJSKI | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
MANILA, Philippines — Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and sustained democracy by fightin...
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living