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Caucus of Development NGO Networks Introduction

This is a compilation of profiles of selected national candidates for the May 2010 Philippine elections. These profiles contain basic information, significant achievements and known advocacies of the national candidates. Much as we would want to include all the national candidates for the 2010 elections, time and resources serve as a significant limitation in accomplishing this.

The information in these profiles was taken from a research, mainly using various websites including the official websites of the candidates. The initial drafts of most of these profiles were presented to and discussed at seven (7) regional consultations last July – August 2009 that also discussed the draft of the Development and Reform Agenda for 2010-2013. The feedback from those consultations was used to improve the profiles. After the deadline for the filing of candidacies last December 1, 2009, we added a handful of profiles, particularly for the candidates that we had not expected before.

This research and publication were undertaken by the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (CODE-NGO) with the intention of helping Filipino voters in critically assessing and evaluating the national candidates. CODE-NGO encourages the use, translation, adaptation and copying of this material for non-commercial use, with appropriate credit given to CODE-NGO.

We acknowledge with gratitude the contribution of the researchers, Ms. Anne Marie Lim and Ms. Paula Bianca Lapuz, the project staff, Mr. Tristan Frederick Tresvalles, Mr. Patrick Lim and Ms. Ma. Magdalena Labios-Demata, and the lay-out artist, Mr. Ignacio Chiong. We also thank the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for its support for this project.

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The Development and Reform Agenda for 2010-2013 is also available at that website.

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PRESIDENTIABLES Liberal Party

Benigno Simeon III C. “NOYNOY” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies AQUINO Senator Aquino authored the Workers Productivity Incentives Act of 2007 that Educational Attainment would grant annual productivity incentive s "ACHELOROF!RTS -AJORIN%CONOMICS bonuses to all workers in the private sector – Ateneo de University amounting to no less than 10% of the company’s net profits before taxes. He also led the call for the renegotiation of Japan – Professional/Public Service Record Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement s 3ENATORn 0RESENT (JPEPA) and voted against its ratification. s 2EPRESENTATIVE RD$ISTRICTOF4ARLAC He authored the Superior Responsibility Act – 1998-2001, 2001-2004, 2004-2007 of 2008 which would adopt the doctrine of s %CONOMIST “Superior Responsibility” for all military and police personnel, in response to extra-judicial Significant Achievements killings, particularly human rights activists and media practitioners. He is considered to be an active and Senator Aquino signed the impeachment independent-minded legislator but Aquino complaint against former President Estrada family friend Reli German has described and authored bills that would promote him as “seen by most people as `a political transparency in government such as the lightweight, (with) his transformation not yet Government Procurement Reform Act and the bill that would add Congressional oversight to sufficiently remarkable.’” budget decisions undertaken by the President, including budget rescission, reservation, and On the other hand, former Finance Secretary deferral. Ramon Del Rosario has written – “We must reject and vigorously fight corruption because He also supports the Reproductive Health it is a social evil that contributes greatly to Bill, though he has also said that his position is “more properly called Responsible poverty. Corruption causes poverty not only Parenthood.” because it diverts already meager resources from development and social programs that At the time of the 2004 Hacienda Luisita ought to benefit the poor, but also because killings, Senator Aquino himself drew flak from it discourages investments that create jobs. various groups after he said that leftists had If we are to reduce poverty and improve the goaded the workers in the Hacienda to go on lives of our people, we must fight corruption. strike. He drew further criticism from human rights groups following a spate of killings of And to do this, we must have leadership that Hacienda’s union leaders, even as he issued is honest, leadership that we can trust. statements condemning the killings. This is why the first qualities I seek from our He is in favor of the additional 2 years basic next president are the credibility and moral education proposal because it will increase ascendancy to lead our country back to the level of competitiveness of students and make us at par with the global education the path of a just society, where notions of standards. right and wrong matter, where corruption is vigorously rejected, where crime does not He will not impose new taxes or increase tax pay. rates because the problem is the tax collection efficiency. Do I best find these qualities in Joseph Regarding the proposal to give the late Estrada? In ? In ? President a hero’s burial, Or in Noynoy? Each can make his own Aquino did not endorse it and suggested choice. I choose Noynoy.” instead that a commission be created to study the issue (The Manila Times, Feb 22, 2010). 3 Website: www.noynoy.ph Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES PRESIDENTIABLES Party John Carlos G. “JC” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda DE LOS REYES and Other Major Advocacies

Educational Attainment During his term, he focused on the poor, the youth s "!IN4HEOLOGY &RANCISCAN and cooperatives. University of Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.A. His free legal assistance program under an informal project named JUSTICE CRUSADE has s 0UBLIC !DMINISTRATION been widely successful among his constituents. (graduate studies) - University He is presently prioritizing the institutionalization of the of the Human Rights Action Centers, s "ACHELOROF,AW 3AINT,OUIS the office mandated by law for the protection University and prevention of human rights violations in the barangay. Professional/Public Service Record s #OUNCILOR /LONGAPO #ITY He has also spoken out and campaigned against 1995-1998, 2007-Present illegal drugs, rampant violations of worker’s rights at Hanjin, Subic Bay and has campaigned against illegal fish cages in the area. He has also led protests Significant Achievements against the proposed coal power plant and has been outspoken in criticizing government’s plan He helped propagate the National to open more casinos in Subic. Renewal Movement and the Ang Kapatiran National or The boldest statement he has made for good the Alliance for the Common Good, a governance is the filing of numerous cases before registered political party that seeks to the Ombudsman against high ranking government promote the politics of genuine social officials where he himself is the complainant. concern. His passion and vision is to unceasingly work to fight and defeat massive, enslaving poverty, a He is presently the national animator mission to be accomplished not only in of Solidarity Philippines, a movement but in the whole country. to pro-actively advance the Social Justice Agenda of the Church and De los Reyes ruled out a population campaign Executive-director of Breaking the that would promote the use of contraception, Yoke of Poverty Foundation whose although he conceded that rapid population project is Jubilee homes for the Poor, growth is hindering economic development in the a housing project for 60 families. country. His approach is to curb population growth by educating couples on responsible parenthood In the 2007 elections, among 27 local and through natural means of family planning. and national candidates, he was the He is against the Reproductive Health Bill, adding lone winner of Ang Kapatiran Party, that he is against abortion in all cases and the use placing second among ten slots for of birth control pills and condoms even among the Olongapo City Council. This was married couples. achieved despite a decade of absence from local politics. On political dynasties, he will strive to have implementing legislation that will give life to the Constitutional provision against political dynasties.

He stated that he will be the first President to implement the fundamental law to give education the biggest share of the budget. He would enhance the education budget and orient the education 4 sector to make graduates serve our country.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 PRESIDENTIABLES Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Joseph M. “ERAP” ESTRADA EJERCITO

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s %NGINEERING n -APUA )NSTITUTE OF Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Technology On March 21, 2000, President Joseph Professional/Public Service Record Estrada declared an “all-out-war” against the MILF. During the war, the Catholic s 0RESIDENTOFTHE0HILIPPINESn Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines 2001 (CBCP) asked Estrada to have a cease-fire s 6ICE0RESIDENTOFTHE0HILIPPINESn with MILF, but Estrada opposed the idea 1992-1998 arguing that a cease-fire would cause more s 3ENATORn  terrorist attacks. For the next three months s -AYOROF3AN*UANn  of the war, Camp Abubakar, headquarters of the MILF, fell along with 13 other major Significant Achievements camps and 43 minor camps. The MILF later declared a jihad on the government. On In 1972, he was selected as one of the Ten July 10 of the same year, the President went Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in Public to and raised the Philippine flag symbolizing victory. After the war Estrada Administration by the Philippine Jaycees. said, “... will speed up government efforts to bring genuine and lasting peace and He established the Movie Workers Welfare development in Mindanao.” Foundation (MOWELFUND), Inc. which has now become a robust organization that As President, he ordered the removal of provides industry workers with financial and all sovereign guarantees on contracts for professional assistance. public projects which would require the people to assume the financial losses of As a senator, he was one of the so-called private companies doing business with the “Magnificent 12” who voted to terminate government. the RP-US Military Bases Agreement in Under the Estrada administration, 1991 leading to the withdrawal of American agriculture received greater priority, while servicemen from the Clark Air Base in the national government likewise took and the Subic Naval Base in steps to bring down the cost of medicine. Zambales. Mr. Estrada’s administration has been In 1989, the Free Press cited him as one criticized for its slow pace of land of the Three Outstanding Senators of the distribution under CARP and for its actions Year. on the coconut levy funds that favored his ally Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco.

He was charged with and convicted of plunder, but was quickly pardoned by President Arroyo in 2006.

