Senator Ninoy Aquino was Ferdiand Marcos Sr.'s main political rival. The rivalry was so heated that when Marcos declared martial law he had him arrested and held on "trumped up charges of murder and subversion." Eight years later in 1980 he had a heart attack while in prison and was eventually allowed to fly to the USA for emergency surgery.
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninoy_Aquino |
Upon his return to the Philippines on August, 21, 1983 Ninoy Aquino was promptly assassinated by still unknown gunmen. The obvious culprit is Marcos, his involvement has never been proven, but there are others who say it was the Liberal party who carried out the murder in a bid to make Marcos look bad.
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It is an absolute lie that there has never been an investigation into the assassination.
Although many, including the Aquino family, maintain that Marcos ordered Aquino's assassination, this was never definitively proven. 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). After Marcos was ousted, another government investigation under President Corazon Aquino's administration led to a retrial of 16 military personnel, all of whom were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sandiganbayan. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision and rejected later motions by the convicted soldiers for a retrial. One of the convicts was subsequently pardoned, three have died in prison, and the remainder had their sentences commuted at various times; the last convicts were released from prison in 2009.
It's no surprise that this Tweeter has no idea what he is talking about. 16 soldiers were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The obvious question is "Whose orders were they following?" They claimed it was Cory's cousin and Marcos crony Danding Cojuango. That allegation has never been proven but if true it ties directly back to Marcos since Danding was one of the "Rolex 12."
It was not until 2004 that a day commemorating Aquino's death was signed into law.
The holiday was created by Republic Act 9256, which was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on February 25, 2004, twenty-one years after his death and eighteen years after the People Power Revolution, and was sponsored by Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia. It requires an EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC) to hold activities in observance the day and shall be funded from the Budget of the Office of the President and from private donations.
The holiday was included in President Arroyo's program of "holiday economics", adjusting the observance of the holiday to the nearest Monday in order to boost the tourism industry with long weekends. In 2010, it was moved back to its original date by Aquino's only son, President Benigno Aquino III.
Every year this holiday is observed by the public and the government in rites of one kind or another and the President offers a commemorative comment for the occasion. In 2020 Duterte motivated the nation to emulate the courage and patriotism of Aquino.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1112987 |
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday expressed hope that the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s life would inspire Filipinos to live with “courage and patriotism.”Duterte made the statement as he joined the nation in commemorating Aquino's 37th death anniversary.In his message, Duterte honored Aquino’s life, work and impact on governance that “have uplifted the lives of many, especially the oppressed and marginalized.Duterte said Filipinos can also be their own heroes by emulating Aquino’s “acts of discipline, goodwill and social responsibility,” especially now that the country is grappling with the crisis driven by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.“As this important occasion is remembered during this time that we are facing a global public health crisis, may we emulate Ninoy's courage and patriotism so we may all be heroes through acts of discipline, goodwill and social responsibility,” he said.
According to Duterte Ninoy Aquino was courageous, a patriot, disciplined, full of goodwill and social responsibility, and his life's work has "uplifted the lives of many, especially the oppressed and marginalized." That is a far cry from all the historically illiterate morons who go around on social media screaming HASHTAG NINOY NOT A HERO!
This year the PNP joined in the fray but they went even further by red-tagging him.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/21/not-a-hero-2-pnp-maritime-units-red-tag-ninoy-aquino-on-death-anniversary/ |
On Sunday, August 21, the country commemorated the 39th death anniversary of the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., also known as the Ninoy Aquino Day, but two maritime units of the Philippine National Police (PNP) chose to besmirch the reputation of the late democracy icon’s name on social media.
In a now deleted post, a Twitter account which says it represents the Quezon Maritime Police Station of the PNP’s Maritime Group (MG) posted a photo of combatants holding guns with red paint on their faces, imitating the looks of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.
The PNP leadership was quick to issue a statement, saying an investigation was launched to determine possible violations of the Quezon Maritime Police Station and Batangas Maritime Police Station.
“The PNP does not engage in name-calling that can malign any person’s reputation. We value respect for human dignity,” said Police Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, chief of PNP public information office (PIO).
“The posts had been taken down and are now being investigated to determine those responsible for these,” he stated.
