NAGA CITY, Philippines?Sen. Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III and key members of the Liberal Party visited Naga City Saturday to unveil the ?Ninoy and Cory Avenue,? a thoroughfare named after his illustrious parents, former President Cory Aquino and Ninoy Aquino.

Despite the midday sun, hundreds of Aquino's supporters clad in yellow flocked to the lobby of SM City Naga to catch a glimpse of Aquino and his partymates.

Noynoy and his Liberal Party-mates visited the province of Camarines Sur Saturday to help drum up support and welcome new members from the ranks of local politicians.

Noynoy was accompanied by the Liberal Party?s senatorial aspirants?Former Bukidnon Rep. Neric Acosta, Rep. Teofisto Guingona III, Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon, and Akbayan Party-list Rep. Riza Hontiveros-Baraquel.

Naga City Mayor Jesse M. Robredo was with the group during the motorcade.

After meeting with Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi and attending a brief press conference with local media, the Aquino party made its way to the outlying towns.

The convoy made a short stop in Calabanga town before heading back to Naga for the unveiling of the avenue.

On August 4, three days after the death of the former president, Naga?s City Council passed the ordinance giving the name.

A previously unnamed main artery leading from one of Naga?s main roads linking it to the national highway will now bear the name of the Aquino couple.

It is the only avenue known to bear two names, supporters of the measure said.

The same avenue is also home to a newly constructed mall, the central bus and jeepney terminal, as well as the soon-to-be-completed Naga coliseum.

Naga City Mayor Robredo said the inauguration and naming of the avenue is part of the city?s recognition of the Aquino couple?s great contribution to the restoration of Philippine democracy.

Robredo, who is on his last term as mayor, added the unveiling is a symbolic gesture of how Naga came to be because of ?People Power? and the Aquino legacy.