THE bill seeking to rename Agham Road and BIR Road in Quezon City after the late former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has lapsed into law without President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s signature, Malacañang said Saturday.
Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said the President 'allowed' Republic Act 11963 to lapse into law on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.'RA 11963, which is titled, an 'Act Renaming the Agham Road and the BIR Road, Stretching from North Avenue, Traversing Through Quezon Avenue, Up to East Avenue, All Located in Quezon City, As Senator Miriam P.
She held various positions in government, most notably as a multi-term senator.After serving as a regional trial court judge, Immigration commissioner and then as secretary of Agrarian Reform, Defensor-Santiago ran for president but lost in the 1992 race. She ran and lost again in the 1998 presidential polls.She served as senator from 1995 to 2001, and then from 2004 to 2016.
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