Former Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin Passes Away at 55.

A loyal and responsible public servant,  former budget secretary Emilia Boncodin passes away yesterday afternoon at the age of 55. The cause of death is cardiac arrest due to renal disease. Boncodin served as a secretary in 2001 and quit her post in 2005 during the height of the 'hello Garci' controversy. She was also a professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines and the Lyceum of the Philippines.