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Aug 23, 1983 · By William Chapman. August 23, 1983 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. MANILA, Aug. 22, 1983 -- President Ferdinand Marcos said tonight that the assassin of his longtime rival Benigno Aquino Jr. was a ...
- William Chapman
Although many, including the Aquino family, maintain that Marcos ordered Aquino's assassination, this was never definitively proven. An official government investigation ordered by Marcos shortly after the assassination led to murder charges against 25 military personnel and one civilian, all of whom were acquitted by the Sandiganbayan (special ...
Oct 16, 1983 · The reporters asked about the alleged assassination plot, which he answered with bravura, although - as he was to indicate later - he still believed that the plot was a Marcos ploy.
Aug 20, 2012 · For almost three decades, a common answer perpetuated by media and through word-of-mouth has been that Ninoy’s death was orchestrated by his political archnemisis—President Ferdinand Marcos. However, the assertion that Marcos was behind Ninoy’s killing is a categorical falsehood.
Feb 23, 1986 · Oct. 22, 1983 - A five-member civilian fact-finding board headed by Corazon J. Agrava, former Philippine Court of Appeals judge, is named by Mr. Marcos to investigate the Aquino assassination. Mrs.
From Senator to Prisoner. As a senator, Ninoy was a staunch critic of the Marcos regime and its abuses. He claimed that the 1967 elections were fueled by “guns, goons, and gold” and stood by the need to criticize to “be free.”. [1] In his maiden privilege speech, Ninoy denounced Marcos’ intent of building up a “Garrison state” by ...
Aug 21, 2013 · Thirty years ago, Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. stepped off a plane and into the firing line of an assassin. It was the end of a life lived in courage, and the beginning of the end for a powerful dictatorship. Below, a timeline of the events from Ninoy's days as a young senator—and already a thorn in Marcos's side—until his death. Some ...
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