EULOGY FOR REP. RAUL VELOSO DEL MAR
Thursday, November 26, 2020
National
(delivered by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman on 26 November 2020)
Representative Raul Veloso Del Mar and I, among many others, were neophytes in the 8th Congress which convened on July 27, 1987, a little over a year after the EDSA I People Power Revolution. That was three decades and three years or 33 years ago.
When the current 18th Congress convened on July 22, 2019, 32 lears later, Raul and I were among the 10 survivors of the 8th Congress who were elected to the current Congress.
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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House
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Press Statements
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Press Statements
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National
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Press Statements
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