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This was the event that changed the course of Philippine history.
Twenty-five years ago, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. was murdered at the airport that now bears his name.
A new documentary of the events surrounding this national tragedy has been released. Beyond Conspiracy: 25 Years after the Aquino Assassination takes a look at the questions that have remained unanswered about Ninoy’s death.
He was our hope. He was the one who was to bring change. He did eventually catalyze radical change in the political landscape of the Philippines, but at great cost to himself. This is what happened the day he went …read more

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I was too young to know who Ninoy Aquino was, but I clearly remember the day he got assassinated. I was in sixth grade then. I had never seen my parents visibly shaken until that day the news broke of Ninoy’s murder. Mind you, my parents had nothing to fear; they did nothing wrong, nor were they involved in any of the uprisings at any time. But there was a foreboding fear of instability of the political air of the country. They had lived through the 1973 martial law, where even ordinary citizens feared for their lives, so that thought …read more

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