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‘Who is your hero’ survey that angered Imelda Marcos

As we celebrate this year’s National Heroes Day, the issue of who should be a hero continues to kindle patches of heated arguments. Or, at the very least, it remains fodder for propagandists wanting to spew rehashed vitriol against one particular member of the pantheon, Ninoy Aquino.

‘Who is your hero’ survey that angered Imelda Marcos

August 21, 1983: Voices tell the story

The tape recording starts with the sound of the plane landing and people talking among themselves. “Everybody remains on board,” one of them says. Moments later, a single gunshot rings out and women are wailing.

August 21, 1983: Voices tell the story

Forgotten details from an old story

By LUZ RIMBAN THE photograph is 30 years old, but it provides startling details to an old, almost forgotten story. Taken by a Japanese photographer, the picture came out in the Sept. 5, 1983 issue of Time Magazine. It showed the apparent lifeless body of former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. whose murder on the

Forgotten details from an old story

Aug 21, 1983: Voices tell the story

By LUZ RIMBAN THE  tape recording starts with the sound of the plane landing and people talking among themselves. “Everybody remains on board,” one of them says. Moments later, a single gunshot rings out and women are wailing. “What happened? What was that?” a woman’s voice asks. More gunshots. The wailing becomes louder. Then an

Aug 21, 1983: Voices tell the story