For Educational and historical uses only. On July 1, 2010, President Benigno ’Noynoy’ Aquino 3 served his first full day in office in the Philippines. The video posted here is in memory of the President’s father. On August 21, 1983, opposition leader Benigno ’Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. attempted to end a long exile and return to politics in the Philippines. An opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos since the late 1960’s, Aquino felt it was time to challenge an aging and ailing Marcos again. Jim Laurie was th