PRESIENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday night paid his respects to the late Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople at the Heritage Memorial Chapels in Taguig.
Also at wake were former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco, and former Sen. Manny Villar and his wife Sen. Cynthia Villar.
Marcos on Tuesday called Ople’s sudden demise a great loss for the country.
He lamented Ople’s death, saying that he lost a friend. He also praised Ople’s excellent service to the people.
“It’s a very very sad news. I have lost a friend. The Philippines has lost a friend. Secretary Ople is a special person with a deep compassion really really for the people that she had cared for, mainly the migrant workers,” Marcos said.
