The Making of a Presidential Candidate

Villar to Noynoy: Did you really consult a psychiatrist?

Noynoy says fake psych report deserves no response MANILA, Philippines ... Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to answer point-by-point the contents of a fake document that says ...

'Cory magic' wearing off on Noynoy?

LP vows to shake up Noynoy campaign MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - In response to ... campaign of presidential frontrunner Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III. Liberal Party (LP) spokesman Quezon Rep. Lorenzo Tañada ... 

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26 yrs on, Filipinos ask: who ordered hit on Ninoy?

 

... of opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. walked free this week, Filipinos asked: who ordered the hit that ... theories have run rife for the past 26 years since Aquino was gunned down on the tarmac of Manila airport after returning home ... Mateo said. Ninoy Aquino's son, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, says the family remains convinced there was a ...

Palace: Don't use Cory's death for politics

 

... Thursday not to use the death of former President Corazon Aquino for their political agenda. Deputy presidential spokesman Anthony ... was a far cry from the gesture of Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, who courteously received the President when she ...

Cory's daughter recalls last days with mother in The Buzz

 

(Excerpts from interview of Kris Aquino-Yap by Boy Abunda in The Buzz, August 2, 2009) Mom was ... sa letting go. Pero si 'Noy (sibling Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III), wala pa doon.' He said, 'Importanteng mag-usap kayo kasi sa ...

Noynoy-Arroyo chat at Cory wake short and civil 

 

Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said he had a very civil conversation with President Gloria ... last respects to former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino at the Manila Cathedral early Wednesday. Aquino, who had said he ...

Salonga's forecast: Villar vs Roxas in 2010

 

... happen in politics.” LP Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr. is also being pushed to run for the presidency. This is working ... na pagkakaisa ang LP, whether our candidate will be Mar or Noynoy. Palagay ko, pag-uusapan yan ng maayos,” he added.   ...

Cory’s spirit ‘continues to be very, very strong’

 

MANILA - The family of former president Corazon Aquino on Thursday has "entrusted everything to God" after the ... colon cancer. In a statement, the children of Mrs. Aquino commented on their mother's health condition, saying her current ... to a staff of Mrs. Aquino's son, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. The statement from the Aquino children also ...

Media's 'Cory watch' ends on sad note

 

... and night, waiting for updates on former President Corazon Aquino's health - and often getting none. But things took a sudden turn ... your continued love and support,” Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III announced at past 5 a.m. Saturday. Hours before the ...

ABS-CBN's Cory funeral coverage earns kudos

 

... of the late former president Corazon “Cory” Aquino’s funeral last week. Those who stayed at home watched it on ... worldwide informed on the turn of events - from Sen. Noynoy Aquino’s heartbreaking announcement of President Cory’s ...

After Akbayan, LP in talks with Magdalo

 

... Mar Roxas as its presidential candidate although LP member Noynoy Aquino has emerged as an alternative bet for 2010. LP leaders have said ...

Ex- President Aquino recovering from cancer--son

Doctors of former President Corazon Aquino have advised her to limit the events she would attend, her son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III said Saturday. The senator, who attended the 71st birthday ...

Thanksgiving Mass held for Ninoy, Cory

 

... University in Quezon City for former president Corazon Aquino and her husband, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., ahead of the ... deeds,” she said. Opposition Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, meanwhile, said his father’s memory should ...

 

 

40-hour prayer vigil for Cory continues

 

... Hours' Devotion for former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino at the EDSA Shrine in Mandaluyong City continued as scheduled despite ... crematorium at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City. Senator Noynoy Aquino asked the public to give the family a brief time of privacy with ...

LP says Cory will survive cancer

... said "prayers" will help former president Corazon Aquino survive cancer and continue leading the Filipino in the quest for truth ... session Tuesday Mrs. Aquino's son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and celebrity Kris Aquino announced Monday that she has been ...

Well-wishers wear yellow for Cory

 

... the fourth day of the novena for former President Cory Aquino at the Greenbelt Chapel in Makati City. Mrs. Aquino's spokesperson ... Chapel. The same day, her son, Sen. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino released a statement saying his mother had to be confined ...

