Former President Noynoy Aquino is to be laid to rest today, June 26. Here's our live coverage and keep refreshing this page for updates:
9:16 a.m.
Aquino's urn is brought back to the Church of the Gesu ahead of a 10 a.m. mass before he is laid to rest.
Former cabinet secretaries and family have started arriving.
Archibishop Socrates Villegas will officiate the mass. Villegas is a protege of the late Jaime Cardinal Sin, who was close the late President Cory Aquino.
10:05 a.m.
The mass starts at the Church of the Gesu.
10:12 a.m.
Nephew Bimby Aquino-Yap reads the First Reading.
10:15 a.m.
"The lights at Times Street have been distinguished, but there is no darkness." -- Archbishop Villegas says in his homily.
Aquino's silence after his retirement showed dignity. "It is the slience of noble statesmen now rare and forgotten," Villegas said.
"He died as he lived. He abhorred fanfare. He slipped away quietly... Walang wang-wang. very PNoy and not surprising."
Aquino was a "visionary na matigas ang ulo."
His death "must spark fire within us to ressurect decency and integrity."
Villegas said he envied Aquino who crossed over to a place where "fake news have no place, trolls are dead, God's name is not blasphemed."
"Buti pa si PNoy, malaya na talaga," he said. "There is a new great Filipino in heaven, joining his great Filipino parents."
“Kami po ang boss ninyo kayo po ang aming champion. May you find the rest Earth has failed to give to you," Villegas said in tears as he ended his homily.
10:44 a.m.
Erik Santos sings the offertory song.
10:56 a.m.
Nephew Jiggy Aquino-Cruz reads the novena prayer.
10:59 a.m.
Eldest Sister Ballsy Cruz speaks.
Cruz recalls how Aquino broke news of his 2010 candidacy.
“Ang maipapangako ko lang sa kanya sisiguraduhin ko na kaming lima ay parating magtutulungan.” -- Cruz recalls Aquino as telling his sisters.
“Si Noy ayaw niya talaga na maging pabigat siya. Ayaw niya na kami ay nag-aalala.”
“To the man we were so blessed to have as our brother, habang buhay ka namin ipagmamalaki, pasasalamatan, hahanap-hanapin at mamahalin.”
A standing ovation follows.
11:07 a.m.
Villegas blesses Aquino's urn, draped in white and yellow flowers.
Supporters lined up along Katipunan Avenue and C-5 Road wearing the Aquino family's signature color, yellow.
1 p.m.
Aquino’s remains arrive at a memorial park in Paranaque, after a swift procession from Quezon City.
1: 30 p.m.
Members of the Aquino family sprinkle holy water on his urn.
1:40 p.m.
The Philippine flag that was draped beside the urn is folded, handed to Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, who clutches it close to her chest.
1:43 p.m.
The sisters take turns holding the urn, Ballsy, Pinky, Viel, then Kris, who places it inside a white tomb.
1:45 p.m.
"Bayan Ko" as sung as the tomb is sealed. It was followed by "The Impossible Dream," both songs closely associated with Ninoy Aquino.