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Benigno Aquino III sworn in as Philippine leader (AP)

June 30th, 2010

AP - Benigno Aquino III was sworn in Wednesday as the Philippines’ 15th president, leading a Southeast Asian nation his late parents helped liberate from dictatorship and which he promises…

Aquino proclaimed Philippines’ 15th president (AP)

June 9th, 2010

Supporters hold pictures of a magazine cover of President-elect Sen. Benigno Aquino III as a band plays outside his house in Quezon Cty, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday June 9, 2010. Aquino is set to be proclaimed Wednesday by Congress as the 15th president of the Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - The Philippine Congress proclaimed Benigno Aquino III the country’s new president Wednesday amid high hopes he will fulfill his campaign promise to eliminate corruption and poverty and restore…

Aquino opens up commanding lead in Philippine vote (AP)

May 10th, 2010

Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III smiles as he holds his ballot in the country's first ever automated Presidential elections, Monday May 10, 2010 at Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac province in northern Philippines. Aquino III whose father was assassinated while opposing a dictatorship and whose late mother led the 'people power' revolt that restored freedoms commanded a large lead in the last pre-election polls. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - The son of two Philippine democracy icons widened his lead Tuesday in presidential elections after campaigning on a promise to begin prosecuting corrupt officials to restore credibility to…

Aquino III leads in Philippines’ presidential race (AP)

May 10th, 2010

A policeman secures the crime scene as the body of a Philippine Marine lies in the pavement after a firefight Monday, May 10, 2010 in Bacoor town in Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. A Philippine Marine and a civilian acting as a congressional candidate's bodyguard were killed in a clash outside a police station, a local police said. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - The son of Philippine democracy icons took the lead in the vote count for the presidency after the country’s first automated elections Monday, which were marred by technical…

Aquino leading in early presidential race results (AP)

May 10th, 2010

A policeman secures the crime scene as the body of a Philippine Marine lies in the pavement after a firefight Monday, May 10, 2010 in Bacoor town in Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines. A Philippine Marine and a civilian acting as a congressional candidate's bodyguard were killed in a clash outside a police station, a local police said. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - Early official results from the Philippine elections show Sen. Benigno Aquino III, the son of democracy icons, leading in the presidential race.


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Aquino seen as favorite as Filipinos begin voting (AP)

May 9th, 2010

Campaign posters dot the streets of Manila on Sunday May 9, 2010, the eve of the Philippines' first ever automated presidential elections. More than 50 million registered voters are expected to troop to polling places around the country to elect the highest position of the land from among nine candidates with Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III maintaining his double-digit lead in poll surveys over his closest rivals. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - After a decade of corruption-tainted politics and untamed poverty, Filipinos stood in long lines Monday to elect a new leader, and surveys indicate they’re pinning their hopes on…

Noynoy Aquino Leads in Philippine Presidential Race (Time.com)

May 4th, 2010

Time.com - The general election in the Philippines is entering the home stretch. With a week to go before the May 10 vote, presidential front runner Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III…

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