August 2, 2009. (Reporter Lu Shan in Manila) After more than a year-long battle with cancer, former Philippine President Corazon Aquino passed away at 3 a.m. on August 1 in Manila at the age of 76. Since being diagnosed with colon cancer on March 24, 2008, Mrs. Aquino had been receiving chemotherapy in the hospital. In the past month, as her condition worsened... August 2, 2009. 1933....