00:00 Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of former Senator Nino Yaquino.
00:05 For more details, we have live news.
00:07 Bam Alegre.
00:08 Bam.
00:10 Good morning.
00:14 It's been 40 years since Senator Nino Yaquino was shot dead here at Terminal 1,
00:19 the former Manila International Airport.
00:21 He was riding a motorcycle from Taipei to the airport on August 21, 1983.
00:27 He talked to the Senator before he was shot. He asked if he was afraid.
00:30 The Senator said he just wanted to smile.
00:32 Ramon Balang, an airport personnel, was also there that day.
00:35 He saw the body of the shot Senator in the tarmac.
00:39 He was terrified and did not leave the house for a few months after that happened.
00:43 They gathered here, including the August 21 Movement, at Terminal 1
00:46 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the shot at Senator Nino Yaquino.
00:50 According to the historian, Xiao Chua, the importance of this day is still there.
00:54 It is particular to the Senator's conviction for democracy
00:58 during the time of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
01:00 In a written statement, President Bongbong Marcos was one of the people
01:03 who remembered Nino Yaquino Day,
01:04 even though he was one of Nino's first political adversaries.
01:08 The President said that political barriers should be removed for the benefit of the Philippines.
01:13 The fifth grandson of Nino, Francis Aquino, thanked everyone who came to his grandfather's funeral.
01:19 After this, the group will go to Santo Domingo Church for a commemorative mass.
01:26 This is the first news from Terminal 1 of IA, Bamalegre for GMA Integrated News.
01:32 (Continued in the next episode)
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