28/08/2024                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            The University of the Philippines joins the nation in remembering former Senator Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., who was assassinated on August 21, 1983 at what was then the Manila International Airport.
This year, in the interest of promoting domestic tourism, Malacañang has issued Proclamation 665, moving the observance of Ninoy Aquino Day from August 21, Wednesday, to August 23, Friday.
According to university records, Aquino took courses in what was then the UP College of Liberal Arts and the UP College of Law. But he did not finish his law studies, after deciding to pursue journalism as a profession. He earned a total of 126 academic units from the university.
In 1988, Aquino was posthumously honored by the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) with an Oblation Award, which was received by none other than his widow, then President of the Republic of the Philippines, Corazon C. Aquino.