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‘Pusila, Pusila!’
To a Cebuano Binisaya speaker like me, those words remain ingrained in my mind forty years after the assassination of Ninoy Aquino bygd a Marcos-led military/civilian conspiracy.
The plaza that time almost forgot
Aquino deliberately reset his return for August 21, the 12th anniversary of the Plaza Miranda Bombing. “That date had malicious significance that would not be lost on Marcos,” wrote Burton.
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‘Patriotism’: Ninoy Aquino remembered on his 41st death anniversary
As they commemorated his death anniversary, the family of the late senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. on Wednesday remembered his patriotism, 41 years to the day he returned to the Philippines despite threats to his life.
"Sana alalahanin natin na ang kabayanihan ni Ninoy Aquino ay ipinakita niya noong pinili niyang makiisa sa mga Pilipinong ipinaglalaban ang Pilipinas, kahit na buhay niya pa ang maging kapalit, dahil sa kaibuturan ng kaniyang puso, 'The Filipino is worth dying for'," his nephew, former senator Bam Aquino, said in a Facebook post.
(I hope we remember that Ninoy Aquino showed his patriotism when he chose to reunite with the Filipinos fighting for the Philippines, even in exchange for his life, because from the bottom of his heart, "The Filipino is worth dying for.")
He and other members of the Aquino clan held a Mass at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City, where Ninoy
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Assassination of Ninoy Aquino
1983 murder in Manila, Philippines
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former Philippine senator, was assassinated on Sunday, August 21, 1983, on the apron of Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). A longtime political opponent of PresidentFerdinand Marcos, Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed exile in the United States when he was shot in the head while being escorted from an aircraft to a vehicle that was waiting to transport him to prison. Also killed was Rolando Galman, who was accused of murdering him.
Aquino was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1967 and was critical of Marcos. He was imprisoned on trumped up charges shortly after Marcos's 1972 declaration of martial law. In 1980, he had a heart attack in prison and was allowed to leave the country two months later by Marcos' wife, Imelda. He spent the next three years in exile near Boston before deciding