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Former Sen. Santanina Rasul passed away on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. Photo from her daughter Amina Rasul's Facebook post

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Former senator Santanina Rasul passes away

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1732868069924Former-Sen.-Santanina-Rasul--29112024.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Former Sen. Santanina Rasul passed away on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. Photo from her daughter Amina Rasul&#x27;s Facebook post"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Sen. Santanina Rasul passed away on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. <em>Photo from her daughter Amina Rasul&#x27;s Facebook post </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Former senator Santanina Rasul passed away on Thursday night, her daughter Amina Rasul announced on Facebook on Friday. She was 94.</p><p>Amina said the former legislator &quot;left us peacefully last night and has returned to Allah,&quot; without giving other details.</p><p>&quot;This is how I will remember her - a gentle soul, proud of her heritage and her peoples and unafraid to fight for her convictions and advocacies,&quot; Amina said.</p><p>According to her Senate profile, Rasul was born on September 14, 1930 in Siasi, Sulu.</p><p>She graduated valedictorian at Laum, Tabawan Elementary School in south Ubian, Tawi-Tawi in 1941 and first honor at Sulu High School in Jolo, Sulu in 1948. </p><p>She obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, cum laude, at the University of the Philippines in 1952.</p><p>After graduating from UP, Rasul worked as a public school teacher. In 1960, she entered politics after getting elected as barrio councilor at Moore Avenue, Jolo, Sulu for two terms. </p><p>&quot;She was an educator at heart since she graduated from UP, even when she served in the Senate. I remember her taking a bus to travel - after we had lost everything during the Jolo Siege - just to train teachers who wanted to learn how to teach adult illiterates,&quot; her daughter said.</p><p>Rasul was elected senator from 1987 to 1992 and from 1992 to 1995.</p><p>&quot;As a lawmaker she authored eight laws as Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Civil Service and Government Recognition and the Committee on Women and Family Relations,&quot; her Senate profile said.</p><p>Rasul&#x27;s remains will be brought to the Blue Mosque in Taguig on Saturday noon.</p><p>After there, the remains will be flown to Jolo &quot;where she will lie beside Papa.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Former senator Santanina Rasul passed away on Thursday night. She was 94.</p>