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Ninoy Aquino Day
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Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., the husband of Coraz
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…of basic academic institutions from 2020 to 2024 and today serves as the end of the university and college academic year. R.A. No. 4166 August 21 Ninoy Aquino Day Araw ng Kabayanihan ni Ninoy Aquino Fixed Special Anniversary of Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983. Public acts of remembrance are held to…
Wreath-laying at NAIA Terminal 1 to mark Ninoy Aquino Day 2025, led by Senator Bam Aquino with members of the August Twenty One Movement.
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Kiko Aquino Dee (left), a grandson of Ninoy Aquino, offers flowers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Ninoy Aquino Day 2023.
Akbayan Representative Chel Diokno at the Aquino mausoleum, Manila Memorial Park – Sucat on Ninoy Aquino Day 2025