 

Prayers held for Cory from across the political spectrum 

 

 MANILA - As former president Corazon Aquino continues her fight against colon cancer, people from across all ... he said. "We join our colleague, Senator Noynoy Aquino, in asking for prayers for former president Aquino," Honasan ... back in 2007, when both Honasan and her son, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III won. "I approached her and congratulated for ...

Paalam, President Cory - Pat. Sto. Tomas

 

... bansang Pilipinas - ang dating Pangulo Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino. Malungkot at masakit ang kanyang pagpanaw sa atin na nagmamahal sa ... na mga mensahe ng mga nagsalita lalo na yong response nila Noynoy at Kris sa kanilang pasasalamat sa lahat ng nakiramay. Pero ang lalong ...

Cory Aquino responding to chemotherapy, says son

 

Agence France-Presse Former president Corazon Aquino is responding well to chemotherapy and is slowly regaining strength, ... family announced her illness. Her son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, said the 75-year-old icon of the political opposition has ...

Politicians using Facebook for 2010 election preparations

 

... before elections, partymates Butch Abad, Neric Acosta, Noynoy Aquino, Ruffy Biazon, Frank Drilon, Kiko Pangilinan and Erin Tañada are ...

Ninoy's son, daughter blast release of dad's killers

 

... and a daughter of former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. on Wednesday blasted Malacañang’s decision to free ... the move was skewed and unjust. Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and Kris Aquino both questioned the decision of ...

2 convicts in Aquino-Galman slays released

 

... Two men convicted for the twin killlings of Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. and Rolando Galman have been released from prison on Friday. ... forgives them," Acosta said. Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, son of the later senator, declined to comment until he ...

Cory to undergo chemo for colon cancer 

 

Former President Corazon Aquino will undergo chemotherapy starting tomorrow, Tuesday, and may eventually ... Chief Correspondent Korina Sanchez, Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III said his mother's chemotherapy will start Tuesday with a "mild, ...

'Cory, The Musical' draws big crowd

 

... play about the Philippines' former President Corazon Aquino, dubbed "Cory, The Musical" drew a huge crowd on its first and ... during the event were her son, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, brother Jose 'Peping' Cojuanco, Cory supporters, ...

Arroyo orders extradition of key suspect in Ninoy assassination

 

... assassination of former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino in 1983. "It is important that Valerio is extradited to the ... in detention. Ninoy Aquino's son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, had said the Aquinoi family remains convinced there ...

 

 

 

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The bizarre, disturbing and hilarious thing about the son of Ninoy and Cory

Dear Noynoy - from Tomcat

Dear Noynoy:

We were classmates at the Ateneo and I have no doubt that you would remember me even if we were not close. Hint: I was one of those who ribbed you about the low grade that Father Kreutz gave you in math because you could never seem to get your fractions right. Remember going ballistic over that ribbing? [Reverend Wiliam “Bill” Kreutz, SJ, is a long-time Ateneo teacher from New York who founded the Jesuit Volunteers of the Philippines—JR. All subsequent bracketed phrases are mine.

Anyway, reading the psychological report that was posted on the Internet a few days ago certainly made me remember you. I heard you say on the news that the report was fake but you did admit that there were some things in it that were true. “Part truths” I think were your exact words. It fascinated me enough to want to read the report carefully to check out which were those things that were true.

Obvious things first, those facts that any of our classmates can confirm if asked. One of these is, as the report says, you have a labile disorder. This is whole truth. Even Father Gorospe would be distracted by your drooling during our oral exams. [The late Reverend Vitaliano Gorospe, SJ, was connected for a long time with the Ateneo Theology Department.] Father Ferriols, who made a point of showing he didn’t like you, would make side comments about it that led your classmates to give you the nickname “Cooper,” a reference to Cupertino school where we would teach Catechism to retarded children. I, however, never called you Cooper. [Reverend Roque Ferriols, SJ, taught Filipino Philosophy at Ateneo.

The report says that you have a “major depressive disorder.” Well, I honestly don’t know if that is true. What I do know is that in school you were very temperamental and had sudden mood swings. Isang minuto, nakikikain ka kay Brudda Francis, maya’t maya nagagalit ka na. Many of our classmates can attest to witnessing scenes like this.

