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As early as September 13, 1972, Sen. Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino broke the news of a secret plan called "Oplan Sagittarius", which would declare martial law and was as widely condemned by Filipinos as the ongoing Watergate scandal in the United States. He would later have a speech on September 21, 1972, in front of the Senate to recount the true ...
In 1983, opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was assassinated at Manila International Airport upon his return to the Philippines after a long period of exile in the United States. This coalesced popular dissatisfaction with Marcos began a series of events, including pressure from the United States, that culminated in a snap ...
August 21 (1 pm) – Senator Benigno S. "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was assassinated at Manila International Airport. September 21 – As the government celebrates Barangay Day/National Thanksgiving Day to commemorate the declaration of martial law , thousands of Aquino's supporters hold a "National Day of Sorrow" and call for unity in the ranks to ...
The SONA is traditionally held annually. The presidential speech has been delivered in English until 2009 when it was last delivered in the said language. [citation needed] Benigno Aquino III was the first president to deliver the presidential speech in Filipino. He used Filipino in all of his six speeches from 2010 to 2015. The longest speech ...
The Last Journey of Ninoy is a 2009 Philippine documentary film directed by Jun Reyes that premiered on August 21, 2009, in commemoration of Ninoy Aquino Day and on August 23 at ABS-CBN. [1] The film includes the final interview given by Aquino 's wife who then became the first woman to Philippine presidency, Corazon Aquino .
He was also portrayed by Isko Moreno and Jerome Ponce in the 2022 film Martyr or Murderer, [74] while in the same year JK Labajo portrayed him in the historical drama film Ako si Ninoy. On television, Aquino was portrayed by Piolo Pascual on the two-part story of "The Ninoy & Cory Aquino Story" on Maalaala Mo Kaya in 2010, in the episodes ...
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The Aquino assassination scene was filmed on the actual location where the assassination occurred. To replicate the event, the production leased a China Airlines Boeing 767 with the registration B-1836, the same aircraft that carried Ninoy, for filming. The plane was later retired from China Airlines when 747-400's were ordered and delivered.