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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/04/20/heherson-alvarez.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Senator Heherson Alvarez during the necrological services for the late former Senate President Nene Pimentel at the Philippine Senate in Pasay City on October 23, 2019. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Senators on Monday recalled contributions of late Sen. Heherson Alvarez, saying the former lawmaker who succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) should have been given a proper send-off in the chamber for his contributions as a seasoned legislator.Under the Senate&#x27;s tradition, former members of the legislative body are given necrological services in the session hall, but Alvarez, who died last month, had to be immediately cremated as per the Department of Health&#x27;s policy for COVID-19 deaths.&quot;I feel more pain in his loss as we in the Senate and our counterparts in the House of Representatives cannot give him proper recognition in reverence of a former member of the Senate given that his passing comes at a time when country is gripped by this infectious virus,&quot; Senate President Vicente Sotto III said in a speech during the chamber&#x27;s opening session.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/20/20/former-senator-heherson-alvarez-passes-away-after-battling-covid-19">Former Senator Heherson Alvarez passes away after battling COVID-19</a></li></ul>Alvarez will &quot;always be remembered&quot; as a &quot;reasonable and hardworking lawmaker,&quot; said Sotto, noting that the late senator was one of his mentors when he first entered the Senate in 1992.&quot;Even after his stint as lawmaker, his burning passion continued... He was truly a dedicated public servant,&quot; he added, saying Alvarez continued to push for climate change advocacies even after his stint as senator.Sen. Richard Gordon said that the Philippines lost an &quot;exceptional leader and visionary.&quot;&quot;Sonny Alvarez is a very, very distinguished man. He had no mean bone in his body... His deeds speak for himself,&quot; Gordon said.The late senator was also among the legal luminaries who helped minority lawmakers in crafting an impeachment complaint against former President Joseph &quot;Erap&quot; Estrada, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said.Alvarez started his political career under President Corazon Aquino&#x27;s administration, wherein he crafted the centerpiece social reform policy, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).He ran for a Senate seat in 1987, where he pushed for environmental and human rights laws. He left the legislature in 1998, and eventually served as environment secretary under then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and as commissioner of the Climate Change Commission under the administration of Benigno &quot;Noynoy&quot; Aquino III.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/04/20/20/heherson-sonny-alvarez-keeper-of-the-flame">Heherson &#x27;Sonny&#x27; Alvarez: Keeper of the flame</a></li></ul>

MANILA - Senators on Monday recalled contributions of late Sen. Heherson Alvarez, saying the former lawmaker who succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) should have been given a proper send-off in the chamber for his contributions as a seasoned legislator.

MANILA - Senators on Monday recalled contributions of late Sen. Heherson Alvarez, saying the former lawmaker who succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) should have been given a proper send-off in the chamber for his contributions as a seasoned legislator.

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Senate honors Alvarez sans necrological services

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 04, 2020 10:07 PM PHT

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