Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino, the son of two of the Southeast Asian country’s democracy icons, died on Thursday.The 61-year-old was president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016, overseeing the fastest period of growth since the 1970s and challenging China’s expansive territorial claims before a United Nations-backed tribunalHe was rushed to a hospital in Quezon City where he died of heart failure, The Manila Bulletin reported, citing his family.“It is with profound sadness that…
