MANILA, (Reuters) – Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who is battling colon cancer, is badly ill in hospital, a spokeswoman said yesterday.
Aquino, known as Cory to millions of Filipinos, was admitted to the intensive care unit of a Manila hospital last week.
Her spokeswoman Deedee Sytangco told reporters the 76-year-old “is very sick”.
Her son, Senator Benigno Aquino III, thanked friends and supporters for holding a special mass for his mother.
“Senator Aquino sincerely thanks all those who continue to pray for his mother’s healing,” he said in a statement.
Cory Aquino was president from 1986 to 1992. But she is remembered, more than two decades after the fact, for leading the “People Power” revolution that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
She was diagnosed with colon cancer in March last year, and underwent chemotherapy and then surgery.