MANILA, Philippines — Former President Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III was laid to rest Saturday afternoon at the Manila Memorial Park in Paraaque City.
Aquino was laid to rest next to his parents—former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and former President Corazon Aquino.
Prior to the inurnment of Aquino’s cremated remains, a funeral mass was held at the Church of the Gesu at the Ateneo de Manila University and presided by Archbishop Socrates Villegas.
During the mass, Villegas said the “best eulogy tribute” for Aquino is to recover and preserve the decency of the country’s leaders.
Villegas said that the flags flown at half-mast are no…
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