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12th President of the new millennium: Majority Leader Joel Villanueva salutes former President Fidel V. Ramos, who died Sunday, July 31, 2022, at the Makati Medical Center. Villanueva said the country’s 12th president ushered the nation into the new millennium “through his vision of the Philippines 2000 as a newly industrialized country.” It was Ramos who signed into law Republic Act No. 7796 which established Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in 1994. “His signature jump and the tens of push-ups he made even in his twilight years demonstrated that Filipinos are not weak or small people... And it’s true enough that President Ramos was able to match his mantra and agility with economic performance,” Villanueva said during Monday's plenary session August 1, 2022. (Bibo Nuevaespaña/Senate PRIB)