REMEMBERING AUGUST 22
Today is a special non-working holiday. Why? Because it’s been 20 years since the great Benigno Aquino Jr. was felled by a single gunshot wound at the tarmac of the Manila International Airport. Actually, yesterday, August 21, was the real anniversary of Ninoy’s death. But since the historic date fell on a Thursday, good ol’ GMA decided to move the commemoration of Mr. Aquino’s heroic death to a Friday. (The better for us working people to enjoy the long weekend, I guess.) Various memories of my childhood with Mommy Lily So, what makes the day special, anyway? An extra day to sleep in and wake up late? For most people this day may just be one of those holidays. But definitely not for me. Because today, I grieve. For exactly a day after Rolando Galman allegedly shot the great senator, in the middle of a nationwide blackout, my mother passed away.