Senators pay tribute to Helena Benitez
Former and incumbent senators yesterday paid tribute to Helena Benitez, a former senator, long-time educator and advocate for Philippine arts and culture who passed away Thursday at the age of 102.
Former and incumbent senators yesterday paid tribute to Helena Benitez, a former senator, long-time educator and advocate for Philippine arts and culture who passed away Thursday at the age of 102.
Through the years I have developed a longer vision. And now, in my 70s, it seems sharper than ever; I can see things through to their best endings, even before I can be any closer to them. This must be what I’ve heard called “the confidence of age.”
“Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!” the birthday girl eagerly called out from her chair, her voice floating above the swarm of well-wishers in her room minutes before the party was to start.
Another glass ceiling shattered when President Benigno Aquino III appointed Lourdes Sereno Chief Justice. Women in the legislature, in the Executive House are no longer rarities these days.
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