Former senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta, 75

Former senator Maria Teresa “Tessie” Aquino-Oreta has died, her son Malabon City Mayor Antolin “Lenlen” Oreta 3rd said on his Facebook page on Friday. She was 75.

“On behalf of my family, it is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my mom at 10:48 p.m. of May 14,” the younger Oreta wrote. “Former Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta was a public servant who devoted her life to the country and her adopted hometown of Malabon. She was a loving grandmother, mother, and wife and a friend to those whose lives she touched.”