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Gov't officials flock to Miriam Santiago's wake

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation2/09/30/20160929-miriam-marcos-bs-1.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Former Senator Bongbong Marcos visits the wake of the late senator Miriam Defensor Santiago at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Quezon City on Thursday. Miriam Santiago, 71, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning after battling stage 4 lung cancer. <em>Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Government officials have paid their last respects to the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.</p><p>Among the first to visit Santiago&#x27;s wake at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Quezon City was former senator Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr., who was her running mate in the 2016 presidential elections.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Dating senador Bongbong Marcos, dumating sa burol ni Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPMiriam?src=hash">#RIPMiriam</a> | via <a href="https://twitter.com/aprilrafales">@aprilrafales</a> <a href="https://t.co/AI3e2tc1pT">pic.twitter.com/AI3e2tc1pT</a></p>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/781504793139253248">September 29, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Also seen visiting the cathedral was former senator and now Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano, who worked on the controversial Reproductive Health bill with Santiago when they were still in the Senate.</p><p>&quot;She would always be concerned with how I am and people don&#x27;t know that about her so when I saw her I was sad she was somebody who always expressed concern for how I was and how everything is,&quot; she told reporters.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rep. Pia Cayetano remembers Sen. Miriam Santiago as a loving and considerate mentor who always looked after her well-being. | <a href="https://twitter.com/aprilrafales">@aprilrafales</a> <a href="https://t.co/g8MhuKsu66">pic.twitter.com/g8MhuKsu66</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/781521146206302209">September 29, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, United Kingdom Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad, and former Pampanga Rep. Mikey Arroyo also paid their respects to Santiago at the wake.</p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte had earlier said that he also wishes to visit the wake. He sent a funeral wreath ahead of time.</p><p>But it&#x27;s not just prominent personalities who are allowed to see the popular lady senator for the last time. The <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/09/29/16/burol-ni-senadora-miriam-bukas-sa-publiko"><strong>public</strong></a> are also encourage to visit and pay their respects.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: Applause welcomes remains of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago for wake at Immaculate Conception Cathedral <a href="https://t.co/jCVGpKFepi">pic.twitter.com/jCVGpKFepi</a></p>— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANCALERTS/status/781474732621258752">September 29, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Santiago <strong><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/29/16/miriam-defensor-santiago-passes-away" target="_blank">passed away</a></strong> on Thursday in her sleep while at the St Luke&#x27;s Medical Center in Taguig. She was 71.</p><p>She will be <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/29/16/miriam-santiago-to-be-buried-beside-son" target="_blank"><strong>buried beside her son Alexander</strong></a>, according to her brother General Benjamin Defensor.</p>

<p>The public and several prominent personalities have begun pouring in to pay their last respects to the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.</p>

The public and several prominent personalities have begun pouring in to pay their last respects to the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.