Today, the nation commemorates the 37th death anniversary of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.
Ninoy Aquino was a prominent Philippine journalist and politician. As a senator of the 7th Congress, he was one of the major political opponents of then-president Ferdinand Marcos.
He was arrested in 1973 on falsified charges of weapons possession and conspiracy against the government and spent seven years in prison. He and his wife Corazon Aquino were exiled to the US in 1980 in order for Benigno to receive medical treatment following an ailment.
In 1983, Aquino was assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now named Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
