Our beloved Chairperson of IBON Foundation’s Board of Trustees, Bishop Solito Toquero, has quietly passed on. He had been a member of the Board since 2009 and became our Chairperson in 2017.
Bishop Sol’s modest and gentle manner belied the staunchness of his beliefs and how he firmly guided IBON’s work. When the red-tagging and attacks on progressive organizations started worsening he said simply, and with such earnestness, that he would offer his life if needed to defend all that we stood for.
We miss him dearly but shall always remain emboldened by his quiet, defiant courage.