The former President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III died Thursday at the age of 61 after being hospitalized in Quezon City, state media reported. Popularly known as “Noynoy,” Aquino was the country’s 15th president, serving from 2010 to 2016 following the death of his mother, former President and democracy icon Corazon Aquino. “It is with profound sadness that I learned this morning of the passing of former President Benigno S. Aquino,” he said. He was the only son of popular democracy icons Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino and former President Corazon. In 1987, while his mother was President, rebels attacked her residence at Malacanang Palace in Manila, and Aquino narrowly escaped death.

Source: Daily Nation June 24, 2021 04:30 UTC