Website: www.erap.ph

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Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES PRESIDENTIABLES Bagumbayan-VNP

Richard J. “DICK” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies GORDON Senator Gordon authored the Election Automation Act of 1997. He co-authored the Educational Attainment Biofuels Act of 2006 and the Magna Carta of s "ACHELOR OF !RTS -AJOR IN (ISTORY Women of 2009. He voted for the Comprehensive and Government – Ateneo de Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reform Manila University (CARPER). s "ACHELOROF,AWSn5NIVERSITYOFTHE Senator Gordon opposed the unconstitutional Philippines People’s Initiative and was one of the triumphant parties in the case of Lambino and Aumentado Professional/Public Service Record vs. COMELEC. s 3ENATORn 0RESENT s 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT OF 4OURISM In his website, Senator Gordon declares that: (DOT) – 2001-2004 “he will prioritize education as the key to national s &OUNDING #HAIRMAN AND development to compete and lead in the new Administrator, Subic Bay global economy, Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) – 1992-1998 that there must be adequate access to health s -AYOR /LONGAPO#ITYn  care for all people, especially the needy, 1988-1996 that jobs be created for the people so that s ,AWYER they will not need to seek their fortunes abroad but rather devote their talents directly to their Significant Achievements country and their families, that we must assist our people in securing decent Senator Gordon is credited for transforming homes to live in and land to work and build on, Olongapo’s “Sin City” image into a model so they can be dignified and productive citizens, city. This he achieved through innovative yet simple programs involving an active that we must strengthen and reinforce the family citizenry in solving crime, ensuring police as the foundation of our nation to develop accountability, efficient garbage collection, proper values and virtues in individuals and build proper health and sanitation and orderly solid character and public transport and traffic. He also that we must protect and preserve the transformed the moribund Philippine environment for our posterity.” tourism campaign with his campaign: “WOW Philippines! More than the usual!” He proposes to have a bill of duties and obligations wherein the citizens should also have an obligation to the government and to his or He is the recipient of many awards in public her country. service such as the Silver Humanitarian Award of the Philippine National Red On economic development in Mindanao, fixing Cross and the Ten Outstanding Young Men the moral, legal and the physical infrastructure (TOYM) Award. is the solution. This can be done by removing corrupt officials, enforcing the law and change He is an active volunteer of the Red Cross the perception that Mindanao is a war zone. for the last 25 years and has recently been According to him, making the country look good elected member of the Governing Board to foreign investment will generate and increase of the International Federation of the Red job opportunities. A predictable investment Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He climate should be established. personally led numerous relief, rescue and Regarding raising taxes he responded that we rehabilitation operations. The senator also need to make sacrifices if we want progress and initiated the creation of an Asian Disaster development. It would be a lie to promise that Training and Logistics Center in Subic Bay taxes will not be raised. 6 to help plan, prepare for and to mitigate calamities and disasters in the region. Website: www.dickgordon2010.com NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 PRESIDENTIABLES Independent Jamby A. “JAMBY” MADRIGAL

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other s .O DATA ON TERTIARY Major Advocacies education Senator Madrigal co-authored the Magna Carta for Women and the Anti-Child Pornography Act. While she expressed support for Professional/Public Service CARPER, she did not vote for it. Record s 3ENATORn 0RESENT She voted against the ratification of JPEPA. The senator also filed s 0RESIDENTIAL !DVISER a bill repealing the Mining Act of 1995 and a bill for the imposition for Children’s Affairs – of a total log ban. She likewise authored a bill defining and 1999-2001 penalizing enforced or involuntary disappearances as well as the s 5 N D E R S E C R E T A R Y proposed Human Rights Act. Department of Social Welfare and She met with the peace negotiations panel of the National Democratic Front in Utrecht, The Netherlands and issued a Development – 1992- statement reiterating her call for the immediate resumption of the 1998 formal talks in the peace negotiations between the government and the NDF. Significant Achievements: Senator Madrigal filed an ethics case against Sen. Manny Villar Senator Madrigal is currently the for allegedly benefitting from the construction of the C-5 road chairperson of four committees extension project in Paranaque City. In turn, she is the respondent in the Senate, namely, the in a case filed before the Senate Committee on Ethics by former Committee on Environment and Rep. Gilbert Remulla of . Remulla said that Madrigal used “vile language unbecoming a senator” within the premises of the Natural Resources; Committee Senate. She recently earned the ire of Filipino bloggers for the on Youth, Women, and Family yellow beaded bracelets that were being given away during the Relations; Committee on memorial services for former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino. Cultural Communities; and The bracelets included a picture of Madrigal who, incidentally, had the Committee on Peace, announced on July 31 that she would run for President in 2010. Unification, and Reconciliation. She would support more stringent measures on the production She is from a family of nation- and advertising of unhealthy food products. If elected president, builders and public servants. her administration will be very strict and will limit advertising of She is the granddaughter of such products (and) tax softdrinks. a national hero and martyr, Regarding the divorce bill, she would put it to a referendum to Supreme Court Chief Justice concretely determine if the people favor it. Congress should not Jose Abad Santos. Her enact this by themselves. granduncle, Assemblyman , was the On the OFW issue, she states that the OFW problem is a creation founder of the Socialist Party of the Arroyo administration because of the Omnibus Code that of the Philippines and a well- has been passed that in effect legalizes trafficking and slavery known defender of the poor of OFWs to Middle East countries. She intends to reverse this though economic growth by collecting taxes and stopping and the oppressed. technical smuggling. On the pork barrel, she said that she does not accept it because of the corruption it generates if you try to use it. She further stated that “it is the source of major corruption in the country. If elected presented, short of abolishing it, there will only be certain places where the pork barrel can go that can be completely audited”. She also said that she will veto insertions because tens of billions are wasted due to these. She will use the savings from these insertions for agriculture, SMEs, environmental protection, health care and education. Website: www.jambymadrigal.com 7

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES PRESIDENTIABLES Independent

Jesus Nicanor P. “NICK” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies PERLAS Mr. Perlas is best known for his advocacy for environmental issues. He helped UNICEF assess its national Family Food Production Program and make it more effective for households Educational Attainment involved in the program. He was one of two technical writers s "ACHELOR OF 3CIENCE IN of Philippine Agenda 21 (PA 21) and was one of the country’s Agriculture, Major in official civil society delegates at the Earth Summit in Rio. He was also key in keeping the Philippines nuclear free, stopping Agronomy and Minor in the government from implementing the plan to build 12 Agricultural Economics nuclear power plants. – Xavier University He spearheaded the national movement that led to the banning of 32 pesticide formulations that were poisoning Professional/Public Service millions of farmers and triggered the creation of a national Record integrated pest management program. s 4ECHNICAL #ONSULTANT Mr. Perlas was a key player in the national movement to Resource Person to impeach, oust, or have then President Estrada resign from several NGOs and office. government From his website, enumerates the six pillars of s #O &OUNDER 0RESIDENT his platform: and Executive Director, The first pillar aims to eradicate poverty primarily through a Center for Alternative vibrant broad-based economy, social justice and peace. The Development Initiatives second aims to advance moral and effective governance in all (CADI) institutions of society. The third concerns itself with stopping the massive destruction of our ecology and our environment. s #HAIRMAN OF SEVERAL The fourth pillar seeks to build partnerships for social justice. national civil society He further states that “tayong lahat ang kailangan upang networks including mabago ang ating bansa”. The fifth pillar strives to promote creative education and inner change. And then finally, the sixth the Green Forum pillar of his platform aims to mainstream visionary initiatives Philippines, the by rewarding innovation and systematically discovering, Philippine Sustainable magnifying and multiplying these promising initiatives. Agriculture Coalition, When asked if there’s a possible clash between the rights and the Civil Society of indigenous peoples and environment vis-à-vis a mining Counterpart Council investment that will definitely bring roads, housing, hospitals, internet infrastructure to IPs, he responded that the conflict is for Sustainable artificial. IPs consider environment and development as one Development whole. When asked about the role of civil society if elected president, Significant Achievements he plans to establish a new cabinet position on civil society affairs, reflecting governance that goes beyond government. He has received numerous He stated that there must be a balance of power between government, civil society and business. Civil society will not awards, the most notable only be consulted but will be part of the massive effort to have of which are the Right all government agencies have civil society representation. Livelihood Award (known as He is for a mining law that does not violate the rights of the Alternative Nobel Prize), IPs, there’s an equitable distribution of income derived the UN Environmental Program from mining, respects ancestral domains and that there are Global 500 Award, and The ecological and social safeguards. Outstanding Filipino Award. He is in favor of raising the salary of teachers but it must be figured out exactly to what level. He would also enforce a performance related salary package because that would automatically reward good performing teachers. 8 WebsiteHTTPWWWNICANOR PERLASCOM NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 PRESIDENTIABLES LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD

