Former CHEd chair succumbs to cancer

BACOLOD CITY — The former chairman of the Commission on Higher Education died on Wednesday after battling colon cancer for almost a decade, his brother-in-law announced here yesterday.

Bro. Rolando Ramos Dizon, 64, a De La Salle brother, was with his family and friends when he passed on at 7:09 p.m. inside his room at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute in Dasmariñas, Cavite, said former Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella.

“We thank everybody who has been praying with us for Brother Rolly,” Puentevella added.

Dizon, who was CHED chairman from 2003 to 2004, was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 2003 and underwent surgery in Houston Texas, said Puentevella.

Last month, he added, his brother-in-law underwent further surgery. He said Dizon had been declared brain dead since Tuesday night. His family and friends were with him when he died, Puentevella said. /INQUIRER