DALY CITY – Activism has lost a champion with the passing of Gina Lopez, who dedicated her life to making her country healthier and safer for all, especially the vulnerable.birthday on December 27. She left this world on August 19, but not before making a final appeal to peers and benefactors to commit to continuing their work, says an intimate.
Even though I had married into her clan and we shared a passion to serve through education, our paths hardly crossed as we lived on opposite sides of the globe. We followed the beat of a different drum. That path she chose was remarkable unto itself. What astounded the columnist even more was the life his new acquaintance had left to fulfill her calling. He went on to detail the accomplishments of her industrialist grandfather and his politician brother, how her father was arrested and imprisoned, their families singled out by the Marcos regime for giving platform in their media network to oppositionists, among many allegations.
After the fall of the Marcos dictatorship, the Lopezes and their allies returned to their beloved homeland to restore democracy and rebuild their lives.Her family reorganized and revitalized their many enterprises, but for Gina Lopez, the natural inclination was humanitarian, above all.
Her efforts drew the attention of Pres. Rodolfo Duterte who appointed her Secretary of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources days after a courtesy visit to Malacanan where she gave a presentation on the urgent need for better environmental protection policies. “So fierce in her love of for her country, so focused, so brimful of energy and love,” her aunt and namesake MaríaPaz “Tootsie” Moreno offered praise.
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