Dulce Maramba Quintans-Saguisag (September 5, 1944 – November 8, 2007) was a Filipino politician and former Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development under the administration of former President Joseph Estrada.
[1] She met her future husband, Rene Saguisag, a student at Harvard Law School, while studying at Boston College.
[1] Dulce Saguisag was appointed Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) by President Joseph Estrada in October 2000.
[1] Saguisag became one of eleven of Estrada's cabinet members who withdrew support for the embattled President on January 19, 2001.
[1]) Dulce Saguisag was killed in a serious car accident on November 8, 2007, on Osmeña Highway in Makati, while on their way home to Palanan from one of their usual late-night ballroom dancing sessions at Byke's Cafe along Chino Roces Avenue.
[3] Two other people riding in the same Toyota Grandia van as the Saguisags, including Filipino dance instructor, Rhea Imelda Obong, and driver, Felipe Calvario, were also seriously injured in the accident.
[3] The Toyota that Ducle Saguisag was riding in, which was travelling on Pasay Road, was struck by a dump truck at the corner of the Osmeña Highway in Makati at about 2 A.M.[3] The dump truck had reportedly been speeding when it ran a traffic light and struck the left side of the Saguisags' van, killing Dulce.
[4] The service began with a two-hour Roman Catholic mass at the chapel of St. Scholastica’s College in Manila, which Saguisag had attended.
[4] Dulce Saguisag was buried in the Garden of Reverence section of the Manila Memorial Park cemetery in Parañaque.
[5] Their youngest daughter 16-year-old gymnast Kaissa Saguisag's knee injury ended her quest for gold at the 24th Southeast Asian Games.