Araw ng Pagbasa—stylized as "Araw ng Pag(b)asa"— is inspired by the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., who turned to reading during his years of solitary confinement during the Martial Law era. It is ...

President Benigno Aquino III has signed a law declaring the birthday of his martyred father, the late Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., as a regular working holiday each year to be known as "Araw ng ...