Former senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani, 87, passed away on Monday, according to her family. Last month, there were reports that she had been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Taguig. Her daughter Lila posted on Monday morning that Shahani passed away at 2:40 a.m.ADVERTISEMENT“Bereft and full of grief, but still strangely peaceful in the knowledge that she is now free from all suffering,” Lila Shahani posted on Facebook. She became the Philippine ambassador to Australia, Romania, Hungary and West Germany before she was appointed Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs and Chairperson of the National Commission on Women. She won as senator in the 1987 elections and chaired the committees on foreign affairs, education, culture and arts, agriculture and appointments.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2017 00:00 UTC