Recovering Miriam Santiago resurfaces after announcing she has cancer | Inquirer News

Recovering Miriam Santiago resurfaces after announcing she has cancer

By: - Reporter / @MAgerINQ
/ 10:57 AM September 10, 2014

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Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Two months after she had announced that she had cancer, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago returned to the Senate on Wednesday to attend the hearing of the powerful Commission on Appointments.

Santiago is co-chairperson of the CA’s commission on foreign affairs committee that will deliberate on the confirmation hearing of career ambassadors and Foreign Service officers.

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In a press conference last July 2, the senator announced that she was suffering from Stage 4 lung cancer.

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But in a statement last August 27, Santiago disclosed that she had “licked” cancer and hinted on running for president in 2016.

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