MANILA, Philippines — Former Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Wencelito Andanar died of liver cancer on Thursday, his son Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar announced. He was 73.
“It is with deep sorrow that we bid farewell to my father, Atty. Wencelito Andanar, who succumbed to liver cancer this morning, 7:50 am, at the Veteran’s Memorial Medical Center,” Secretary Andanar said in a statement.
“My father was the greatest man and mentor I have ever known. He was my idol and I looked up to him, so much, that he inspired me to join public service,” he added.
The elder Andanar served as Interior undersecretary from 200…
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