Gilberto Jr. C. “GIBO” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies TEODORO Secretary Teodoro wanted to claim the 3,100-hectare land in Laur, for Mt. Pinatubo victims so that they would be able to live and cultivate the area. CARP eventually awarded Educational Attainment this land to farmers through the Certificate of Land Ownership s "ACHELORIN#OMMERCEn Awards (CLOA). He advocates for anti-terrorism laws, civil rights protection, s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS governance and economic development, but has no known – University of the position on the environment. Philippines He joined last-ditch efforts of former Speaker Jose de Venecia s -ASTEROF,AWSn(ARVARD and his allies at the House to amend the 1987 Constitution a Law School few months before the 2007 mid-term elections. His staff said that Teodoro came in only when de Venecia opened the possibility of amending the Constitution by calling a referendum Professional/Public Service to get the people’s pulse, or through the election of delegates to a Constitutional Convention simultaneous with the May 14 Record elections. s 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT Secretary Teodoro is also known for supporting the impeachment of National Defense complaint against former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. in 2003 (DND) – 2007 – Nov. on charges of corruption for misusing the Judicial Development 2009 Fund. s #ONGRESSMAN &IRST He is also closely identified with his uncle, former Marcos crony District of - 1998- and business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr., such 2007 that his political choices are not seen by many as independent. s -EMBER 3ANGGUNIANG He has defended the policies and actions of President Gloria Panlalawigan of Tarlac – Macapagal-Arroyo. 1980-1986 When asked why he buckled down when pressured regarding s 0RESIDENT +ABATAANG his position on the RH bill, he said that “for any policy, you have to work with a consensus. You cannot implement a law that has Barangay in Tarlac; KB massive opposition.” Federation of – 1980-1985 On the concerns of the AFP, he said that two things must be built: culture of competence and culture of discipline. He said s ,AWYER “you cannot have discipline if you do not have competence. It works both ways.” Also, he said that we need to address the material needs of the armed forces because it is not currently Significant Achievements addressed by the modernization budget. On his opinion on the Sangguniang , he said that there Secretary Teodoro was named by must be a transition from the SK to regular politics. He proposes former Senator Vicente Paterno, a reduction of the age to elect councilors to 18. He recognizes vice chairman of the Bishops- that there are benefits to SK, like being taught leadership and principles of governance but it also has problems like the nature Businessmen’s Conference of the political contest and how some SK Chairs are elected. “We (BBC), as one of the most honest have to streamline the organization to cure its ills” said Teodoro. government officials along with If made to choose one important sector, he said he would DSWD Secretary Esperanza choose agriculture because “our food security is an important Cabral. aspect of our economy that must not be forgotten.” He is in favor of giving the late President Ferdinand Marcos full He topped the 1989 bar state honors and allowing him to be buried at the . According to him, the late president deserves such examinations and is a member rites as a former soldier who fought for the country during the of the State Bar of New York. World War II and added that Marcos has not been convicted by any competent court and is therefore presumed innocent of all the accusations (The Philippine Star, Feb. 21, 2010). 9 WebsiteHTTPGIBOPH Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES PRESIDENTIABLES Eduardo C. “BRO. EDDIE”

VILLANUEVA Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Educational Attainment Bro. Eddie spoke about CARPER in front of a Jesus is s "ACHELOR IN #OMMERCE Lord Movement crowd. Major in Economics – Philippine College of He advocates righteous governance and has joined Commerce (since renamed protest rallies against charter change and declared that Polytechnic University of the righteous people would rise and “oppose the act of the Philippines) devil.” s "ACHELOROF,AWSn5NIVERSITY On reproductive health, he has said that “Personally, I’m of the Philippines for responsible parenthood. It is important to address overpopulation but we must not sacrifice morality. Why Professional/Public Service Record not produce excellent, if not perfect measure. The s &OUNDER *ESUS IS ,ORD intention (of the bill) is very good. The intention is so Church noble.” s 4ELEVANGELIST Bangon Pilipinas Party believes these Seven E’s will help bring about a prosperous, progressive, and peaceful Significant Achievements/Other Philippines: Info: Empowerment of the people—by making sure every He was immersed in both student vote counts and is counted, that the people have equal and labor movements in the 1970’s. access to justice and jobs; He joined the progressive segments of society which opposed military Emancipation of the people’s mind and culture, that we dictatorship. He fought local have to leave behind us the perspective of individualism landgrabbers in Bulacan. He was but rather nurture and imbibe the perspective of jailed for his political beliefs and thinking as a nation; participation in various mass actions. Educating the people in a quality and progressive way by overhauling the educational system and focusing on He is the longest-sitting member of the Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, and English; Board of Regents of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). Energizing the economy by prioritizing public works Previous to this appointment, he was projects in favor of infrastructures and social services; a faculty member of the Department of Economics and Finance of the Elevating the standards of living of all , that a minimum level of social services shall be accessible to all Philippine College of Commerce including lighted streets, regular collection of garbage, (now PUP) from 1969 to 1972. He was decent housing, integrated transport services, etc.; General Manager of Agape Trading Company in 1976-1977. He was also Eradicating bad governance, that public service should Export Manager of Maran Export truly be a public trust; Industries in 1973-1975. And finally, establishing peace and order all over the Bro. Eddie was voted worldwide land, that the Philippine Republic cannot be divided. as “Pastor of the Year” in 1988 by In the Inquirer debate, he mentioned that in his Dr. George Otis’ High Adventure administration there will be absolute press and academic Ministries. He was ordained Minister freedom, that he would support social pension and of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus other forms of expanded health benefits for the elderly, Christ (1979) by Dr. Michael Mckinney that women’s human rights are primordial in our society of the Victory in Christ Church and and that he considers the massive development of International Ministries based in SMEs as his centerpiece economic program. He also California. stated that abortion is murder per se and he is for family PLANNINGRESPONSIBLEPARENTHOODWITHOUTVIOLATINGTHE morality of society. 10 WebsiteHTTPBROEDDIEPH NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 PRESIDENTIABLES Manuel Jr. B. “MANNY” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda VILLAR and Other Major Advocacies Senator Villar supported DAR Secretary Nasser Educational Attainment Pangandaman's advocacy of sustaining the gains of s "ACHELOROF3CIENCE -AJOR CARP and its continued relevance to rural growth in Business Administration and development.

– University of the He authored the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of Philippines 2003 and filed bills on basic health care, decent s -ASTERS IN "USINESS shelter, responsive social services, and high- Administration – University quality education. He voted for the ratification of of the Philippines JPEPA and authored several bills which pertain to environment issues. He also voted for the election automation law and co-authored the VAWC Law, Professional/Public Service the Anti-Trafficking Law, and the Magna Carta for Record Women. s 3ENATOR n   2007-Present Senator Villar welcomed the Supreme Court decision declaring the Memorandum of Agreement s 3ENATE 0RESIDENT n  on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) as unconstitutional. 2008 Under his leadership, the Senate passed the s 3PEAKER OF THE (OUSE OF Government Procurement Act which promotes Representatives – 1998- transparency in the procurement process. 2000 A known advocate against constituent assembly s 2EPRESENTATIVE ,ONE before 2010, he filed Senate Resolution 599, a District of Las Piñas - 1998- resolution which said that the House resolution 2001 seeking the amendment of the Constitution is s 2EPRESENTATIVE ,AS 0I×AS “unconstitutional.” Muntinlupa District – 1992- Villar said in the Inquirer debate that "any change in 1995, 1995-1998 the Constitution will not be a priority if I make it as president. I do not believe it is that important". But Significant Achievements he added that he is “not afraid of any constitutional change. I think that any Constitution can be changed As a businessman, he initiated and should be changed from time to time. I will leave that decision to our people. If there will be mass housing projects to achieve proposals to amend the constitution, I will propose economies of scale. His various a referendum." innovations practically created the country’s mass housing industry. The He was implicated in an alleged “double entry” in Philippine Center for Investigative the budget for the extension of the C-5 highway, which would allegedly benefit his real estate Journalism calls him “the dean of business and financial interests in that area and the (Philippine) real estate industry.” is known to be part of the Villar-Aguilar political dynasty in Las Piñas. He supports the proposal to give a hero's burial to the late President Ferdinand Marcos, saying that Marcos should be "viewed in proper perspective and in a historical context, not solely on his declaration of martial law in 1972" (The Manila Times, Feb 22, 2010). WebsiteHTTPWWWMANNYVILLARCOMPH 11

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES VICE PRESIDENTIABLES PDP-Laban Jejomar C. “JOJO” BINAY

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTS -AJORIN0OLITICAL Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Science – University of the Philippines Mayor Binay said that “While the s "ACHELOROF,AWSn5NIVERSITYOFTHE implementation of CARP (Comprehensive Philippines Agrarian Reform Program) needs to be reviewed, the net effect should Professional/Public Service Record always be beneficial to the farmers.” He s -AYOR -AKATI #ITY n   institutionalized quality health care in 2001-2004, 2007-Present through an efficient health care program. s #HAIRMAN -ETROPOLITAN -ANILA He is also credited for directing funds for Development Authority (MMDA) -- maintenance of roads and infrastructure 1998-2001 even in the poorest districts of Makati. s !CTING-AYOR-AKATI#ITY  1987 There is no data about Binay’s position on s ,AWYER JPEPA.