The report said that you used to go with your mom to see Dr. Manuel Escudero. That is a whole truth. I remember seeing you at Tito Maning’s high-rise apartment on Roxas Boulevard when we were still kids. Tito Maning was a consultant with the WHO here in Manila but he was also a psychiatrist who treated only the high society people in Manila. Even Imelda Marcos was his patient. Unfortunately, so was my mom who suffered from insecurities due to my dad’s numerous infidelities.

Tito Maning’s wife, Tita Jo, was a very good artist who had a couple of exhibits of her work before they left Manila for good a few years after martial law was declared. They lived in Topeka, Kansas. After they left, I kept a correspondence for a while with their very cute daughter Nina who I am sure you remember. I had such a crush on her. Maybe you did too. She used to talk to us “little folk” in the sala of their apartment while the “big folk” would lock themselves in the room and discuss “big folk” matters. She wanted to go to ballet school or some dance school which she did, I think, and I eventually lost track of her.

About your smoking marijuana, I also can’t say if that is wholly true. What I do know is that you would try to tag along with a group of students that would hang out with Ma’am Gloria Arroyo. Yes, President Arroyo herself.

Mga students niya sa Economics. She was always surrounded by bright and handsome students kaya hindi ka pinapansin. Pati si Ma’am Placer, she never gave you the time of day kasi people said you were “medyo weird” and your grades were mababa per her standards.

Pero, you still tried to hang out with those guys. Trying hard to belong ba. I know those guys would drink na kasama pa si Miss Rosales na pag lasing na, kumakanta ng Spanish songs in Spanish. They would drink dozens of bottles of beer at Shakey’s Katipunan because Mrs. Ramos (our Spanish teacher in case you don’t remember) owned the restaurant. This group was also known to also smoke joints in the college auditorium, up in the closed space where the spotlights were. So, if you were hanging out with them then, you were probably also smoking marijuana too.

The report said you had a flight attendant girlfriend. This is another whole truth. I will not mention her name here to protect her but she was a PAL stewardess. I found out about this because I was on a flight with Father Samson [probably Ateneo de Davao president Reverend Antonio S. Samson] once and she was the one who seated us. When she found out we were from Ateneo, she introduced herself and said she was the girl friend of an Atenean and mentioned your name. 

Father Samson then asked jokingly if you were a good boyfriend to her. She shrugged and said you were “okay” but she was bothered because you were “too conservative.” You didn’t even like to kiss her daw because you were saving her for the wedding night. And you insisted that she dress very conservatively. Jealous boyfriend ka daw. No wonder that relationship ended. Maybe that’s why you got so depressed over it.

About the report. I know that [Ateneo-based Jesuit psychologist Reverend] Tito Caluag is one of your best friends. His group of “friends” are some of the richest and most influential people in the country today. I know that you used to frequently visit his home. He hosts get-togethers where things that are too esoteric for me are the subjects of discussion. At one time, this group of yours even discussed the ousting of [Ateneo president] Father [Bienvenido] Nebres because Tito Caluag had his own ideas on how Ateneo should be run. Maybe your closeness to him is why he was the one you went to when you were depressed and why he was the one who handled your case and signed your psychological report. To keep things quiet.

But I confess I actually don’t know. I do know that Tito Caluag was at one time your sister Kris’ father confessor. He may not be a very trustworthy father confessor, though, because many have heard him say aloud that “walang ginawa si Kris Aquino dito sa Ateneo kundi habulin si Alvin Patrimonio at mag-emote sa quadrangle”.

Anyway, yun muna. Good luck on your presidential run. If you become president of the Philippines, that would be really something, huh? From “Cooper” to “Mr. President” when brighter and more scheming Ateneans like Mar Roxas and Dick Gordon have not been able to make it is an achievement that Ripley should feature.

Your old friend,

Tomcat

Bizarre because there are people who knew his psychological well-being. Disturbing, taking into account that he is  obsessed to become the president of the Republic of the Philippines and hilarious because we will have a psychotic president again the likes of Hitler and Arroyo.