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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.
Aug 21, 2022 · Three days after the Aquino assassination, Marcos created a fact-finding commission to investigate the crime. But the five-member panel, led by then Supreme Court Chief Justice Enrique Fernando, was short-lived as its members resigned due to public outcry over the composition of the commission.
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 court).
- Benigno Aquino Jr., Rolando Galman
- Benigno Aquino Jr.
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...
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Marcos accused "high-ranking" officials of an unidentified foreign government of helping Aquino return to the Philippines using fake documents, The Associated Press reported.
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Jul 3, 1984 · 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 tried to save the life of...
Aug 21, 2023 · The minority report with Chairman Agrava alone concluded that the killing was a military conspiracy but it excluded General Fabian Ver (Marcos' close relative who was the AFP chief of staff)...
