Known as Noynoy, he followed his mother Corazon Aquino into office and ruled for six years
Benigno Aquino, former president of the Philippines, has died at 61 after being hospitalised in Manila.
“It is with profound sadness that I learned this morning of the passing of former president Benigno Aquino,” supreme court justice Marvic Leonen, who was appointed by Aquino in 2012, said in a statement. “It was an honour to have served with him. He will be missed.”
