Ex-president and democracy defender Ramos laid to rest

The grandchild of former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, center, hands over the urn in front of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., third right, and Amelita Ramos, right, wife of the former president, during a state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (Lisa Marie David/Pool Photo via AP)

FORMER Philippine president Fidel Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral yesterday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country.

Ramos died on July 31 at age 94 from Covid-19 complications at the Makati Medical Center in the capital region, his family said.