President Duterte pays last respects to PCSO Board Member Atty. Loreto Ata

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte looks at the remains of the late Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Board Member Atty. Loreto Ata during his wake visit to
the Loyola Memorial Chapel in Makati City on July 10, 2017. ALBERT ALCAIN/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

President Rodrigo Duterte paid his last respects to Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Board Member Atty. Loreto Ata on Monday, July 10.

The President arrived at the Loyola Memorial Chapels and Crematorium in Makati City at 11:54 p.m. to personally express his condolences to the bereaved family of Ata.

The President offered a silent prayer for Ata, who died due to cardiac arrest last Friday. Ata had been battling lung cancer for more than two years.

Ata was the partner of Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea at the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra & Suarez Law Firm.

Medialdea, Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar, and Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre also attended the wake.###PND

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