Benigno Aquino, Sr. (1894–1947), cabinet member, senator, and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Philippines
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Benigno Aquino, Jr. (1932–1983), also known as Ninoy Aquino, popular oppositionist senator in the Philippines, son of the above
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Paolo Benigno Aquino (born 1977), also known as Bam Aquino, social entrepreneur and senatorial candidate in the Philippines, cousin of the above, nephew of Benigno Aquino, Jr., and grandnephew of Benigno Aquino, Sr.
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Benigno Aquino III (born 1960), also known as Noynoy Aquino, President of the Philippines, son of the above and grandson of Benigno Aquino, Sr.
Benigno "Igno" Aquino was first elected to the Philippine Legislature (as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives) in 1919 representing the 2nd District of Tarlac.
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He had two siblings, namely Gonzalo Aquino (born 1893) and Amando Aquino (born 1896), and a half-brother, Herminio Aquino (born 1949).
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After Maria died in March 1928, he married Aurora Aquino (maiden name), his third cousin, on December 6, 1930, with whom he had the following children—Maria Aurora (Maur), Benigno Simeon, Jr. (Ninoy), Maria Gerarda (Ditas), Maria Guadalupe (Lupita), Agapito (Butz), Paul, and Maria Teresa (Tessie).
He then went to exile in the United States after breaking with President Marcos over the Martial Law declaration and eventually became the adviser of the late Sen. Benigno S. Aquino.
Fearing the López might become too powerful after already owning Meralco, Negros Navigation, Manila Chronicle, ABS-CBN, various haciendas in Western Visayas and then the nearby PASUMIL consortium in del Carmen, Pampanga that they purchased from the Americans, the President offered the property to José Cojuangco, nicknamed "Pepe" through Magsaysay protégé and Cojuangco's son-in-law, Benigno Aquino.
Arroyo participated in the trials of political detainees such as Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., ABS-CBN Executive Eugenio Lopez, Jr., Cebu politician Sergio Osmeña III, Communist Party of the Philippines founder and University of the Philippines Professor Jose Maria Sison, Senators Jovito Salonga and Eva Kalaw, lawyers Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Renato Tañada, Eduardo Olaguer and many others.
The 11:30 Report is a now defunct late night news program of GMA Network, This was the first late-night newscast of the network, This is the only newscast to cover the funeral of Sen. Ninoy Aquino on August 31, 1983.