MANILA (Reuters) - Benigno Aquino III has picked up the mantle his mother wrested from a dictator and his father fought and died for, winning the Philippine presidency on a promise to fight endemic corruption and improving governance.
From nowhere, the 50-year-old bachelor known as Noynoy swept to victory after his late entry into the presidential race, relying heavily on his revered family name and its reputation for probity in the poor Southeast Asian nation.
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