"While others in the neighbourhood – #China, #Japan, #SouthKorea, #Vietnam, #Indonesia – have built largely robust #ExportDriven, #HighTech, economic powerhouses, the #Philippines’s largest export remains its people."

I saw the tarmac murder that haunts the Philippines 40 years later | #NinoyAquino | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/21/i-saw-the-tarmac-murder-that-haunts-the-philippines-40-years-later

Mass starts at 10am, now ongoing. It's taking place at the Sto. Domingo Church in #QuezonCity, where the final Mass for #Ninoy was held in 1983.

LIVESTREAM: Mass commemorating #NinoyAquino's 40th death anniversary #Philippines
https://www.rappler.com/nation/video-mass-commemoration-ninoy-aquino-death-anniversary-august-21-2023/

"#August21 is the day Benigno “#Ninoy” Aquino Jr., one of the staunchest and, often, loneliest political figures who stood up against the dictatorship of #FerdinandMarcosSr., was gunned down at was then called the Manila International Airport. Aquino had returned to Manila, ignoring the advice of both friends and foes, after years of exile in the United States." #Philippines #NinoyAquino

Remembering Ninoy in Marcos Jr.’s 2nd year as president
https://www.rappler.com/nation/ninoy-aquino-day-marcos-administration-august-2023/