Aquino had served as president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. -NOYNOYAQUINO/TWITTER
MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): Former president Benigno Aquino III, whose term was marked by a long period of prosperity for the Philippines but also saddled by accusations of cronyism, died early on Thursday (June 24). He was 61.
Son of democracy icon and former president Corazon Aquino, Aquino served as president from 2010 to 2016.
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