Significant Achievements He has underscored the crucial role of LGUs in addressing the issues of climate Under his leadership, Makati garnered change and reducing the risks from natural awards as Most Dynamic City (2004) and disasters. On the MOA-AD, Binay asserts Top 5 Most Competitive City (2005). that if the independent state is allowed to come into being, other ethnic Makati, under Binay, pioneered in drafting minorities in the country can agitate for the an environmental management plan, which same. outlines the city government’s policies and programs to address a wide range of He is a prominent supporter of former environmental issues and concerns. President Estrada. Binay is a staunch advocate against charter change before 2010. He also supports the Reproductive Health Bill and cites Makati’s very low population growth rate and maternal mortality rate compared to national rates.

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NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 VICE PRESIDENTIABLES Ang Kapatiran Party

Dominador Jr. F. “JUN” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

CHIPECO Domjnador Chipeco Jr. wrote in his blog (junchipeco.livejournal.com) that the Educational Attainment Reproductive Health and Population s ,IBERAL!RTS%NGLISH !TENEODE Development Act (HB 5043) “has very little Manila University to do, if any, with parental responsibility. s "ACHELOR OF ,AW 3AN "EDA The bill does not add any value to the College of Law upbringing of children. On the contrary, it promotes so-called safe sex through the use Professional/Public Service Record of contraceptive pills and devices. The bill s #ONSULTANT 4ULAY SA 0AGUNLAD teaches and promotes irresponsible sex by Legal Affairs and Human effectively telling our children it’s ok to have premarital sex but do it safely, i.e., safe from Resources - 2007 pregnancy (as if it is a disease) and sexually s $IRECTOR 3T*OHN#OLLEGES )NC transmitted diseases. I call that promiscuity. If 1989-present it becomes a law, it will create an environment s $IRECTOR ,EGAL #OUNSEL where abortions will flourish. Never mind Community Rural Bank of San if Pope Benedict XVl has spoken against Felipe, Zambales - 1974-Present it. Never mind if our local Catholic Church s 3ENIOR ,EGAL #OUNSEL - hierarchy has condemned the bill. Condoms Region - 1991- and IUDs are “cool.” Morality is out.” 1993 s "OARD$IRECTOR "OARD3ECRETARY Ang Kapatiran Party - A Dream? 3M Philippines Inc. - 1995-2001 s $IRECTOR - 0HILIPPINES Ours is not just a political campaign out to gain Inc., Legal Affairs and Human political power, but even more importantly, Resources - 1973-1991 ours is also a mission with a message to s 4AX !TTORNEY %SSO 0HILIPPINES the Filipino electorate that if they want to see not only a change but a transformation Inc. - 1971-1973 taking place in the political leadership, they s 4AX!TTORNEY 3'6#O  must elect candidates based on their known 1970 personal integrity and competence in their s !SSOCIATE !TTORNEY #ARLOS * chosen fields, and not only on their popularity Valdes and Associates - 1968-1969 as actors, broadcasters, long staying s ,AWPROFESSOR !RELLANO5NIVERSITY traditional politicians and on their emotional - 1980 connection to their parents. Only then will they begin to see refreshingly new leaders Significant Achievements whose sole agenda is to serve the common good that begins with uncompromising moral Applying universal principles on honesty principles. ANG KAPATIRAN CANDIDATES and integrity as affirmed by gospel based DO NOT MAKE PROMISES, because if we VALUES DELIVERED SEMINARSWORKSHOPS do, that will not make us any different from to 3M employees in the Philippines, other candidates. Rather, we say that if given Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore on a chance to govern, we will do so from a set of values and principles that are written the supreme importance of observing and to which we will be held accountable. business ethics in the work and market Any deviation there from will subject us to places. disciplinary measures. A dream? Yes. But if no one dreams for Filipinos, will change ever Participated in the review and design of happen? Was Ninoy Aquino dreaming? Jose value formation training materials as a Rizal? component of the lending program of TSPI to the poor and marginalized. WebsiteHTTPWWWANGKAPATIRANPARTYCOM 13

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES VICE PRESIDENTIABLES Bagumbayan-VNP Bayani F. “BF” FERNANDO

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOR OF 3CIENCE -AJOR IN Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Mechanical Engineering – Mapua Institute of Technology While he has been described as having a strong political will and as having the capacity Professional/Public Service Record to instill discipline, he has been criticized for s 3ECRETARY -ETROPOLITAN -ANILA having an iron rule approach. He authorized Development Authority (MMDA) – several demolitions of shanties, food stalls, 2002-Present etc. around without regard s $IRECTOR $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC to ensuring the availability of relocation Works and Highways (DPWH) sites for the displaced families. He has said - National Capital Region – that “It’s as if we are rewarding people who 2003-Present squat. So we will see to it that only those s -AYOR -ARIKINA#ITY n  who are qualified will be relocated.” s -ECHANICAL%NGINEER Chairman Fernando has also been criticized Significant Achievements for the MMDA’s illegal cutting of trees. Numerous documents from the DENR During his stint as Mayor, Marikina City was are clear proofs to BF’s illegal tree cutting accorded 55 citations and distinctions. activities. He has also said that “Recycling waste is not viable in the Philippines, and He has been conferred the Doctor of it has cost the Metro Manila Development Humanities, Honoris Causa, Ateneo de Authority millions of pesos to operate three Cagayan, The Outstanding Filipino(TOFIL) of its Materials Reduction Facilities.” Award for Government Service, the H.R. Reyes Academic Medallion of Honor, He has expressed that he is in favour of a Central Colleges of the Philippines and constitutional convention only after the Doctor of the Public Administration, 2010 elections. Honoris Causa by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. WebsiteHTTPBAYANIFERNANDOCOMPH

Chairman Fernando is credited to have transformed the former municipality of Marikina into one of the best-managed cities and a paradigm of responsive and effective governance. He embarked on numerous beautification projects and spearheaded the Save the Marikina River program.

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NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 VICE PRESIDENTIABLES Nationalist People’s Coalition Loren B. “LOREN” LEGARDA

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTS -AJORIN"ROADCAST Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Communications – University of the Philippines Senator Legarda called for a complete s 3PECIAL 3TUDIES TOWARDS assessment of CARP – how much land was Professional Designation in distributed, the government’s ability to Journalism – University of California provide for the landowners’ compensation s -ASTERS IN .ATIONAL 3ECURITY and if the beneficiaries were indeed Administration – National Defense emancipated from poverty – and filed College of the Philippines Senate Resolution 449 to determine remedial measures to reform CARP. Professional/Public Service Record s 3ENATOR   PRESENT She started her campaign for environmental s "ROADCAST*OURNALIST protection and preservation during her stint as a broadcast journalist. As Senator, Significant Achievements she actively espoused the passage of important environmental measures such as She was awarded by the United Nationals the Philippine Clean Air Act and Ecological Environmental Program (UNEP) for her Solid Waste Management Act. She founded significant contributions for the protection Luntiang Pilipinas and is president of Trees of the environment. for Life Foundation and Save our Seas Foundation, Inc. She served as negotiator for the release of journalist Ces Drilon, who was kidnapped in She is a known opponent of charter change. Southern Mindanao. Senator Legarda co-authored the Magna Carta for Women and supports informed choice for women but not abortion.

She has admitted that she regretted her participation in ousting former President Estrada during the curtailed impeachment trial in 2001.

She was accused by Ador Mawanay to be involved in the alleged purchase of P10 million worth of smuggled mobile phones.

WebsiteHTTPWWWLORENLEGARDACOMPH

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Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES VICE PRESIDENTIABLES LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD Eduardo B. “EDU” MANZANO

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELORS $EGREE n $E ,A 3ALLE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies University Mr. Manzano is famed for his anti-piracy Professional/Public Service Record advocacy. He has said that “Companies s #HAIRPERSON /PTICAL -EDIA "OARD should monitor their software licenses (OMB) – 2004-2009 to avoid disruption of business and s 6ICE -AYOR -AKATI #ITY  the embarrassment of raids… Piracy is 2001 detrimental to the national economy. It s .ATIONAL 0RESIDENT 6ICE -AYORgS deprives our workforce of high paying job League of the Philippines – 1998- opportunities, prevents us from competing 2001 globally and hampers the growth of creative s !CTORAND460ERSONALITY industries.”

