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Ninoy Aquino Day
August 21, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm UTC+0
This national non-working holiday is celebrated annually on August 21st. In Filipino, it is known as ‘Araw ng Kabayanihan ni Ninoy Aquino’.
The holiday commemorates the assassination of former Senator Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino, Jr. on this day in 1983.
His wife was Corazon Aquino, who later became President of the Philippines, and as a couple, they are seen as two heroes of democracy in the Philippines.
