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Former senator John Osmeña passes away

Former senator John Osmeña passes away

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Updated Feb 03, 2021 03:42 AM PHT

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Former senator John Henry Osmeña passed away Tuesday afternoon, according to his family. From former senator John Henry Osmeña's Facebook page ]

MANILA (UPDATE) - Former senator and Toledo, Cebu mayor John Henry Osmeña passed away Tuesday afternoon, according to his family.

He was 86.

Osmeña died at 2:45 p.m. at his condominium in Cebu City and his remains were immediately cremated, his sister Annie Osmeña-Aboitiz said in a statement.

Schedule of masses for him will be announced soon, she added.

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The cause of death is unknown as of posting time.

Osmeña was diagnosed with colon cancer in July 2019 and was receiving treatment.

Last July, Osmeña was able to recover from the coronavirus infection, saying he was very much alive after months of medical battle.

Osmeña was hospitalized in January 9 for pain and was discharged by January 16.

A third-generation member of the famous Osmeña political clan of Cebu, including being the grandson of the late President Sergio Osmeña Sr., John Henry started serving in Congress in 1969 at the House of Representatives, before taking a seat at the Senate in 1971.

However, he was forced to go into exile in the US after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines in the same year.

Osmeña was the first political exile to return to the country to help in the fight against the Marcos dictatorship, after Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino was killed in 1983.

He went on to serve the Senate for 4 terms, earning the moniker "Lone Ranger" for taking on tough political stances despite overwhelming odds.

Osmeña authored bills like The Municipal Telephone Act (Republic Act 6849) and The Public Telecommunications Act of 1995 (RA 7925).

He also spearheaded the creation of the Department of Energy (DOE) through his bill which was signed into law in 1992.-- with a report from Joworski Alipon

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