Tag: Senator Miriam Santiago

Senator Miriam Santiago ‘feeling better’

MAKATI City, Philippines — After being rushed to the intensive care unit of Makati Medical Center on Monday, Feisty Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is now feeling better, according to a statement released by her office. Santiago’s staff also confirmed that she is scheduled to return from ICU to a private room. The lady senator, who has stage 4 lung cancer, was rushed by ambulance to the hospital on Monday due to complications. Just last month, the […]

Despite being last place in survey, Senator Santiago will not back down from election

VALENZUELA City, Philippines – Senator Miriam Santiago does not have any intentions of backing down from the presidential elections despite being in the last place in the various surveys. In a forum that she attended in Valenzuela City, Senator Santiago criticized the other candidates, saying that they don’t have the right to run due to allegations of corruption and immorality, citing as example the other candidates’ early advertising campaign even before the start of the […]

Senator Miriam Santiago hits corrupt government officials

Presidential candidate, sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago hit corrupt government officials and vowed to end corruption during a “meet and greet” with her supporters at the University of the Philippines Bahay ng Alumni in Diliman, Quezon City. Santiago stressed that she has conquered her stage-four lung cancer and decided to seek the presidency one more time. She earlier confirmed that Sen. “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., will be her running mate in the 2016 elections. (Eagle News Service)

Senator Miriam Santiago announces presidential bid

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said she will run for president in the 2016 elections. She added that her running mate is someone who has already declared his or her candidacy. Santiago said the Philippines will be a “much better country” if she will become president in the “near future.” “Today, this country suffers from the malaise of plunder. Plunder is when you look at a person and the person looks at you and you feel like eating […]

Palace joins prayers for Senator Santiago’s recovery

MANILA, Philippines — The Palace said it joins the people in praying for Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s recovery from lung cancer.“We are one with the people in praying for the health and recovery of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a text message to members of the Malacañang Press Corps. Senator Santiago earlier announced in a press briefing that she has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.She said she […]

Sen. Santiago Diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer

Senator Mirriam Defensor Santiago announced that she has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. In press conference, the 69-year-old senator said she has cancer in her left lung which makes it hard for her to breathe. According to the Senator, it was better that the public knew about her true condition rather than coming up with assumptions with regards to her absences in the Senate and her position as a Justice in the International […]