FORMER Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay passed on June 12 morning due to pneumonia, according to Cecile Joaquin Yasay, the Secretary’s wife, who clarified that the pneumonia was triggered by the recurrence of cancer, and it is not COVID-19. Secretary Yasay had remission from cancer ten years ago, but the ailment recurred.

Before his passing, Secretary Yasay was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Christian University. Early on, he was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Central Philippine University where he finished his AB in Political Science.

Panay News. (2020, June 13). Sec. Yasay passed on, leaves legacy of integrity in gov’t service. Panay News, B2.