MANILA (Reuters) – Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino died on Thursday after being hospitalised in Manila, two sources with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters.
The 61-year-old was president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.
Known popularly as Noynoy, he rode a wave of public support all the way to the presidency after his mother, the revered democracy leader Corazon Aquino, died in 2009.
(Reporting by Enrico Dela Cruz and Karen Lema; Editing by Ed Davies)
