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That's why three congressmen jointly penned and filed a measure
Published July 3, 2021, 9:33 AM
More than a month after former Interior and local government secretary Jesse Robredo was laid to rest, then President Benigno Aquino III penned a personal letter to his widow, now Vice President Leni Robredo. He wrote that she and her children “were a source of strength” and assured them that his door would remain open for them.
President Benigno Aquino III looks at the Pasig River from his office in Malacañang for the last time on his final day as Philippine president on June 29, 2016. (Malacañang File Photo)
The letter was in response to the one sent by Robredo who thanked Aquino “for the many things (you) did for us during that most difficult time in our lives.”