At 17, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. began his journalism career at The Manila Times, the country’s leading newspaper throughout the postwar era.

Starting out as a copy boy, Ninoy rose to become an international correspondent covering the Korean War for The Times, for which he was later given an award by then-President Elpidio Quirino.

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