Last Friday, August 21, 2009 we remember the 26th death anniversary of one of our beloved modern day national heroes, Ninoy Aquino. The commemoration of the death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino continues the “Yellow Fever” that has been spreading in the country because of the recent death of Cory Aquino, our beloved president, the mother of our democracy and most of all Ninoy Aquino’s wife. In honor of Ninoy Aqino, I have written several post in his honor, the first being “My top ten favorite Ninoy Aquino Quotes” and then followed by the post “Ninoy Aquino is alive” which gives a little bit of history into his life and the significance of his heroic acts and deeds. In that post I mentioned that Ninoy Aquino is alive, and he lives within each and every Filipino who continues to do the same thing that Ninoy Aquino does and that is sacrificing for our country. We do not need to die for the country, all we need to do is contribute to nation building in our own little way by simply … [Read more...]
Ninoy Aquino is alive!
New flash: Ninoy Aquino is alive and he and has been seen all over ! the cross country moving companies. Yestrerday was a non-working holiday in observance of the death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino who was shot to death at the former Manila International Airport about 26 years. (August 21, 1983) In the words of former Senate President Jovito Salonga, Ninoy Aquino whose real name was “Benigno Servillano "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.” was the greatest president that we never had. Born to a prosperous family of hacienderos in Concepcion Tarlac, Ninoy Aquino came from a family involved in the country’s political giants. His grandfather served under President Emilio Aguinaldo while his father served under Presidents Manuel L. Quezon and Jose Laurel. After a stint in journalism, Ninoy Aquino became a municipal mayor, vice governor and governor. He was elected as senator at age 34, making him hold the record of being the youngest Philippine senator. As a Senator, Ninoy Aquino was a “Fiscalizer” … [Read more...]