A WALK TO REMEMBER A Metro Manila traffic enforcer walks with his dog past the marker of the late senator Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. at the NAIA Terminal 1 in Parañaque City on Aug. 21, 2021. Flowers were offered to mark the 38th anniversary of Aquino’s assassination on the tarmac of the then Manila International Airport as he was returning to the country from the United States where he stayed for three years with his wife Corazon and their children. Aquino, a known political opponent of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, was jailed for seven years during Marcos’ martial rule. He was allowed to leave for the US where he underwent heart surgery (story on A2). PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte called on the Filipino people to emulate the "selflessness" of the late senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino by sacrificing personal interests for the common good as the country commemorates his 38th death anniversary on Saturday.
In his message, Duterte honored Aquino, who was assassinated at the tarmac of the then Manila International Airport on Aug. 21, 1983.