article_snippet: The Philippines' most famous son has come a long way from a childhood mired in poverty and hunger.
article_snippet: The Philippines' most famous son rags-to-riches story explains part of the enormous appeal The Philippines' most famous son enjoys in a country where a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.
article_snippet: The Philippines' most famous son is a receptacle of hope," says Recah Trinidad, a veteran columnist at the Philippines Daily Inquirer.