Significant Achievements Gilbert Teodoro was quoted in Sun Star that “has a great advocacy He has won several hosting awards from for the youth, future of the youth who are the PMPC Star Awards. He was awarded the the future of your country,” He added that Outstanding and Unblemished Vice Mayor Manzano and his wife, Representative Nikki Award by the National Press Club and the Teodoro, are active in the fight against child Outstanding Vice Mayor Award by the pornography. Consumers Union of the Philippines. Mr. Manzano organized the Anti-Child Abuse He was also President of the Vice Mayors’ and Pornography (ACAP) Foundation. Foundation where his functions included performing liaison work with NGOs and Manzano waged a relentless campaign donors from foreign countries. His term against film piracy and illegal copying, saw the completion of the Vice Mayors’ distribution and sale of optical media building that served as a half-way house materials. His work resulted in the removal for vice mayors coming to Manila on official of the Philippines from the Priority Watch business. List of the US Trade Representative (USTR) which contains a list of countries considered He was also an active member of the Union as notorious for film piracy and violations of of Local Authorities of the Philippines intellectual property rights. The Philippines (ULAP) where he was Chairman of the was cited for being one of only seven Special Projects Committee. countries that made significant progress in effecting controls in their optical media operations and has since been placed only in the Ordinary Watch List. (source: www. DUCKYPAREDESCOMBLOGS

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NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 VICE PRESIDENTIABLES Liberal Party Manuel A. “MAR”

Major Positions on Development and Reform ROXAS Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Educational Attainment Senator Roxas voted yes to the CARPER Bill in s %CONOMICS 7HARTON "USINESS June 2009. He fought to “put the money back in people’s pockets,” as reflected in his stand School, University of Pennsylvania on the suspension of the VAT on oil and the passage of his Law Exempting Minimum Wage Professional/Public Service Record Earners from Income Tax. s 3ENATOR  0RESENT He chaired the Senate Committee on Trade and s 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT OF4RADE Commerce that gave its conditional concurrence and Industry (DTI) -- 2000-2003 to the JPEPA and voted for its ratification. s 2EPRESENTATIVE ST $ISTRICT OF The senator filed a Senate bill calling for a Capiz) – 1993-1999 Constitutional Convention and the election of its s %CONOMISTAND)NVESTMENT"ANKER delegates in the 2010 elections. He said that reproductive health is a private issue Significant Achievements that should be decided by couples but refused to divulge his position about State support in providing family planning services. He is hailed as the “Father of the Call Center and Business Process Outsourcing His vision for OFWs: Ample Support and Industries.” During his time as DTI Protection from the Government s !DEQUATEPREPARATIONFORTHE/&7SBEFORE Secretary, he launched the program “Make they leave the country IT Philippines”, where he brought the s !FFORDABLE AND EASY ACCESS TO biggest global industry players in Business communication with their loved ones in the Philippines Process Outsourcing (BPO) to the country, s 3PEEDYLEGALASSISTANCEFOR/&7SINCONmICT encouraging them to build call centers and with the law in other countries invest in Filipino talent. s !SSURANCESTHATTHEIRREMITTANCESWILLREACH the ones who need it s !FFORDABLEREMITTANCESFEES He is also pushing for the following: s 2EMOVETHE$OCUMENTARY3TAMP4AX (DST) on OFW Remittances s 0ROFESSIONALIZETHEFOREIGNSERVICECORPSAND make them more responsive to the needs of OFW’s s !DEQUATEFUNDSFORTHESOCIALREINTEGRATION programs for OFWs He believes that it is time for an Agricultural Renaissance. This Renaissance will prioritize much needed resources such as fertilizer, irrigation and post-harvest facilities, by investing INMODERNAGRICULTURETHROUGH2$ BYGIVINGOUR farmers easy access to credit and by overhauling a system plagued with mismanagement and corruption. Leaders of proven competence and integrity – not lackeys of a crooked administration – must be placed in institutions that protect the public interest, such as the Ombudsman, GSIS, SSS and DOJ. WebsiteHTTPWWWMARROXASCOM 17

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES VICE PRESIDENTIABLES Kilusang Bagong Lipunan Jose Y. “JAY SONZA” SONZA

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTSIN0OLITICAL3CIENCE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies and Economics - University of Mindanao As UNTV station manager Jay Sonza asked the administration to act on the horrible Professional/Public Service Record murder of 57 victims of the Ampatuan s 6ETERAN"ROADCASTER Massacre, which included four UNTV s 4ELEVISION(OST journalists and media staff members. s #OMMENTATOR s 3TATION-ANAGEROF5.46 s #OLUMNIST#ONTRIBUTING %DITOR FOR two national daily tabloids

Significant Achievements

He is the Chairman of the Board of TAPATAN Incorporated, a multi-media and consultancy firm, and the first Nine Food Ventures, Inc., a fast food service company.

He has undergone special studies in economics, social work, human resource development, local government administration, politics and economies of Asia and the Pacific, journalism and satellite broadcast operations both here and abroad. This journalist is a recipient of all national broadcasting awards, including the Cultural Center of the Philippines - Gawad Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas, the New York International Television Festival Awards and the Asian Television Awards for broadcast excellence.

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NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 VICE PRESIDENTIABLES Bangon Pilipinas Pefecto R. “KIDLAT” YASAY

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS 5NIVERSITY OF THE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Philippines 1972; s "ACHELOR OF !RTS IN 0OLITICAL 3CIENCE He states in his website that: Central Philippine University 1967 “Aside from continually increasing the budget Professional/Public Service Record for education proportionately with the growing s #HAIRMAN "OARD OF 4RUSTEES #ENTRAL population of children, we must regularly review Philippine University, City. the adequacy and suitability of the facilities s #HAIRMAN 3ECURITIES AND %XCHANGE Commission, July 1995 to March 25, that we have for education … competence of 2000; teachers, and other costs needed for primary s !SSOCIATE #OMMISSIONER 3%# -ARCH education, even the quality of our educational 1993 to June 1995; programs and curricula, and the reasons for s 3ENIOR0ARTNER 3AN*OSE9ASAY3ANTOS significant dropouts, if any… Law Offices, 1987 to 1993; s 3ENIOR 0ARTNER 9ASAY  $E #ASTRO We should not be afraid to introduce urgent Esqs., 1985 to 1990, New York, New changes in our Constitution under an York; environment where those tasked with the process s 3ENIOR 0ARTNER -ACEDA 9ASAY  are solely motivated by the national interests Tolentino Esqs., 1979 to 1985, New and not by a desire to perpetuate certain York, New York; personages in power…these must be done only s -ANAGING $IRECTOR 0HILIPPINE .EWS through a constitutional convention… It is also New York Bureau, 1983 to 1987; my view that only specific provisions with limited s -ANAGER ,EGAL $EPARTMENT 2IZAL impact or application, such as whether or not Commercial Banking Corporation, 1973 to continue making the Ombudsman removed to 1979. only by impeachment, and the designation of other offices as constitutional bodies …should Significant Achievements be amended by a constituent assembly or the The EDSA People Power Freedom Award, for so-called people’s initiative. Undaunted Courage in proclaiming the truth as a key witness in the Impeachment Trial of Former I believe in the enactment of more laws that will President Estrada, February 25, 2001; protect and preserve our environment, properly manage our natural wealth and resources and to Named by BusinessWeek in its July 3, 2000 issue effectively address and prevent destructive and as one of “The Stars Of Asia”. 50 Asian leaders imprudent practices that have been the cause recognized as being at the Forefront of Change, of many needless loss of lives and properties to and striving for a firmer foundation for Asia by our people than the natural calamities that have mending a social fabric torn by crisis; the only been associated with these tragedies. Filipino chosen in the area of Policymakers; Indeed, we must all raise the level of awareness of Gold Vision Triangle Award, Highest award our people about this delicate balance and their granted by the YMCA of the Philippines for calamitous effect on climate changes. But more community service particularly in the area of importantly we need the political will to enforce youth leadership development on November 9, our laws against big industries that pollute 1996; our seas, rivers and waterways, unscrupulous Outstanding Achievement Award, U.P. Law Class real estate developers that build on lands that 1972, July 24, 1996; impede the free flow of rivers and streams to the open sea and illegal loggers and miners who Was featured and editorialized in various U.S. - ruthlessly denude our forest and destroy nature’s based Philippine newspapers, for successfully way of regulating floods preventing land erosion representing and championing the cause of and dangerous avalanches.” Filipinos in criminal and in deportation and de-naturalization proceedings in the United WebsiteHTTPWWWJUNYASAYCOM States. 19

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Liberal Party Nereus O. “NERIC” ACOSTA, Jr. Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTSIN0OLITICAL3CIENCEn5NIVERSITYOF Agenda and Other Major Advocacies the Philippines s -ASTER OF !RTS IN 0UBLIC !FFAIRS 7ITH $ISTINCTION Congressman Acosta supports the claims of the (International Relations and Political Studies Sumilao farmers. concentration) – Indiana University s $OCTOR OF 0HILOSOPHY IN 0OLITICAL 3CIENCE n He is the principal author of many environmental University of Hawaii laws in the Philippines, including the Clean Air Act of 1999, the Clean Water Act of 2004, and the Solid Professional/Public Service Record Waste Management Act of 2000. He sits on the board s 2EPRESENTATIVE ST$ISTRICTOF"UKIDNONn of several environmental advocacy NGOs such as the 2007 Earth Council of the Philippines and the Population, s 0ROVINCIAL"OARD-EMBER "UKIDNONn  Health and the Environment (PATH) Foundation. s 0ROJECT$IRECTOR "UKIDNON)NTEGRATED.ETWORKOF Home Industries, Inc. (BINHI) – 1995 He is also a member of “Kusog Mindanaw” (Strength s 3TAFF 2ESEARCHER #OMMITTEE ON )NTERNATIONAL of Mindanao) – a movement based in Davao City Economic Policy of Representative Ramon composed of leaders and organizations working for Bagatsing – 1989 peace, Moslem-Christian understanding, human development and greater democratic governance in Significant Achievements/ Other Info Mindanao. Congressman Acosta was the Project Director of He co-authored the Reproductive Health Bill and has BINHI, a rural development NGO. represented the Philippines in numerous international fora on population and development. He has earned numerous accolades including the Oscar Escobar Environmental Award and the Citizens' WebsiteHTTPNERICACOSTACOMMAIN Movement Against Pollution Award in 2002. He was included in NewsBiz-Asia's 100 Most Influential Filipinos (2002), and was cited by Asiaweek as representing the “youthful, hopeful change for the country.” Congressman Acosta is known to be part of the “nontraditional” Acosta political dynasty in .

