Nowadays, prized broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez openly talks about her beau Sen. Mar Roxas’ announcement that he will give way to Sen. Noynoy Aquino as standard bearer of the Liberal Party for the 2010 presidential election.

However, there’s a sidebar to the story that Korina refuses to make a big deal of: Her past romance with Sen. Aquino.

“(That) was a lifetime ago,” said Korina in a recent press conference at the Club Filipino.  

It will be recalled that for a time, Korina was tagged as Noynoy’s girl.

When Korina crossed paths with Kris Aquino in the 2004 show “Morning Girls,” Korina even said: “Kris will always be a kid sister to me as everybody knows that I had a relationship with her brother.”

Korina back then was already being linked to then Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, Manuel “Mar” Roxas II.

Aside from Korina, Noynoy had been linked -– both unconfirmed -- to broadcaster Bernadette Sembrano and actress Diana Zubiri.

Korina, on the other hand, was linked to a certain Paul Aquino, a cousin of Noynoy.

In a long-ago interview, Korina gave this memorable quote on all her past loves:

"I thought all my loves were great… The bond formed in a meaningful relationship will always be there. There are pockets in my heart occupied by each of my former loves that remain untouched."

At a recent interview, Korina gave her thumbs up to Noynoy’s current girlfriend, Shalani Soledad, a councilor in Valenzuela City.

"I know Soledad and she is a very nice person," said Korina, who is set to walk down the aisle with Sen. Roxas on October 23, 2009.