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May 21, 2009 · The assassination of prominent Marcos critic Benigno Aquino in August 1983 is cited as a key event in turning American support with respect to long‐time ally Marcos. This study of press coverage on the Philippines in leading newspapers of the U.S..
- Walter C. Soderlund
- 1994
Jan 6, 1984 · January 5, 1984 at 7:00 p.m. EST. MANILA -- The fact-finding panel investigating opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr.'s assassination inspected previously unpublished photographs showing a...
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 ...
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the tarmac of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed ...
- Benigno Aquino Jr., Rolando Galman
- Benigno Aquino Jr.
Sep 17, 2021 · MANILA (UPDATE) - Veteran photojournalist and writer Recto Mercene, who shot the iconic photo after the assassination of Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. at the Manila International Airport's tarmac in 1983, is need of financial help after suffering from a fall, his family said on Friday.
May 2, 1985 · May 2, 1985 12 AM PT. United Press International. MANILA — In the first eyewitness account of the assassination of Benigno S. Aquino Jr., a woman said today that a soldier shot the opposition...
An analysis of the assassination of former Philippine Senator Benigno Aquino on August 21, 1983 upon his return to the Philippines from exile in the United States. The assassination shows the desperation of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos, as well as unmasking its brutality.