Bangon Pilipinas Zafrullah M. “NOLDY” ALONTO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s 0OLITICAL 3CIENCE AND (ISTORY 3TATE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies University of Mindanao He is a brilliant theologian who has written Professional/Public Service Record various significant books about Islam. He also s 7RITER brings with him rich experience and knowledge s 4HEOLOGIAN about what Mindanao needs to realize its vast potentials as the Philippines’ Promised Land. Significant Achievements/ Other Info

Dr. Zafrullah Alonto rallied the Amanah Coalition to publicly declare support to Bro. Eddie. The Amanah Coalition is one of Mindanao’s most influential multi-sectoral groups, and has members from the Lumadnons in Mindanao, , Sulu and Palawan.

Alonto himself belongs to the Alonto clan, a clan of public servants, which has deep ties with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. His grandfather, former Senator Suritan-sa-Ramain Alauya Alonto I, was the first Muslim Senator in the Philippines. He is also related to Governor Prinsesa Tarhata Alonto Lucman, who was the first female 20 governor in the country.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Liberal Party Martin D. “DR. BALIKBAYAN” BAUTISTA Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s 5NIVERSITY OF THE 0HILIPPINES "3 :OOLOGY Agenda and Other Major Advocacies 1980-1984 s 5NIVERSITY OF THE 0HILIPPINES #OLLEGE OF “Recently I joined the brave and honorable Medicine, 1984-1989 s 3TATE 5NIVERSITY OF .EW 9ORK "ROOKLYN cause of Noynoy Aquino and whose Internship, 1990-1991 aim is not only to reform but to transform the s 35.9 "ROOKLYN 2ESIDENCY IN )NTERNAL Philippines. To this I have committed myself. Medicine, 1991-1993 s 35.9 "ROOKLYN &ELLOWSHIP IN 'ENERAL I am not a politician nor do I intend ever to be Internal Medicine, 1993-1994 one. I am an experienced physician trained s 35.9 "ROOKLYN &ELLOWSHIP IN to help and save lives. But rather than treat Gastroenterology 1994-1996 individual patients by the handful, I believe I can Professional/Public Service Record be more useful, do more good by extending s 3TAFF0HYSICIAN 2EGIONAL(EALTH#ARE#ENTER medical care to millions of Filipinos who have Guymon, Oklahoma neither the knowledge nor the means to fight s %STABLISHEDTHE3PECIALTY#LINICSOF3T!NNE disease and prolong life.” in Guymon, Oklahoma websiteHTTPMBAUTISTAMDBLOGSPOTCOM Significant Achievements/Other Info

Doctor Martin “Dr. B” Donato Bautista is a gastroenterologist who had spent 17 years working in Oklahoma, .

LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD Silvestre III H. “BEBOT” BELLO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTS -ANUEL,1UEZON5NIVERSITY Agenda and Other Major Advocacies 1961-1966 s #OLLEGEOF,AW "ACHELOROF,AW,)" !TENEO de Manila University, 1966-1970 According to Bello, "Only with lasting peace can we achieve meaningful and lasting progress in the Professional/Public Service Record country. What we need is not a temporary ceasefire s #ABINET3ECRETARY /FlCEOFTHE0RESIDENT *ULY of 15 or 30 days but a lasting peace in our country. 25, 2008 to present We need to have a final resolution of the armed s 0RESIDENTIAL !DVISER ON .EW 'OVERNMENT Centers - Office of the President, July 2007 to conflict between our government and the CPP- present NDF-NPA." s 'ENERAL-ANAGER#%/n0HILIPPINE2ECLAMATION Authority, Jan. 2006 to Dec. 31, 2006 Bello said it was very important to push the peace s 0RESIDENT#%/ 0./# $EVELOPMENT  process to its logical conclusion through patience Management Corp., Nov. 18, 2004 to Dec. 31, 2005 and political will. s #HAIRMAN '200ANELFORTALKSWITH#00 .0! NDF, January 2001 to 2004 The Cabinet Secretary, who is running under the s 3ECRETARY OF *USTICE $EPARTMENT OF *USTICE Lakas-Kampi-CMD banner, said he will try to end January 1998 to June 30, 1998 insurgency in the country through peaceful means s 3OLICITOR'ENERAL $EPARTMENTOF*USTICE 3EPT 23, 1996 to January 1998 if he is elected into the Senate. s 3ECRETARY OF *USTICE $EPARTMENT OF *USTICE July 16, 1990 to February 7, 1992 WebsiteHTTPBEBOTBELLOCOM s 5NDERSECRETARY OF *USTICE $EPARTMENT OF Justice, March 7, 1986 – July 15, 1990 s -EMBER &REE,EGAL!SSISTANCE'ROUP&,!' Significant Achievements/Other Info: 21 No Data Available Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Liberal Party Rozzano Ru!no B. “RUFFY” BIAZON Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF3CIENCEIN-EDICAL4ECHNOLOGY Agenda and Other Major Advocacies – University of Sto. Tomas Cong. Biazon is a known supporter of CARPER. He authored and co-authored several Professional/Public Service Record progressive bills such as the Cheaper Medicines s 2EPRESENTATIVE ,ONE$ISTRICTOF-UNTINLUPA Act of 2008, Tax Relief for Minimum Wage City – 2001-2004, 2004-2007, 2007-Present Earners Act (2008), the new Cooperative Code s #HIEF OF 3TAFF /FlCE OF 3EN 2ODOLFO ' of the Philippines (2008), the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Law (2004), the Biazon) – 1992-1995, 1998-2001 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act (2003), as well as s #HIEF ,EGISLATIVE /FlCER /FlCE OF 3EN several bills on socialized housing. He has filed Sergio Osmeña III) – 1995-1997 a bill seeking to amend the Family Code to limit s $IRECTOR 6IDEOGRAM 2EGULATORY "OARD n marriage to natural born males and natural born 1991-1992 females. He advocates for the modernization of peace and order agencies, and reforms in the AFP. On charter change, he has said that “The haste with which it was calendared and forced to a vote exemplifies the House’s distorted sense of priorities, with the Cha-Cha resolution edging out important and urgent measures such as the Agrarian Reform Bill. It goes to show that if the leadership really wants a measure passed, it can do so, in contrast to other measures which languished in the legislative mill without meriting the leadership’s attention.” WebsiteHTTPWWWRUFFYBIAZONPH LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD, Ramon, Jr. “KAP” Nacionalista Party Guest Candidate Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s .OTERTIARYEDUCATION Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Professional/Public Service Record Senator Revilla is famed for championing the s 3ENATORn 0RESENT cause of Katrina Halili against Dr. Hayden Kho s #HAIRMAN 6IDEOGRAM 2EGULATORY "OARD which led to his filing of the Anti-Voyeurism (VRB) – 2001-2004 Bill. He has also championed the Anti-Gender s 'OVERNOR0ROVINCEOF#AVITE   Discrimination Bill in the Senate. s 6ICE'OVERNOR0ROVINCEOF#AVITE n 1998 He has authored a bill giving mandatory health insurance coverage to barangay health workers, Significant Achievements/ Other Info bills concerning education such as the Open High School System Act and the Magna Carta for Senator Revilla was given a Plaque of Public School Teachers, as well as a bill requiring International Recognition for Efforts Against the teaching of disaster awareness and disaster Piracy by the Motion Picture Association of mitigation. America and the Huwarang Lingkod Bayan Award by the Consumers League of the Senator Revilla voted for the ratification of Philippines Foundation, Inc. JPEPA. He jumped onto a bus being held hostage in the He has also been criticized for continuing to Philippines in order to ensure the safety of the appear on television and movies despite his students on the bus and try and talk the hostage poor legislative record. taker into giving themselves up. WebsiteHTTPWWWRAMONBONGREVILLAJRCOM

