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Unforgettable: More than a million mourners turned up for Ninoy Aquino’s funeral
PHOTOS BY ALBERTO "BULLIT" MARQUEZ
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August 21, 2025August 21, 2025History

Unforgettable: More than a million mourners turned up for Ninoy Aquino’s funeral

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Editor’s Note: Exactly 42 years after the fact, have Filipinos come closer to finding out who ordered the murder of the former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. at the airport that now bears his name?  The ranks of those who should know have thinned considerably, and knowledge of who masterminded the deed is in clear...

Unforgettable: More than a million mourners turned up for Ninoy Aquino’s funeral
PHOTOS BY ALBERTO "BULLIT" MARQUEZ
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September 4, 2022August 21, 2025Events, Images

Unforgettable: More than a million mourners turned up for Ninoy Aquino’s funeral

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Editor’s Note: Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s assassination upon arriving at the motherland from the United States on Aug. 21, 1983, drew widespread outrage that fanned the slow burn over the excesses of the dictatorship. These dramatic black and white photos of Ninoy Aquino’s funeral cortège were taken by the freelance photojournalist Alberto “Bullit” Marquez, who...