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<p>MANILA — Lawyer Jose Sison passed away morning of July 23, according to his family. He was 88.</p><p>“We are comforted that he lived a full life as a lawyer, a husband to Josie, a father to his six children, and a grandfather to his sixteen grandchildren,” his son, Jopet, said in a Facebook post. </p><p>&quot;Please keep him in your prayers and remember him with love and fond memories,&quot; he added. </p><div style="text-align:center"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjopet.sison%2Fposts%2Fpfbid029Ke6WQhf4MuLWD5NG9bwn3pQ4EcEiQwBWGc3szzPwczBMmrd4nS2hzDBJwWKMrebl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="750" style="border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;border-image:none;overflow:hidden;--darkreader-inline-border-top:0px;--darkreader-inline-border-right:0px;--darkreader-inline-border-bottom:0px;--darkreader-inline-border-left:0px" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=""></iframe><br/></div><p>Sison hosted the legal and crime show “Ipaglaban Mo!” that aired on ABS-CBN from 1992 to 1999. The show returned on the channel and on DZMM Teleradyo from 2014 until 2020.</p><p>The wake will be held at Ascension Chapel, The Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, beginning Friday afternoon, July 24.</p><p>The burial will be at the Heavens Gate 1 Memorial Park, Antipolo City, on Tuesday, July 28.</p>

<p>Lawyer Jose Sison passed away morning of July 23, according to his family. He was 88.</p>

Lawyer Jose Sison passed away morning of July 23, according to his family. He was 88.

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Lawyer Jose Sison dies at 88

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Published July 23, 2026 06:44 PM PHT

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