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Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, in a sit-down interview with INQUIRER.net on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. — Photo by Ryan Leagogo
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MANILA, Philippines — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile is still fighting for his life, according to his family.
Citing information from Enrile’s son Jack, columnist Ramon Tulfo said in a Facebook post that as of 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Enrile was still alive at an undisclosed hospital, but “his father may go anytime soon.”
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According to Jack, official records list Enrile’s birthdate as Feb. 14, 1924, making him 101 years old. However, records retrieved from the Aglipayan Church in Cagayan show he was born on June 22, 1922, making him 103.
He was baptized into the Iglesia Filipina Independiente as Juanito Furagganan.
An Inquirer profile reported that he converted to Roman Catholicism at age 20.
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