20/08/2026
๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ก. ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ข โ๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌโ ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ก๐ข, ๐๐ฅ. ๐๏ธ
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines, with the New NAIA Infrastructure Corporation, Manila International Airport Authority, Human Rights Violations Victimsโ Memorial Commission, Spirit of EDSA Foundation, Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation, Project Gunita, August Twenty-One Movement, Chino Roces Foundation, NAMSERV, and Earthsaver; will lead the commemoration of the 43rd anniversary of the Martyrdom of Senator Benigno โNinoyโ Aquino, Jr. on Friday, 21 August 2026, 8:00 a.m., at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Paraรฑaque City. NHCP Chair Regalado Trota Jose, Jr. will lead the simple flower offering alongside representatives from the various government and civil society organizations joining the event.
Senator Benigno โNinoyโ Aquino, Jr. is a prominent political figure in our nationโs history. Known as a staunch political critic of then President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr., he was one of the first members of the opposition arrested upon the declaration of Martial Law in September 1972. He spent the next eight years incarcerated in military stockades and prison camps on various charges to which he vehemently maintained his innocence in. He continued to struggle for justice while incarcerated, famously undertaking a 40-day long Hunger Strike in 1975 in protest of the military court-martial. In 1980, he suffered a heart attack while in prison and was subsequently allowed to leave the country for treatment where he would stay in exile until 1983 when he went home amidst serious threats to his life. On 21 August 1983, he was killed upon arrival at the then-Manila International Airport. His death is widely recognized as a watershed moment in the resistance and calls for political reform that culminated in the massive turn-out for his funeral procession and later the 1986 People Power Revolution. Republic Act No. 9256 proclaimed 21 August as Ninoy Aquino Day, a Special Non-Working Holiday.