“If anyone in the organization is found accountable, appropriate disciplinary actions will be imposed,” he concluded.
The PNP has imposed a social media policy among its personnel to serve as guidelines for their appropriate behavior and conduct online. However, various police units continue to violate them in recent years, using social media to link groups and personalities to communist groups.
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| https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/08/21/2204130/government-agencies-mum-ninoy-aquino-day-official-holiday |
Most official government social media accounts were silent Sunday morning amid muted commemoration of Ninoy Aquino Day, marking the opposition figure's assasination at the Manila International Airport in 1983.There was no commemorative statement from the Palace as of Sunday noon. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, which had marked August 21 with social media posts in 2020 and in 2021, was, on Sunday morning, promoting a webinar on the Spanish-era Filipino Propaganda Movement. The NHCP eventually reposted a tribute to Aquino by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts early Sunday afternoon.
The Philippine Information Agency, the government's official public information arm, was meanwhile tweeting about the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism — a United Nations day of remembrance established in 2017 that the agency only began tweeting about on Sunday.
The Senate, which posted a tweet last year remembering its former member as a "symbol of the Filipino’s fight for freedom and democracy" also had nothing to say about him on Sunday.
He had absolutely nothing to say. And why should he have anything to say about his father's sworn enemy? Why should Marcos exhort the nation to emulate a man his father tortured and whose death ultimately led to his family's exile to Hawaii? Has the feud between the Marcos and Aquino families even been resolved?
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/651878/bongbong-calls-for-end-of-feud-between-aquino-and-marcos-families |
It is high time to put an end to the decades-old feud between the Aquino and Marcos families, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday.
Marcos issued the statement when asked over radio DWIZ about the possibility of the two families reconciling.
(That’s something that would be good for the country. We all know that this feud continues up to now. This prevents us from uniting the country. We have to get past it…put it behind us. There are so many things we need to do.)
(I mean, for the Marcos family, this political feud is already over. It’s not personal. It was only my father and Ninoy Aquino who fought in the ‘60s and ‘70s so we should get past it already and stop making an issue out of it. We won’t gain anything from continuing to revive the Aquino-Marcos feud for no reason. We’ll get nothing out of that.)
It would seem that if this feud really is over then Bongbong would have issued some kind of statement regarding Ninoy Aquino Day.
Perhaps there is a less political reason as to why Marcos declined to issue a statement.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/22/marcos-family-friends-surprise-first-lady-liza-on-her-63rd-birthday/ |
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (LAM) got probably one of the biggest surprises of her life after her husband and sons, along with their family and friends, threw her a surprise birthday party as she turned 63 on August 21, Sunday.
In a video uploaded to President Marcos’ YouTube and Facebook pages, the First Lady was visibly shocked when the dark room she had just entered suddenly lit up, and cheers of “Happy Birthday!” greeted her.
Meanwhile, the day did not end without President Marcos coming to the stage and giving a short message for his wife’s special day.
“My beloved wife, perhaps words have already been said as to how valuable she is as a person and how remarkable a person she really is,” he started.
“Sometimes it’s really hard to believe that she did me the favor of marrying me,” he said.
The President proceeded to sing Andrew Gold’s “Never Let Her Slip Away.”
The First Lady’s birthday coincided with a holiday, Ninoy Aquino Day, commemorating the assassination of the late Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. Aquino was a staunch critic of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. Unlike previous administrations, Malacañang did not release a message for this year’s commemoration.
Maybe Bongbong simply forgot about Ninoy Aquino Day because he was too busy planning for and celebrating his wife's birthday. Of course that would mean he neglected his duty as President which is to recognize and regulate official holidays. It may not be an official duty as mandated by law to a issue a commemorative statement on each holiday but that certainly is the custom.
Despite the silence this year the Palace has issued guidelines for next years Ninoy Aquino Day.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1181996 |
August 21 of every year must also be declared as national non-working holiday to commemorate the death anniversary of former Senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr., according to the proclamation.
That is nothing more than a description of the holiday. But who knows? Perhaps next year Marcos and/or Duterte will release a commemorative statement marking Ninoy Aquino Day.
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