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Benigno "Ninoy" Simeon Aquino Jr., QSC, CLH, KGCR (/ ə ˈ k iː n oʊ /, locally [bɛˌniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac.
Benigno Aquino III. Benigno Simeon Aquino III KGCR ( locally [bɛˈniːɡ.no ʔɐˈxiː.no]; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), [4] [5] also known as Noynoy Aquino [6] [7] [8] and colloquially as PNoy, [b] was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the tarmac of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed ...
Bloodied safari jacket, pants (folded), belt, and boots worn by Ninoy Aquino upon his return from exile, on permanent display at the Aquino Center in Tarlac. Aquino's assassination upon arrival in Manila was one of the major incidents which incited the previously apolitical middle and upper classes to rise up in opposition to Ferdinand Marcos.
Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City which was a large facility containing hundreds of prisoners, including political detainees and regular prisoners. [74] : 32 Camp Macabulos in Barangay Pag-asa, Tarlac City where activist brothers Jovencio, Felix, and Doroteo Abaya Jr. were tortured, [2] and in which the team which killed activist Ed Aquino ...
The Aquino family of Tarlac ( / əˈkiːnoʊ /, [1] Tagalog: [aˈkino]) is one of the most prominent families in the Philippines because of their involvement in politics. Some family members are also involved in other fields such as business and entertainment. The family comes from Tarlac and has produced several congressmen, senators, a vice ...
The assassination of Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. on August 21, 1983, revived the oppositionist press, and the pro-Marcos press soon retaliated. Both catered to the intense news-hunger of the Filipino people, but it was a smaller group of reporters who delivered the crucial blow to Marcos' image, with reports about Marcos' hidden wealth and falsified war record.
The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion, among other acronym-based names) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [3] [9] Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It is the world's longest ongoing communist ...