Mourners continue to pay their respects a day after PNoy's funeral

Filipinos continued to offer former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III their last respects a day after his inurnment, heading to the Manila Memorial Park to lay flowers and light candles near his tomb.

"Naiyak ako kahapon. Nakakaawa si PNoy. Bata pa siya. Ang dami niyang achievement na nagawa sa bayan natin," said mourner Rebecca Elicaño in a Sunday "24 Oras Weekend" report.

(I cried yesterday. He was young. He achieved so much for our country.)

"Noong nabalitaan ko nga, umiyak ako. Kahit anong gawin nilang paninira na sinasabi nila na ganito si Noynoy, hindi, mahal ko 'yong tao, susuportahan ko pa rin 'yan," Maria Salette Mercado said.

(When I found out he died, I cried. Despite all the bashing, I will still support him. I love him.)

Aquino died on Thursday morning. He was 61 years old.

According to a statement read by his sister Pinky Aquino-Abellada on Thursday afternoon at the Heritage Park, Aquino was pronounced dead at 6:30 a.m. due to renal disease secondary to diabetes.

Before holding the highest position in the Philippines in 2010, Aquino served as a legislator. He represented Tarlac’s second district in the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007, after which he ran for the Senate and served in the Upper House from 2007 to 2010.

Aquino announced his candidacy for president in the 2010 elections in September 2009, a month after his mother Cory — a democracy icon who was catapulted to Malacañang following the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution — died.

Aquino's administration was known for its “Daang Matuwid” good governance advocacy. The “No Wang-Wang” order was one of the first policies that he implemented after assuming the country’s top post. — Ma. Angelica Garcia/DVM, GMA News