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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 ...
He used videos to supplement his speech. Aquino blamed the issues experienced by the MRT-3 Metro Rail Transit Corporation, the private corporation tasked to managed elevated rail system. According to Aquino, the contract between the government and the company and a series of temporary restraining orders and arbitration was the reason for the ...
Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination, and father of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga , helped form the leadership of the opposition towards then President Ferdinand Marcos .
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.
The Last Journey of Ninoy is a 2009 Philippine documentary film directed by Jun Reyes that premiered on August 21, 2009, in commemoration of Ninoy Aquino Day and on August 23 at ABS-CBN. The film includes the final interview given by Aquino 's wife who then became the first woman to Philippine presidency, Corazon Aquino .
In 1980, Ninoy Aquino suffered a heart attack, and was compassionately released from prison to undergo a heart bypass surgery in the United States. [21] [19] Aquino stayed with his wife Corazon, and children in Boston College as a fellow for numerous American universities such as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
August 21 (1 pm) – Senator Benigno S. "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was assassinated at Manila International Airport. September 21 – As the government celebrates Barangay Day/National Thanksgiving Day to commemorate the declaration of martial law , thousands of Aquino's supporters hold a "National Day of Sorrow" and call for unity in the ranks to ...
The 2010 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The incumbent President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was ineligible to seek re-election as per the 1987 Constitution . Incumbent Vice-President Noli de Castro was allowed to seek re-election, though he could have possibly sought ...