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Aug 21, 2014 · If Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. had not been murdered, he would have become, sooner or later, the president of the Philippines. He was only 50 on the day he was killed, Aug. 21, 1983, just minutes after the plane bringing him home from exile landed at the then Manila International Airport. He would have easily won the vote if Ferdinand Marcos, who seized total power in 1972, had allowed free ...
Jul 3, 1984 · July 2, 1984 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. MANILA, July 2, 1984 -- Imelda Marcos, the wife of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, told a fact-finding board in emotional testimony today that she had twice ...
Apr 29, 2022 · Ninoy’s death is indeed one of the Philippines’ greatest unsolved mysteries, made even more complicated by various conspiracy theories. Here are 6 people and groups who have been blamed for killing Senator Ninoy Aquino: 6. Rolando Galman.
justice" activities.8 On the second anniversary of the Aquino assassination Sin denounced the government for "deception" in the murder case, and in conjunction with other bishops he endorsed (again) Mrs. Aquino's call for unity within the opposition, saying what the people desired was "a new politics founded on the morality of justice and truth ...
The Marcos administration prepares an ad intended for placement in the New York Times and other major international dailies, exonerating Ferdinand Marcos for the Aquino Assassination. When asked to sign it, Foreign Minister Carlos P. Romulo instead resigns, citing ill health. Romulo goes into retirement "heartsick" over the assassination of ...
Apr 21, 2024 · son Benigno Aquino III. Benigno Aquino, Jr. (born November 27, 1932, Tarlac, Philippines—died August 21, 1983, Manila) was the chief opposition leader during the era of martial law in the Philippines (1972–81) under Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos. Aquino’s assassination in 1983 galvanized popular opposition to the Marcos government and brought ...
Aug 22, 2021 · MANILA, Philippines The Agrava Fact-Finding Board’s conclusion that the assassination of former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. 38 years ago, was a military conspiracy, not a communist plot
