Noynoy graces Time magazine's cover

MANILA, Philippines - Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is on the cover of Time Magazine’s April 25 issue that hit the newsstands last night.

The magazine’s cover will be carried in a limited Asian edition, with more Aquino photos inside.

The article on him tackles his journey to the presidency months after his mother former President Corazon Aquino died of colon cancer, his family life, his bachelorhood, and struggle to win the May 10 elections.

Time had also thrice featured on its cover Mrs. Aquino. The first was in 1986 when she was named Woman of the Year, the second in 2006 when she was named among 60 Asian Heroes, and the last after she died in August 2009 when she was declared “The Saint of Democracy.”