ADVERTISEMENTZubiri recalled the pieces of legislation he had chance to work with Angara like the Renewable Energy law, the Mindanao Development Authority Law, and the National Heritage Act. “I am honored to have had a chance to have served with such a distinguished Public Servant,” he added. For Sen. Francis Pangilinan, Angara “was one of the senior legislators we looked up to in the Senate.”Pangilinan recalled his first encounter with Angara when they served as members of Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines (UP). Angara was then the UP president and Pangilinan was chair of the UP Student Council. ADVERTISEMENT“His celebrated legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of a grateful nation,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 13, 2018 09:56 UTC