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Authored several privilege speeches printed in the “Ninoy Aquino – Speech Series,” 1968-1970s. 1968-1971 Outstanding Senator, voted yearly by the Philippines Free Press, the Philippines’ leading political weekly magazine.
The declaration of martial law on September 21, 1972 ushered in the defining phase in Ninoy's evolution as a leader. Before then, it was generally assumed that he would ascend to the nation's highest office as the Liberal Party's standard bearer in the 1973 presidential elections.
Aug 20, 2019 · It might seem hard to imagine Ninoy being with anybody else besides Cory Aquino, but there was indeed a time when Ninoy was the most eligible bachelor in Tarlac. Back in the 1950s, when Ninoy was a student at the University of the Philippines, he used to court none other than the former beauty queen, Imelda Romualdez .
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. 1968
1955. Elected as youngest mayor (22 years old) of Concepcion, Tarlac, his hometown. 1956. Press Officer, Philippine-American Military Bases Agreement negotiations.
Aug 20, 2023 · Ninoy's grandson Kiko Aquino-Dee remembered the late senator as the 'Boy Wonder' of the opposition during the martial rule of then-Pres. Marcos Sr. Ninoy Aquino remembered ahead of 40th death anniversary
Aug 19, 2022 · Ninoy Aquino Day falls every Aug. 21. Will Marcos Jr. permit the survival of a holiday dedicated to his family's arch-rival?
