Corazon Agrava

Corazon Juliano-Agrava (Manila, 7 August 1915 - Quezon City, 1 October 1997), was a Filipino judge and the second woman in 1954 appointed as judge of a Court of First Instance.[7] She was then president of the Court for Youth and Home Affairs in Manila.[8] Agrava gained worldwide fame when in 1984, she was appointed the chairperson of a fact-finding board commission by President Ferdinand Marcos to investigate the cause of the murder of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983.[9][10] She has also been active in various other social and cultural organizations, including the Women Rights Movement of the Philippines, the Philippine Association of University Women, the National Civic Assembly of Women and U.P. Alumni Association.

The Honourable

Corazon Juliano-Agrava [1]
Born
Corazon Buenaventura Juliano [2] [3]

(1915-08-07)August 7, 1915
Manila
DiedOctober 1, 1997(1997-10-01) (aged 82)
Quezon City
Other namesRosy [4]
OccupationJudge, Lawyer
Known forChairperson, Agrava Commission [5]
Spouse(s)Federico Agrava [6]
Parent(s)
  • Francisco Juliano
  • Cenona Buenaventura

Investigation on Benigno Aquino Jr.'s assassination

Agrava Board

Agrava with Former President Ferdinand Marcos.

In October 1983, President Ferdinand Marcos signed the Presidential decree no. 1886, known as the "Agrava Fact-Finding Board Commission" to investigate the assassination of opposition senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.. Marcos appointed Agrava to be the chairperson of the board, members are Luciano Salazar, Dante Santos, Ernesto Herrera, Amado Dizon, and legal counsel Andres Narvasa. [11] [12] After almost a year, the board submitted two reports to Marcos; a minority report submitted by Agrava herself, and a majority report submitted by the members. Agrava's report cleared General Fabian Ver while the majority report indicted Ver, General Luther Custodio and General Prospero Olivas.[13][14][15]

Personal life
Agrava as one of the recognized as The Outstanding Leaders of the Philippines 1980 by Asia Research System.

Born in August 7, 1915 by Cenona Buenaventura and Francisco Juliano. Agrava became an attorney after placing second and passed the 1938 bar exam. She became judge of Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court until 1977 when Marcos uplifted her as Associate Justice [16] at the Court of Appeals of the Philippines.

She was married to Federico Agrava, a lawyer[17] [18], but childless. But she became the "unofficial guardian" of Filipino street kids.[19] [20]

Organizations

In 1947, she founded the UP Women Lawyer's Circle (WILOCI) at the request of Former President Manuel Roxas.[21]

Agrava was one of the women who incorporated and registered the FIDA Philippine Branch based on the FIDA which was a group of women lawyers, together with Josefina Phodaca-Ambrosio, Pacita de los Reyes-Philips, Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Agustina Rosette-Navarro, Carolina Basa-Salazar, Medina Lacson-de Leon, Milagros German, Remedios Nufable-Gatmaitan, Lumen R. Policarpio, Pilar Perez-Nable, Lilia de Jesus-Sevilla. Magdalena Lapus-Lazaro, Gregoria Cruz-Arnaldo and Remedios Mijares-Austria.[22]

Charitable work

In 1969, Agrava founded the Tahanan Outreach Projects and Services Inc. (TOPS), a social service organization that delivers learning and childcare projects for the welfare of underprivilege children. The program created a shelter for children as well.[23]

Death

Agrava died on October 1, 1997 at the age of 82 in Quezon City, from heart failure.[24]

See also

References
  1. United States Congressional Serial Set. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1969.
  2. Paul Donnelley. Assassination!. Dataday Publishing, 2012.
  3. "Corazon Agrava".
  4. "JUSTICE CORAZON AGRAVA LEGACY LIVES ON AS TOPS CELEBRATES ITS 50TH YEAR".
  5. William Branigin. "Marcos Names New Panel On Aquino Slaying". The Washington Post, October 1983.
  6. "Corazon Agrava: Chairman of Aquino commission". UPI ARCHIVES, United Press International, Inc., October 1984.
  7. Herminia Ancheta en Michaela Beltran-Gonzalez. Filipino women in nation building. Phoenix Publishing House, Inc., Quezon City, 1984.
  8. D. H. Soriano, Isidro L. Retizos. The Philippines Who's who. Who's Who Publishers, 2nd ed. (1981).
  9. Daniel B. Schirmer. The Philippines Reader: A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship, and Resistance. South End Press, 1987. p. 280.
  10. Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce. Time, Volume 124, Issues 19-27. Time Incorporated, 1984.
  11. "AQUINO PANEL MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY". The New York Times, Nov. 27, 1983.
  12. Artemio Panganiban. "Who masterminded Ninoy's murder?". Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 26, 2018.
  13. Jodesz Gavilan. "LOOK BACK: The Aquino assassination". Rappler news.
  14. William Branigin. "Marcos Names New Panel On Aquino Slaying". The Washington Post, October 1983.
  15. Steve Lohr. "PANEL ON SLAYING OF AQUINO FINDS A MILITARY PLOT". The New York Times, Oct. 24, 1984.
  16. August 18, 1983. "The unsolved murder of Ninoy Aquino". The Manila Times.
  17. Atty. Aldrin Jose M. Cana. "Hilado v. David, G.R. No. L-961, September 21, 1949". CPA-Lawyer Philippines.
  18. "G.R. No. L-10544, August 30, 1956". The Lawphil Project, Arellano Law Fovndation.
  19. "Corazon Agrava: Chairman of Aquino commission". UPI ARCHIVES, United Press International, Inc., October 1984.
  20. "HEAD OF AQUINO PANEL DOUBTS MANILA'S ACCOUNT". The New York Times, Jan. 21, 1984.
  21. Araceli Z. Lorayes. "UP legal eagles take poor women, kids under their wing". Inquirer.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2015.
  22. "FIDA Philippines, Federation Internacional de Abogadas".
  23. "TOPS reinvents itself as learning center". BusinessMirror, September 23, 2019.
  24. "CORAZON AGRAVA, 82, ASIAWEEK". CNN, Oct. 1997.
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