The funeral procession of former Philippine President Cory Aquino after mass in Manila Cathedral 5 August was attended by tens of thousands of ordinary Filipinos, many dressed in yellow, who lined the streets in pouring rain to accompany her body to Memorial Park, where she is to be buried next to her husband. She died 1 August of colon cancer.

After her husband, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino was assassinated at the airport in Manila on his return from exile in the US in 1983, she rallied the opposition people’s power movement until the resignation and exile of then-President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. Elected president herself that year, she was instrumental in restoring democracy to the country. She was the Philippines’ and Asia’s first woman president. Two children of Marcos paid their respects at the wake. The Philippines has declared ten days of mourning and Wednesday 5 August a national holiday. BBC, Manila Times

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