MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Thursday mourned the death of former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III as they described the late former chief executive as a “good man” and someone who served the country with “humility, honor, and integrity.”
“No matter what political side you’re on when a former president passes away, the country mourns,” Senate President Vicente Sotto III said.
“His death diminishes us all,” added Sotto, who already ordered that the Philippine flag in the Senate flown at half-mast.
Senator Risa Hontiveros, an opposition lawmaker, remembered Aquino as a “good man” and considered him as “one of the best things that happened to the country p…
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