Photo Release

BENITEZ, 102: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon (3rd from right) receives the urn containing the ashes of former Senator Helena Z. Benitez, who passed away last Thursday. Benitez, the 7th woman elected as senator in Philippine history, authored laws on education, culture, arts and the environment, such as the Philippine Eagle Protection Act and Republic Act No. 6148 declaring Mount Iglit, Mount Baco and adjoining areas in Mindoro island as a national park. She died at the age of 102. In photo are, from left, Senators Risa Hontiveros (partly hidden), and Vicente Sotto III, Mrs. Mila Drilon, and Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Alfredo Benitez. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/19 July 2016)