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Cory Children Not Keen On GMA Visit

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo can visit the wake of former President Corazon Aquino if she wants, but the Aquino children have made it known that they are not looking forward to it.

Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and television host Kris Aquino-Yap said they were not keen on seeing Mrs. Arroyo at their mother’s wake or funeral which is set on Wednesday.

President Arroyo cut short her US trip reportedly to attend the necrological services for Mrs. Aquino.

But Noynoy said the family would respect President Arroyo’s decision to go to his mother’s wake.

He said that in their younger years, his parents taught him and his siblings to be polite and respectful to elders.

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Just like Ninoy's funeral in August 1983

MANILA -- An estimated crowd of 17,000 lined the whole length of Ayala Avenue in Makati City and thousands more viewed the funeral convoy of former President Corazon Aquino as she was brought to Manila Cathedral from La Salle Green Hills on Monday.

In scenes reminiscent of the 1986 People Power revolution that catapulted Aquino to the presidency, Makati employees threw confetti out of their office windows while the electronic ticker outside the Insular Life Building on Paseo de Roxas-Ayala Avenue flashed pictures of Aquino and the words “Paalam, Cory.”

Footage taken by ABS-CBN’s Sky Patrol showed the crowds flashing the “L” for Laban sign, which was popularized during Aquino’s presidential campaign in 1986. Others clapped and cheered as Aquino’s funeral convoy pulled in close