Ex-PCGG commissioner passes away due to heart failure

Former Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) commissioner Ricardo Abcede passed away on MaundyThursday due to heart failure. His death was confirmed to GMA News by his nephew Michael Anthony Abcede. The former PCGG commissioner's remains are at the Loyola Memorial Chapel in Guadalupe, Makati. The report said the elder Abcede had suffered from stroke last year. Abcede, who passed the Bar in 1973, served as the PCGG's commissioner for assets and management, replacing former PCGG commissioner Ruben Carranza Jr. The PCGG is a special body created by late President Corazon Aquino in February 1986 –  her first Executive Order - to recover supposed ill-gotten wealth by her predecessor, late President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies. Abcede was also the national chairman and spokesman for the Filipino Lawyers for Good Governance. He was also the PCGG's representative in the inter-agency Privitization Council chaired by former Finance Secretary Margarito "Gary" Teves. — Mark Merueñas /LBG, GMA News