Miriam Defensor Santiago
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Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was known for
Defensor Santiago in 2012
Interns of Defensor-Santiago's program Summer Sa Senado
Senators Defensor-Santiago and Bongbong Marcos in Batac during the 2016 presidential campaign
Quezon Service Cross
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The Quezon Service Cross is the highest order of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to only a handful of Filipinos since its creation in 1946.
Miriam Defensor Santiago
…Philippines and an elected judge of the International Criminal Court. She is the sole female recipient of the Philippines' highest national honor, the Quezon Service Cross. In 1988, Defensor Santiago was named laureate of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service, with a citation for bold and moral leadership in…
Quezon Service Cross design specification
Quezon Service Cross given to Jesse Robredo in 2012
Robredo on a 2013 stamp of the Philippines featuring the QSC
President Rodrigo Duterte posthumously confers the Quezon Service Cross to Miriam Defensor-Santiago at the Malacañan Palace on December 3, 2018. Accepting the award is Santiago's husband, Narciso Santiago, Jr.