PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has declared a 10-day period of national mourning for former President Benigno “Noynoy” S.C. Aquino III from June 24 to July 3, 2021, Malacañang announced.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said Duterte signed Proclamation 1169, which mandates that the national flag is “flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset on all government buildings and installations throughout the Philippines and abroad for a period of 10 days.”
"Let us continue to pray and pay respects to the former President who gave his best to serve our nation and our people,” Roque said in a statement Thursday evening, June 24. 2021.
Aquino died from renal disease secondary to diabetes early Thursday morning.
He was declared dead at the Capitol Medical Center. His remains were brought to The Heritage Park in Taguig City for cremation and a novena.
The urn containing his remains was then transported to the residence of his sister Pinky Aquino-Abellada in Green Meadows Subdivision in Quezon City.
On Friday morning, Aquino’s urn was brought to the Church of Gesu in Ateneo de Manila University for public viewing from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Arrival honors were held at 9:45 a.m. Aquino’s youngest sister Kris said a mass will be held at the church at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday.
As early as 6 a.m., citizens in yellow and white shirts lined up at Gate 3 of ADMU. Before entering, they had to fill up contact tracing forms as part of safety protocols.
Kris said the former president will be laid to rest at the Manila Memorial Park on Saturday, June 26, after a funeral mass that will be led at 10 a.m. by Archbishop Socrates Villegas in the Church of Gesu. (SunStar Philippines)