The man who can’t be moved. #RememberML@40
by koihernandez

We all know him as the guy from the 500 peso bill. But more than that… there is a hero. Who did more than fight for his country and people but died for it.

His name is …

Benigno Simeon “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr.
(November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983)

He was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines.

In 1973 he was arrested and incarcerated for 7 years, but was allowed to depart for the United States to seek medical treatment after he suffered a heart attack in 1980.

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