Who is Ninoy?
Benigno Aquino (1933-1983) nicknamed "Ninoy" was born in 1933 in Tarlac Province, Luzon, to a prominent family. At age 22 he became the nation's youngest mayor in his hometown of Concepcion. Just six years later he became governor of Tarlac province. In 1967 Aquino once again made history when he became the youngest senator elected in the country's history. Meanwhile he married Corazon Cojoangco and they raised five children.Ninoy's Heart Problems and Exile
Ninoy Aquino suffered a heart attack in his prison cell. A second heart attack at the Philippine Heart Center showed that he had a blocked artery, but Aquino refused to allow surgeons in the Philippines to operate on him for fear of foul play by Marcos. Imelda Marcos offered him a medical furlough to the United States for surgery. She had two stipulations, however; Ninoy had to promise to return to the Philippines, and he had to swear not to denounce the Marcos regime while in the U.S. That same night, Ninoy Aquino and his family got on a plane bound for Dallas, Texas. The Aquino family decided not to return to the Philippines immediately after Ninoy's recovery from surgery. They moved instead to Newton, Massachusetts, not far from Boston.
Return of Ninoy Aquino
Early in 1983, Ferdinand Marcos's health began to deteriorate, and with it his iron grip on the Philippines. Aquino worried that in the event of Marcos's sudden death, the country would descend into chaos and an even more extreme government might emerge. Ninoy Aquino decided to take the risk of returning to the Philippines, fully aware that he might well be re-imprisoned or even killed outright. The Marcos regime tried to prevent his return by revoking his passport, denying him a visa, and warning international airlines that they would not be allowed landing clearance if they tried to bring Aquino into the country. Starting on August 13, 1983, Aquino flew a meandering, week-long flight route from Boston through Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to his final destination of Manila. Because Marcos had cut off diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the government there was under no obligation to cooperate with his regime's goal of keeping Ninoy Aquino away from Manila. As China Airlines Flight 811 descended in to Manila International Airport on August 21, 1983, Ninoy Aquino warned the foreign journalists traveling with him to have their cameras ready. "In a matter of 3 or 4 minutes it could all be over," he noted with chilling prescience. Minutes after the plane touched down, he was dead. Beside him, Rolando Galman also lay dead. Ferdinand Marcos's regime would blame Galman for killing Aquino - but few historians or citizens of the Philippines give any credence to that claim.
The Facts
Simulan natin sa pinagmulan ng yaman ng mga Aquino at Cojuangco. Sinasabi na ang yaman ng Pilipinas ay napunta sa lola Ysidra ng mga Cojuangco (girlfriend ni Antonio Luna) na pinatago ni Emilio Aguinaldo kay Gen. Antonio Luna na pinatago naman ni Gen. Luna sa girlfriend nitong si Ysidra. Dahil sa hindi pagsabi ni Gen. Luna kung na saan ang yaman ng bansa, pinatay ito ni Emilio Aguinaldo at hindi na nagawang makuha pa ang pera kay Ysidra Cojuangco. Kaya maning-mani lang pala ang pera ni Marcos sa mga Cojuangco. (^_^)
Tungkol naman sa pagkamatay ni Ninoy Aquino. Sinasabing ang pumatay sakanya ay si Rolando Galman na kasama niya noong mga panahong nangyari ang pagpatay. Namatay rin si Galman makalipas lang ng ilang segundo ng namatay si Ninoy. Dalawang araw bago naganap ang assassination ni Ninoy Aquino, sinasabing pinasinayahan si Galman ng dalawang prostitute, isang alok na tinanggap niya at nagmula sa isang sundalong opisyal ng hukbong-panghimpapawid ng Pilipinas. Naglaho ang dalawang babaeng ito matapos dukutin ng dalawang armadong mga lalaki para paslangin. Natagpuan ang kanilang mga labi noong Nobyembre 1988. Dahil dito, malinaw na ang mismong mga bantay ni Aquino ang bumaril sa kaniya, at kasabay nilang binaril si Galman upang ito ang mapagbintangan kaugnay ng assassination ni Aquino. Si Ninoy ay senior ng fraternity na sinalihan nila ni Marcos na Upsilon Sigma Phi at isa sa mga rules dito na kung sino ang senior ng fraternity ay siya ang masusunod kaya malaki ang posibilidad na si Ninoy ang manalo bilang president kumpara kay Marcos. Sinasabing si Ferdinand Marcos ang nagutos na ipapatay si Ninoy pero ang totoo, ang asawa nitong si Imelda Marcos ang nag utos upang hindi makatakbo bilang president si Ninoy.
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