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Ex-Philippine leader and democracy defender Ramos is buried

Widow and former first lady Amelita Ramos, left, with military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, second from left, stands beside the flag-draped casket of her husband, the late former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos, during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. Ramos died at age 94. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Widow and former first lady Amelita Ramos, left, with military chief Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, second from left, stands beside the flag-draped casket of her husband, the late former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos, during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. Ramos died at age 94. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of the late former Philippine President Fidel Ramos during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of the late former Philippine President Fidel Ramos during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of the late former Philippine President Fidel Ramos during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of the late former Philippine President Fidel Ramos during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of the late former Philippine President Fidel Ramos during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Soldiers carry the flag-draped casket of the late former Philippine President Fidel Ramos during his state funeral at the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig, Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. Ramos was laid to rest in a state funeral Tuesday, hailed as an ex-general, who backed then helped oust a dictatorship and became a defender of democracy and can-do reformist in his poverty-wracked Asian country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) FILE - Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, Vice-President Jejomar Binay, left, and former President Fidel Ramos, right, link arms as they sing a patriotic song to celebrate the 25th "People Power" anniversary on Feb. 25, 2011, at the People Power Monument along EDSA highway at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Ramos was one of the leaders of the near bloodless four-day people power revolution 25 years ago that ousted the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos from 20-year-rule and helped install Aquino's mother Corazon "Cory" Aquino to the presidency. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)