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Remembering Ninoy on Ninoy Aquino Day
At the airport tarmac on Aug. 21, 1983, Ninoy Aquino's lifeless body is loaded into an Aviation Security Command vehicle by state forces. —ORIGINAL PHOTO BY RECTO MERCENE, FROM THE PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY
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August 21, 2024August 21, 2024History

Remember Ninoy Aquino’s murder on Aug. 21

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to move the national commemoration of the murder of the late former senator Benigno “Ninoy’’ Aquino Jr. from Aug. 21 to Aug. 23 continues to be met with protest. Aquino, a key opposition leader who fought the dictatorial rule of the President’s late father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., was assassinated while...

Unforgettable: More than a million mourners turned up for Ninoy Aquino’s funeral
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September 4, 2022September 16, 2023Events, 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...