Philippine military officers (white) and honor guards together with family members march alongside the carriage carrying the urn of the late president Benigno Aquino during the funeral mass at a memorial park in Manila on Saturday (June 26, 2021). Aquino was laid to rest in a Manila cemetery on Saturday beside his parents, two of the South-East Asian country's democracy icons.- AFP
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MANILA, June 26 (Reuters): Philippine former president Benigno Aquino was laid to rest in a Manila cemetery on Saturday beside his parents, two of the South-East Asian country's democracy icons.
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