Former President Aquino III passes away

by Ma. Angeny Joy Villanueva

              The country’s 15th President,  Benigno S. Aquino III died last June 24 shortly after being rushed to Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City. The cause of his death was renal or kidney   disease secondary to diabetes.

          According to his family, he died peacefully in his sleep, declared dead at 6:30 a.m. at the age of 61.His body was brought to the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City for the wake.

PNoy served as congressman of Tarlac’s second district for three terms (1998-2007) and then senator from 2007 to 2010, was propelled to the presidency in 2010 on the wave of the nation’s outpouring of grief over the death of his mother, former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino, to cancer, in August 2009.

The Philippine flag was placed at half-mast outside the Senate building and Malacañang Palace, hours later after his death.

Condolences teamed in from Philippine politicians, the Catholic Church, current President Duterte’s administration and the Filipino citizens.

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