From citizen journalists and their FaceBook-uploaded photos to TV stations with their 24/7 coverage and live streaming on their websites, there was a lot to see and know in just the few days since former president Cory Aquino died on August 1.
With cameras aimed from every angle, we (and most anyone on Facebook, it seems) scratched our heads over matters such as: Why was the South Luzon Expressway closed even though the procession didn't pass there? Why was there a Dora the Explorer balloon near the flatbed truck carrying Cory's coffin? What are the teenagers who asked why people were signing L for loser, learning in school? What will Baby James be called when he grows up? Why did our poor flag look so flimsy when it was being folded at Manila Memorial?
Here are 10 more questions that kept us awake last night:
Photo by Ricky Villabona. Click here for more citizen journalist photos.
1. The four honor guards who accompanied Cory Aquino's cortege
Army Pfc. Antonio Cadiente, Airman Second Class Gener Laguindan, Navy Petty Officer 3 Edgardo Rodriguez and Police Officer 1 Danilo Maalab stood on a moving flatbed truck under the rain for eight straight hours without sitting, eating or relieving themselves.
The question: How did you hold it all in (hunger, fatigue, your urge to pee)? What sort of training did that take?
James Yap with wife Kris Aquino and son Baby James. Photo by Noel Orsal of PEP.
2. James Yap
The basketball player and husband of Kris Aquino is known for not having a very expressive face or body language, more so during the last few days he was caught on camera.
The question: As she bawled her eyes out in heart-wrenching sobs, how come you didn't hug your wife or even hold her hand?
















