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Lenie Robredo holds the urn of Interior and Local Government Secretary Robredo for its final resting place at Eternal Gardens in Naga City. (Photo: Danny Pata)

  On March 29, 2003, then Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo delivered this address during the Commencement Exercises of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City. Here is the text taken from the website of the Naga City Government (http://www.facebook.com/l/wAQHqO1H3/www.naga.gov.ph/cityhall/ademu2003.html) FOLLOW YOUR HEART; PURSUE YOUR DREAM by Jesse M. Robredo, Naga City Mayor Reverend Fr. Ben Nebres, Distinguished Members of the Board of Trustees, Read More …

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By MANUEL BUENCAMINO INTERAKSYON.COM Decency, it is often said, is a liability in politics. That’s why lowlifes excel in politics. Public service should not be confused with politics. Public service is what decent human beings like Jesse Robredo do. Politics is what scoundrels do. It is important to make that distinction because public service and politics often intersect. Jesse Robredo ventured into politics to become Read More …

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Six friends chosen to serve as pall bearers prepare to carry the casket of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo into the historic Kalayaan Hall in Malacañang. Inset shows President Aquino standing beside the flag-draped casket during the memorial service in the palace. By Manila Standard Today http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/08/25/malacanang-ritual/

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Source: The Daily Tribune Home is Robredo, home from the sea The body of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo arrived at 10:30 a.m. at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City. With him was his wife Leni, together with honorary pall bearers DoTC Chief Mar Roxas, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, Kaya Natin! Movement Harvey Keh, Cavite Rep. Joseph Abaya, Urban Poor Associates Alice Murphy and Joan de Read More …