‘Pusila, Pusila!’
To a Cebuano Binisaya speaker like me, those words remain ingrained in my mind forty years after the assassination of Ninoy Aquino by a Marcos-led military/civilian conspiracy.
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Ninoy Aquino’s martyrdom remains relevant 40 years after
Aquino’s daughter, Ballsy, thanked those who remember their father and those who continue to support them even when they are no longer “in fashion.”
How Marcos suppressed the truth behind Ninoy Aquino’s assassination
Marcos did everything in his power to ensure that he and some of his most loyal men would appear to be free of any culpability for the crime. He put Gregorio Cendaña, his information minister and chief propagandist, to work.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Enrile iginiit ang hindi napatunayang ugnayan ni Ninoy Aquino sa CPP-NPA, MNLF
(NAI-UPDATE) Muling pinalutang ni dating senador Juan Ponce Enrile ang hindi napatunayang istorya na ang yumaong lider ng oposisyon na si Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. ang “nag-organisa” ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP); ang armadong hukbo nito, ang New People’s Army (NPA); at, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Enrile asserts unproven claim about Ninoy Aquino’s ties with CPP-NPA, MNLF
Former senator Juan Ponce Enrile rehashed an unproven claim that the late opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. “organized” the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP); its armed-wing, the New People’s Army (NPA); and, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: AFP pinatindi ang hindi totoo, walang batayang mga pahayag tungkol sa pagkamatay ni Ninoy Aquino, ugnayan sa CPP
Ibinahagi ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Facebook (FB) ang isang kolum na inilathala sa The Manila Times na nagsabi ng maling mga pahayag tungkol sa pagkamatay ng yumaong senador Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. at umano’y kaugnayan sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: AFP amplifies false, unfounded claims on Ninoy Aquino’s death, CPP ties
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shared on Facebook (FB) a column published in The Manila Times that bore inaccurate claims about the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s death and supposed ties to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The plaza that time almost forgot
Aquino deliberately reset his return for August 21, the 12th anniversary of the Plaza Miranda Bombing. “That date had malicious significance that would not be lost on Marcos,” wrote Burton.
