I WAS supposed to write about the cultural practices we developed and saw in the recent state of the nation address when I received the sad news from my girlfriend May-i that Gen. Fidel Valdez Ramos AFP (retired), President of the Philippines from June 30, 1992 to June 30, 1998, died of complications due to Covid-19 last Sunday, July 31, 2022. He was 94.

The columnist meets FVR for the first time on Aug. 30, 1998.

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