[1][8][9][10][11], The public outrage over the presidential results prompted Newsweek to feature her and her rival on the cover with the question: "Was the Election Fair?" She won as Best Debater in the annual U.P. She was battling stage four lung cancer. Thousands of fishermen in thePhilippineshave been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled Friday to contain 'Enough is enough': Senators lament series of violence vs local officials. Menu. At 71, Miriam Defensor-Santiagos accomplishments as a mother, wife, judge, teacher, writer, lawyer and senatorwere unsurpassed. Tignan mo ang nangyari sa kanila noong college sila, nangopya. In the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting, she said in a Twitter post, "The mass shooting at a club in Orlando is appalling and heartbreaking" and "I long for the day when the LGBT community no longer has to live in fear of discrimination and hate crimes". Unfortunately, grave illness forced her to waive the privilege of being an ICC judge. Why am I fighting graft and corruption? 13. She was a legal officer of the United Nations in Geneva, a regional trial court judge in Quezon City, a commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, a secretary of agrarian reform and a senator for three terms. However, love her or hate her, Santiago is undoubtedly one of the wittiest Filipinos to have ever lived. In September 2017, Senator Grace Poe, her freedom of information (FOI) ally and 2016 presidential rival, nominated Defensor Santiago to be awarded the Quezon Service Cross, the highest honor in the entire Republic, subject for approval of both houses of Congress and by President Rodrigo Duterte, who was also her presidential rival. She was one of the three senators who voted against the conviction of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona during his impeachment trial; Corona was ultimately found guilty for his failure to disclose to the public his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth. Ano naman ang tawag kapag tinapon mo sa dagat ang mga pulitikong kurakot? Fungus Face!Santiago, then Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, calling former Rep. Nereo Joaquin when he criticized her in a privilege speech for effecting the arrest of foreign pedophiles in his district.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'filipiknow_net-medrectangle-4','ezslot_23',192,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-filipiknow_net-medrectangle-4-0'); 2. [citation needed], Before her death, various groups in the country have been lauding her to join the candidacy for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretary-General post where the elected Secretary-General will be positioned for 2018.
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