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In 1987, Manila International Airport, where the assassination occurred, was renamed "Ninoy Aquino International Airport". The spot on the apron where his body lay sprawled is now marked by a brass plaque. August 21 was declared Ninoy Aquino Day, a national holiday, through the passage of Republic Act No. 9256. [85]
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 ...
Rolando Galman, suspect in the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. Rogelio Moreno (confirmed) AVSECOM members (accomplices) Killed by soldiers immediately after Aquino's assassination and accused by the Marcos regime of being a hitman for the New People's Army, but was posthumously acquitted as a fall guy. [42] See Assassination of Ninoy Aquino.
A photo of Ninoy Aquino's bloodied jacket that he wore upon his return from exile. Taken from the Aquino Center museum in Tarlac Province, Philippines last July 26, 2008. From the photo collection of Jon Voltaire B. Aquino (me), which can also be found h
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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 ...
In the Philippines, American journalist Tony O'Neill is driven by his cameraman and technical operator Ramon to Manila International Airport to cover Aquino's arrival. Inside the terminal, Tony and other journalists witness the arrival of Ninoy's aircraft and await him. Seconds later, Aquino is shot along with Rolando Galman. The gunfire forces ...
Designated Nichols Air Base after Philippine independence, in 1997, the base was reduced to make way for construction of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 and Newport City. In 2010, the AVSECOM van (called by some as "Ninoy Aquino's death van") which had carried the body of Ninoy Aquino to the hospital after his assassination in ...