Ninoy Aquino Day

Thirty-nine years ago, former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. sacrificed his life for the Filipino people and the nation's freedom.

There was no commemorative statement from the Palace as of Sunday noon. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines was, on Sunday morning, ...

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Forensic study shows Galman shot Aquino MANILA – The public defender who worked for the release of soldiers convicted more than 30 years ago over the deaths ...

Valerio Jr., a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class of 1973, was among those named in an arrest warrant issued by the Sandiganbayan Third Division signed by then Sandiganbayan chairperson Godofredo L. He was 77 years at the time. He added that his fellow soldiers, who were tasked to secure Aquino, were not aware of the plot. Since the Aquino murder plot was compartmentalized, Martinez could not say the real motive behind the assassination. Pablo Martinez (also the alleged gunman), Airman First Class (A1C) Mario Lazaga, A1C Cordova Estelo, and A1C Felizardo Taran. The video taken by one of the journalists on board the flight briefly captured the uniformed men, including Moreno, with an empty pistol holster. published their work "Death on the Tarmac: Forensic Analysis of Assassination of Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr." Ver, who was also chief of the Presidential Security Command. Romeo Ochoco, the AVSECOM vice commander at the time, and a known protege of Armed Forces chief of staff Fabian Ver, as one of the co-conspirators, and said that another PAF officer, Capt. The team, consisting of Prof. Romeo Gatan and businessman Hermilo Gosuico, who both have close ties with business tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, knew of the plot. MANILA – The public defender who worked for the release of soldiers convicted more than 30 years ago over the deaths of former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.

August 21, 2022 is the first Ninoy Aquino Day to be observed under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Based on social media posts, ...

The reporter was to make references to the “sordid personal life” of the Galman family’s counsel, Lupino Lazaro, and “the Quijano woman’s legal and psychiatric profile.” How: By admitting the supposition that the fatal caliber .38 was fired from the .357 Magnum of Galman.” (Emphasis from the original) It is clear that the real purpose of the trial was to mount a slow but relentless attack on the Agrava Board’s findings under the guise of legality and to condition the public to expect the eventual outcome.” The court fully embraced the military version of events, which was the same position that Marcos took shortly after Aquino was killed, and disavowed the testimony of the prosecution’s main witness, Rebecca Quijano (a passenger on Aquino’s flight and popularly known at the time as the “Crying Lady”). Air Force men about the “scrambling” of Ninoy’s plane; the suppression of rebuttal witnesses and the bias and partiality of the Sandiganbayan. In a memorandum to Marcos with the subject line “Butz Aquino’s Appearances in the U.S.” dated March 15, 1984, Cendaña briefed Marcos on the highlights of the remarks of the former senator’s younger brother before the Ninoy Aquino Movement (NAM) in Chicago and the National Press Club in Washington. [“for final resolution through the legal system” ](https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1986/sep1986/gr_72670_1986.html)and trial in the Sandiganbayan. (United Nations) Mission.” The response signed by the Filipino diplomat noticeably focused on poisoning the well, calling Manglapus a “discredited politician,” a “steak commando” and a “political has-been.” Another article entitled “Demos for Dollars” claimed that a “foreign-based” group connected with Kilusan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino was responsible for the slew of protests in the country at the time. The lawyers were also reported to have said that “the government exhausted all measures to protect the life of the late senator from persons bent on harming him,” that “the groups aiming to liquidate Aquino included persons who wanted to take revenge on him for the ‘killings of their relatives by you [Aquino] and your [Aquino’s] men.’” In a memorandum, the minister informed Marcos that the National Media Production Center (NMPC) and the Philippine News Agency (PNA) would field photographers and video teams to cover public demonstrations from August 17-22, 1984. When Aquino was shot dead while being escorted by uniformed men at the airport after returning from the United States in 1983, Marcos and some of his military men were put in a defensive position.

Police stations in Batangas, Quezon, Samar, and Biliran attempt to discredit the slain opposition figure's role in Philippine history.

I return voluntarily armed only with a clear conscience and fortified in the faith that in the end justice will emerge triumphant.” Margarita police station in Samar, instead shared posts that used the anniversary of the Plaza Miranda bombings to falsely tag Aquino as a “communist terrorist.” “I was stunned, realizing that he had been willing to risk his life and had actually given it up. The Marcos family was driven into exile in Hawaii until 1991. “I never sought nor have I been given assurances or promise of leniency by the regime. He had said the Filipino was worth dying for, and he stood true to his words. Then, one of my CB (central board) mates who had mobilized called from the airport to say ‘They shot him,’” she said. 9256](https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/02/25/republic-act-no-9256/) signed by former president Gloria Arroyo in 2004, August 21 was declared an annual special non-working holiday to mark the death anniversary of the [opposition senator](https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/ninoy/#:~:text=Republic%20Act%20No), who was assassinated upon returning to the Philippines on August 21, 1983. Marcos – and whose regime Aquino fought against – has yet to issue any message as of 4:30 pm, Sunday afternoon. “If anyone in the organization is found accountable, appropriate disciplinary actions will be imposed.” “The PNP does not engage in name calling that can malign any person’s reputation. (READ: [Malacañang posts Ninoy Aquino’s undelivered arrival speech](https://www.rappler.com/nation/66809-ninoy-aquino-death-anniversary-arrival-speech/))

GROUPS gathered on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani for the commemoration of the 39th death anniversary of former senator Benigno ...

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It's a memory that comes alive every August 21 whenever the death anniversary of our hero, Senator Ninoy Aquino, is commemorated. It has been 39 years, and I ...

He said that he couldn’t bear it when he looked at me, and what this case was doing to the family, that even I was already involved in this trial. I blocked my mom, it was our private moment, and I told the journalist please don’t take our picture. I asked him if he wanted to continue to the next day (the trial was almost every day for whole days, if I recall correctly). Justice Regino Hermosisima Jr., presiding justice of the Special Division of the Sandiganbayan, asked if I am the daughter of the accused Gen. It was then that I decided to join my Papa’s defense team, if he asked. I was quiet and poker faced. At that time, I was already an attorney. I was hurt and angry. One of them whose name I won’t mention called me the Star Witness for the Prosecution whenever he called me for recitation. I was 22 when it happened, and I am now 61. The board issued majority and minority reports, with the majority report finding that Papa was indictable as an accessory in the double-murder case involving the death of Senator Ninoy and his alleged gunman Rolando Galman. And it was the start of a difficult seven-year journey for our family.

Members of the Federation of Urban Poor (FedUp) in Negros Occidental marked Ninoy Aquino Day by laying wreaths at the...

Heroism is standing up to and doing what is right in the midst of repression,” said Joy Jarabelo, FedUp head. at the then Manila International Airport in 1983. “Heroism is not being buried in the hero’s park.