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'His legacy lives on': VP Leni Robredo pays tribute to husband Jesse on 64th birthday

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Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="" His="" legacy="" lives="" VP="" Leni="" Robredo="" pays="" tribute="" to="" husband="" Jesse="" on="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/27/leni-jesse-robredo.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Vice President Leni Robredo penned a short but meaningful greeting to her husband, former interior secretary Jesse Robredo, who would have celebrated his 64th birthday on Friday. </p><p>&quot;Remembering one great husband and father, whose extraordinariness was in his ordinariness,&quot; she wrote.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: VP <a href="https://twitter.com/lenirobredo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lenirobredo</a> greets her late husband Jesse Robredo who would have celebrated his 64th today.<br/><br/>(📷: VP Leni Facebook page)<a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/ogsqRTBM9z">pic.twitter.com/ogsqRTBM9z</a></p>— Jervis Manahan (@JervisManahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JervisManahan/status/1530054161928052737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Jesse Robredo would have been 64 if not for the plane crash that took his life nearly 10 years ago.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/08/21/12/robredos-body-found">Robredo&#x27;s body found</a></li></ul><p>&quot;His life, though short, was purposeful. It&#x27;s the kind of life we strive to live every single day,&quot; she added.</p><p>A virtual mass was celebrated in honor of Jesse&#x27;s life, sponsored by Kaya Natin Movement.</p><p>The vice president and her daughters, while still in the US, attended the mass virtually.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">VP <a href="https://twitter.com/lenirobredo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lenirobredo</a>, together with her daughters, spoke after the zoom mass for Jesse Robredo&#x27;s birthday.<br/><br/>&quot;We&#x27;ll be home soon, pauwi na kami!&quot; she said.<a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/cBOkQGB9ys">pic.twitter.com/cBOkQGB9ys</a></p>— Jervis Manahan (@JervisManahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JervisManahan/status/1530055021030612993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Before the final blessing, she was given the chance to speak a few words.</p><p>&quot;Natutuwa kami kasi on the 10 years that Jesse has not been with us, his legacy lives on, not just in our lives but in the lives of many lives he has also touched,&quot; Robredo said.</p><p>&quot;Masyadong malaking blessing po iyon sa amin, kasi wala naman kaming ibang hinangad kundi maappreciate yung buhay ng aking asawa at tatay ng aking mga anak. We are very grateful that you continue sharing this time with us to remember one great husband and father,&quot; she added.</p><p>Robredo said she&#x27;s excited to return to the country soon.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re going home soon. Pauwi na kami, and we&#x27;re excited to see everyone again,&quot; she said.</p><p>The vice president is set to launch her Angat Buhay NGO on July 1, her first day as a private citizen.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/13/22/robredo-announces-launch-of-angat-buhay-ngo-in-july">Robredo announces launch of Angat Buhay NGO in July</a></li></ul><p>Robredo placed second in the 2022 presidential race, after six years of serving as the country&#x27;s vice president. 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'His legacy lives on': VP Leni Robredo pays tribute to husband Jesse on 64th birthday

Jervis Manahan,

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Published May 27, 2022 03:41 PM PHT

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