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NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Pilar Juliana S. “PIA” Nacionalista Party CAYETANO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTSIN%CONOMICS#UM,AUDE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies -- University of the Philippines s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS 5NIVERSITY OF THE Senator Cayetano voted for CARPER. She did Philippines not sign the committee report on the Japan – Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement Professional/Public Service Record (JPEPA) – she was absent when the vote on s 3ENATORn 0RESENT JPEPA was taken. She authored the Universally s !SSOCIATE #ASTILLO ,AMAN 4AN AND Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Law Pantaleon –1992-1995 of 2008 and co-chaired the Joint Congressional Oversight Committees on the Philippine Clean Significant Achievements/Other Info Air Act of 1999, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, and the Philippine Senator Cayetano was elected President of the Clean Water Act of 2004. She also co-authored 10th Meeting of Women Parliamentarians during the Oil Pollution Compensation Act of 2007, the the sidelines of the annual meeting of the 112th Biofuels Law of 2007, and the Magna Carta of Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly. She was Women of 2009. She is active in the advocacy also elected for a two-year term as President for the environment. of the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) during its The senator joined calls for the current 118th General Assembly. Administration to stop moves to amend the Constitution. She is known to be part of the Cayetano political dynasty of City. WebsiteHTTPWWWSENATORPIACAYETANOCOM

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Jose III P. “JOEY” DE VENECIA Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other s ,IBERAL !RTS "OSTON 5NIVERSITY Major Advocacies and Ateneo de Manila !CCORDINGTOAPOLITICALBLOGBY2*-ARMOLHTTPADAYINTHELIFEOFRJ s "3 "USINESS !DMINISTRATION com), Joey de Venecia III plans to: Major in Accounting - American Strengthen LGU (budget allocation) by reversing the way IRA is University in Washington DC shared by local and national government. Currently, most of the s -ASTERS IN "USINESS IRA go to the national level, only a small portion goes to local Administration, Major in Finance government. - Fordham University in New Debt-servicing: Currently, debt appropriation is set to 30% York automatically. He wants to focus more on seeking condonation of DEBTBYQUALIFYINGCITINGOURINCOMEPERCAPITAL Professional/Public Service Record Reforestation, supports and advocates for the use of green s "USINESSMAN energy. Presidential warranty on the logging industry, making it Significant Achievements/Other Info coterminus with the president. On text tax -- He is a proponent of the "no pass-on" provision. Jose “Joey” De Venecia III is one of the whistleblowers in the allegedly On addressing corruption -- He thinks that above all, corruption anomalous $329.48-million national as a "moral issue" has to be seen for what it is. Also, Jose De Venecia III thinks that "politics of patronage" has to be stopped, broadband deal between the he says that while humbly acknowledging the fact that his father government and China’s Zhong Xing JDV once partook in it. Telecommunications Equipment On foreign ownership of lands -- he supports the proposal to (ZTE). allow foreigners to own land and cites that we are actually the only country in the world that does not allow foreign land ownership. 23 Website:HTTPWWWJOEYLIVECOM

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Nacionalista Party, PMP Guest Candidate Miriam P. “MIRIAM” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda DEFENSOR SANTIAGO and Other Major Advocacies Educational Attainment !FTER LOSING AS AN OPPOSITION!NTI '-! CANDIDATE IN s "ACHELOROF!RTSIN0OLITICAL3CIENCE-AGNA#UM the 2001 senatorial election, she ran under the GMA Laude) -- University of the Philippines Administration ticket in 2004 and won. s "ACHELOROF,AWS#UM,AUDE 5NIVERSITYOFTHE Philippines Senator Defensor-Santiago has said that “The basic s -ASTER OF ,AWS $E7ITT &ELLOW 5NIVERSITY OF problem with Aquino’s CARP was the perfidious Michigan exemptions, which caused its downfall”, referring to s $OCTOR OF THE 3CIENCE OF ,AW "ARBOUR 3CHOLAR exceptions granted to Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac which and DeWitt Fellow) -- University of Michigan the Aquino family owned. She voted for the ratification of JPEPA and formally recommended that Senate give its “conditional concurrence” on JPEPA pending compliance Professional/Public Service Record with certain constitutional provisions. s 3ENATOR    0RESENT s 3ENIOR 0ARTNER $EFENSOR 3ANTIAGO ,AW &IRM On the MOA-AD, the senator said that “…the Constitution 1992-Present not merely allows but orders the creation of autonomous s 0RESIDENTAND&OUNDER 0EOPLES2EFORM0ARTY regions in Muslim Mindanao. However, the Constitution 1991-Present does not say that the autonomous regions shall be s #HAIRAND&OUNDER -OVEMENTFOR2ESPONSIBLE confined to Muslim areas only.” Public Service -- 1990-Present s 0ROFESSORIAL,ECTURER #OLLEGEOF,AW 5NIVERSITYOF Senator Defensor-Santiago is against charter change the Philippines -- 1976-1988 before 2010 and has said that “The present presidential s ,AWYER system guarantees that most important decisions are made by a broad majority, unlike a parliamentary system Significant Achievements/ Other Info where a minority group could impose its will on the nation.” Senator Defensor-Santiago has received numerous awards, both in the Philippines and abroad, including She stood in the Senate floor in support of the RH Bill, saying that it is consistent with current international legal “The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World” human rights standards and upholds religious freedom. (The Australian magazine), Magsaysay Award for She also filed the Anti-Discrimination Bill and the Anti- government service, TOYM Award for Law (The Video Voyeurism Bill to protect the privacy and dignity of Outstanding Young Men), and TOWNS Awards for Law every person. (The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service). WebsiteHTTPWWWMIRIAMCOMPHINDEX MDSHTM Franklin M. “FRANK” Liberal Party DRILON Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTSn5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES Agenda and Other Major Advocacies s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS 5NIVERSITY OF THE Philippines Former Senate President Drilon questioned the legality of the Memorandum of Agreement on Professional/Public Service Record Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD). s 3ENATOR     s 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT OF *USTICE $/* On charter change, he said: “We maintain our 1992-1995, 1990-1991 position that while we are not objecting to charter s %XECUTIVE 3ECRETARY /FlCE OF 0RESIDENT change, the manner in which it is being done Aquino -- 1991-1992 is totally illegal. The people's initiative has no s 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT OF ,ABOR AND enabling law. There is a standing injunction from Employment (DOLE) -- 1987-1990 the Supreme Court against the people's initiative. s $EPUTY -INISTER FOR )NDUSTRIAL 2ELATIONS The proposed amendment being suggested by DOLE -- 1986-1987 the people's initiative is actually a revision which is not permitted under our Constitution.” Significant Achievements/Other Info When he was the Senate Finance Committee As Justice Secretary, he was instrumental in the Chairperson, he authored the incorporation prosecution and conviction of Mayor Antonio of a “transparency provision” in the General Sanchez of Calauan, , who masterminded Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2007. the rape-slaying of a UP Los Baños co-ed and the murder of her friend; and He is in favor of family planning but not abortion. Jr., who figured in the gun slaying of Maureen Hultman. The two are locked up in jail, a testimony to the uncompromising belief of Drilon that everyone is equal before the bar of justice. 24 He placed 3rd in the 1969 bar examinations.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Juan Ponce “JPE” Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino ENRILE Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s !SSOCIATEIN!RTSn!TENEODE-ANILA5NIVERSITY Agenda and Other Major Advocacies s "ACHELOROF,AWSn5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES s -ASTEROF,AW3PECIALIZED4RAININGIN)NTERNATIONAL Senate President Enrile is best known for his advocacy Tax – Harvard Law School of amending the EPIRA Law. He voted for CARPER and against JPEPA. He has expressed that he believes in Professional/Public Service Record mining “only if mining is done responsibly by applying s 3ENATORn      the best practices.” He, however, deplored that mining s 2EPRESENTATIVE ST $ISTRICT OF #AGAYAN n  operations in some parts of the country have caused 1995 severe environmental damage and brought untold s !SSEMBLYMAN #AGAYAN6ALLEY2EGION)) )NTERIM economic and social suffering to the people. On the -- 1978-1984 other hand, he has been linked to logging companies, s #HAIRMAN %XECUTIVE #OMMITTEE .ATIONAL including those that sought to operate in Samar. Security Council -- 1972-1984 s -INISTER3ECRETARY -INISTRY$EPARTMENT OF He opposed the MOA-AD because he believes that it National Defense – 1972-1986 is violative of the Constitution. s 3ECRETARY $EPARTMENTOF*USTICE   s 5NDERSECRETARYAND!CTING3ECRETARY $EPARTMENT He is in favor of amending the Constitution and said: of Finance – 1966-1968 “Unless we reform our constitution, we will remain a laggard, weak, and poor. We will not achieve a higher Significant Achievements/Other Info economic growth, a better standard of living for our people, and a more stable society.” Political writer As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Alexander Remollino cites Senate President Enrile Corporations and Public Enterprises, he has exposed as one of the architects of martial law. He was also certain irregularities in the government, which led to one of the senators who voted against the opening a string of graft charges against the culprits involved. of the second bank envelope during the Estrada These include the PEA-Amari Land Scam, the Tax impeachment trial. Credit Scam in the DOF, and the purchase of luxury vehicles by DECS officials. WebsiteHTTPWWWJPENRILECOM

