FromOurArchives: It was difficult to have this kind of access to a former president and not write about his health condition. He was a very private person and I know he shared private details with me because he knew I would keep them in confidence.
other problems. Now, I have loss of appetite and breathing difficulties.”
When my father was diagnosed with colon cancer in December 2020, Aquino was never short on words of encouragement – that my dad was diagnosed earlier than his mother, former president Corazon Aquino, so he had a better prognosis. He recommended some doctors and I candidly told him, “SirI have been checking up on him in the past months. On June 15 – days before hisPNoy off the record
He would randomly call and tell me stories about his insights on everything and anything under the sun. It would last for two hours. I would sometimes put him on loudspeaker so I could go on with my tasks and chores. People close to him know he sure loved to talk. One time in 2018, we spent 30 minutes of a two-hour phone call just talking about the importation, tastes, and prices of onion and garlic, and how he hated okra.
and I were having a hard time submitting our stories to our editors because Aquino’s newly renovated house didn’t have any internet connection. We told him, “Sir, next agenda ‘Other times I would ask him about his thoughts on his personality and why he seemed so devoid of emotion. He said he grew up thinking emotions get in the way of solutions.
I asked for his reaction when former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile attacked him in a joint televised briefing with President Rodrigo Duterte. Aquino said he had not watched it yet. How true, I would not know. I think our last phone conversation was in December, when he shared his thoughts on vaccines, the global supply, and the possible choke points. It lasted for an hour and I jokingly told him, “?” Since then, it was mostly via text messages. I repeatedly persuaded him to try Zoom but he would just end up not replying. In short, I was seenzoned – a clear sign: girl, just stop pushing it.
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