THE Senate on Monday granted citizenship to four foreigners, one of who is the son of the Chinese billionaire who donated a multimillion drug rehabilitation facility in Visayas and Mindanao.

The new Filipino citizens are Mohamad Wassim Nanaa, a Syrian; Margarita Melian Ortigas, a Philippine-born Spanish; Kitshon Soriano Kho, a Chinese businessman; and Hans Guenter Schoof, a German philanthropist.

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