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Agriculture executive Savellano dies at 65

Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Deogracias Victor ‘DV’ Savellano passed away this morning. He was 65.

The DA official also served as Ilocos Sur first district representative to the Lower House from 2016 to 2022. He was also the governor of the same province.

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The National Tobacco Administration (NTA), an attached agency of the DA, where he served as oversight official expressed its condolences in a Facebook post.

“His dedication, leadership, and invaluable contributions to the agency and to the upliftment of the life of the tobacco farmers will forever be remembered,” the NTA statement read.

In another Facebook post, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur thanked Savellano for his lifework in public service and extended its sympathies to his family.

Savellano was married to actress Dina Bonnevie.

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