Former president Noynoy Aquino returns to Ateneo for last funeral mass

By Kaithreen Cruz

Jun 26, 2021 9:58 am

THE urn bearing the cremated ashes of former president Benigno Simeon 'Noynoy' Aquino has returned to the Church of the Gesu in Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City for a funeral mass at 10 a.m.

His urn will immediately be brought to the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque after the mass, as he will be laid to rest beside his parents, former President Corazon 'Cory' Aquino and former Senator Benigno 'Ninoy' Aquino Jr.

Honor guards stand near the urn containing the ashes of former president Benigno Simeon Aquino 3rd at the Heritage Park in Taguig City on Thursday night. Photo BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI

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