Jinggoy E. “JINGGOY” Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino ESTRADA Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and s "ACHELOR OF !RTS -AJOR IN Other Major Advocacies Economics -- University of the Philippines Senator Estrada co-authored the CARPER Bill as well as the s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS ,YCEUM Magna Carta for Women. He introduced SB 616, which ensures University security of tenure for agrarian reform beneficiaries over lands awarded to them by the CARP. It also provides guidelines for Professional/Public Service Record the cancellation of emancipation patents and certificates of land s 3ENATORn 0RESENT ownership awards and penalties for violations thereof. s -AYOR 3AN*UAN#ITY   s 6ICE-AYOR 3AN*UAN#ITY  Among his other proposed bills are the Retirement Law, the 1992 bill providing additional protection and benefits to domestic helpers or “kasambahay”, the bill increasing benefits and Significant Achievements/Other Info salaries of barangay officials and employees, and the “Right to Reproductive Health Care Information Act.” In 1992, he became the youngest ever elected-local chief executive in the Senator Estrada voted for the ratification of JPEPA. He is against entire nation. charter change before 2010. During his incumbency, San Juan On the MOA-AD, he said that “Dureza and Esperon apparently gained the reputation of being one of have knowledge of the `unconstitutional provisions’ of the MOA- the most progressive municipalities and AD with the Muslim secessionist group that were `kept secret’" the Most Peaceful Municipality in the from the public.” Philippines. The senator was charged, along with his father, former President Estrada, with violations against the Anti-Plunder Law but was acquitted by the Supreme Court. 25 WebsiteHTTPWWWSENJINGGOYESTRADACOM

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Ramon, Jr. N. “GETS KO” LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD GUICO Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Educational Attainment s %NGINEERINGn5NIVERSITYOF"AGUIO The issues on climate change, disaster risk reduction, health concerns, economic development to population Professional/Public Service Record were discussed by the mayors during the LMP’s 2009 s -AYOR n "INALONAN 0ANGASINAN n General Assembly, as Guico called on future local 1988-1992; 1992-1995; 1995-1998; 2001-2004; officials to continue the advocacy that they have 2004-2007; 2007 – 2010 started on climate change and disaster risk reduction. s .ATIONAL0RESIDENTn,EAGUEOF-UNICIPALITIESOF the Philippines, 2001-2010 His policy advocacies focus on four issues: Gamot, Edukasyon, Trabaho, Serbisyo. Significant Achievements/Other Info GAMOT There is a need to pursue legislation that devolves Binalonan was a 5th class municipality when Ramon health budget to the local government. Guico started office. While at office, Mayor Guico worked hand in hand with the local community, EDUKASYON bringing the Binalonan municipality to a 1st class There is a need to pass a law encouraging the municipality, with its own university. strengthening of local college education to make college education more accessible to the people. During his first term as LMP National President, he launched the Ang Galing Mo Mayor (You are the Best TRABAHO Mayor) Project as LMP’s serious efforts to promote There is a need to pass a legislation promoting local innovation and excellence in local governance. This employment generation through sound local economic project aimed to bring out the best in Philippine development plan. It is also imperative to pass laws municipalities in order to reengineer and raise the that will simplify business permit and licensing process quality of local governance in the country. of local governments. SERBISYO During his second term, the LMP founded the Mayor’s To guarantee the faster delivery of social services to Development Center (MDC), a first in Philippine local the people, there is a need to further empower local government organization, and even the first in Asia. governments. Local governments can serve faster as The MDC now serves as the development and training they are closer to the people. arm of the LMP for improving municipal governance and leadership. WebsiteHTTPRAMONGUICOCOM Liberal Party Teo!sto III D. “TG” GUINGONA Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTSIN%CONOMICSn!TENEODE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Manila University s *URIS$OCTORn!TENEODE-ANILA5NIVERSITY Cong. Guingona is a staunch proponent of Alternative Budget Initiative (ABI) that calls for, Professional/Public Service Record among others, an increase in the government’s s 2EPRESENTATIVE ND$ISTRICTOF"UKIDNON education budget. He has filed several 2004-Present budget reform bills, the first of which is the s ,AWYER Anti-Impoundment Bill seeking to curb the uncontrolled practice of withholding the release Significant Achievements/Other Info of appropriations in the General Appropriations Act. TG Guingona and his colleagues in the Ateneo student government joined a protest rally of the He has pushed for the privatization of NAPOCOR opposition party LABAN or to to lower electricity rates. He also filed an protest the massive cheating by the dictator impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand Marcos during the elections for Arroyo. the 1978 Interim Batasan Pambansa. While marching along Espana avenue, in Manila, TG Cong. Guingona is undecided on the RH Bill. and the entire Ateneo student government were arrested together with other prominent WebsiteHTTPTGGUINGONACOM opposition personalities. At the tender age of 19 26 years old, TG was incarcerated at Bicutan Center together with Nene Pimentel, , Soc Rodrigo, and Lorenzo Tanada Sr.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Liberal Party Ana “” Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda HONTIVEROS-BARAQUEL and Other Major Advocacies Educational Attainment Cong. Hontiveros-Baraquel co-sponsored and s "ACHELOROF3CIENCEIN3OCIAL3CIENCE#UM championed CARPER. She filed a petition before the Supreme Court against the signing of JPEPA until Laude) – Ateneo de Manila University meaningful consultation had been conducted with the Filipino people. She voted against the ratification of Professional/Public Service Record JPEPA. She co-authored the Cheaper Medicines Act of s 0ARTY LIST 2EPRESENTATIVE !KBAYAN 2008 and is a known opponent of charter change before 2010. 2004-Present s -EMBER GOVERNMENTgSPEACEPANELWITHTHE She has a strong and consistent anti-corruption stance National Democratic Front, 1998-Present (from ZTE-NBN, Ombudsman issues to Fertilizer Fund s 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL #OALITION FOR 0EACE scam, etc.) and slammed the Executive Branch for its “insidious and relentless pattern” of entering into trade 1987-1992 deals with utter disregard for the right to information. s #OMMUNITY /RGANIZER &OUNDATION FOR She challenged the government to exercise consistency Development Alternatives (FDA) – 1987 in the application of the constitutionally-guaranteed right s "ROADCAST*OURNALIST to information and public consultation, noting that in the controversial MOA-AD decision, one of the reasons the Supreme Court voided the Agreement was that “matters of Significant Achievements/Other Info: public concern covered by the right to information include steps and negotiations leading to the consummation of She is a recipient of the Kapisanan ng Mga the contract.” Broadkaster ng Pilipinas' Golden Dove Award Cong. Hontiveros-Baraquel is a well-known women’s rights for Best Female Newscaster. advocate. She sponsored the RH Bill and filed the Anti- Prostitution Bill, which looks at prostitution as a symptom She also earned a Nobel peace prize nomination of inequitable and exploitative social structures and prostitutes, as victims rather than criminals; the Gender for her work as chair the Government Panel's Balance Bill, which will ensure women’s representation in Reciprocal Working Committee on Socio- all structures of governance; and the Anti-Discrimination Economic Reforms in the Peace Talks with the Bill which seeks to uphold the human rights of lesbians, National Democratic Front from 1998 to 1999. gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBTs). WebsiteHTTPWWWRISAHONTIVEROSCOM Bangon Pilipinas Ma. Katherine L. R. “KATA” INOCENCIO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s 5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record Her platform focuses on the welfare of women s "ROADCAST*OURNALIST and children, as well as fighting corruption. s #HILD2IGHTS!DVOCATE s 4ELEVISION(OST Kata Inocencio, a veteran broadcast journalist who has been consistent in her anti-corruption Significant Achievements/Other Info advocacy, represents women, youth and children. In the media community, she blazed the trail of She joined television network ABS-CBN in 1986. maximizing the power of media to help improve She covered President as a the plight of the abused. She pioneered Bantay Malacanang correspondent. She also anchored Bata 163, a program which until today assists ABS-CBN’s flagship newscast, TV Patrol with Noli abused children. De Castro and Frank Evangelista. Aside from ABS-CBN News, she was involved with ABS-CBN Foundation and hosted its television program, Bantay Bata 163, a docu-drama program that campaigned against child abuse.

In 2001, Inocencio left ABS-CBN. She joined the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) as Vice President for Production. She hosted The 700 Club Asia on QTV3. As host of 700 Club Asia, she produced several stories focusing on the plight 27 of Overseas Filipino Workers.

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Alexander L. “” Liberal Party LACSON Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTS -AJORIN0OLITICAL3CIENCEn Agenda and Other Major Advocacies University of the Philippines s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS n 5NIVERSITY OF THE Atty. Lacson and his wife established a foundation Philippines to help unprivileged children through school. They are now subsidizing 27 scholars in different Professional/Public Service Record public schools in Negros Occidental, Lacson's s 0ARTNER -ALCOLM,AWn 0RESENT home province. s -ANAGING 0ARTNER -ALCOLM ,AW n  2004 Among his professional interests is environmental s 0ARTNER 0%3!,!-,AWn  law. He filed one of the biggest toxic waste s !SSOCIATE 0LATON-ARTINEZ&LORES3AN0EDRO claims in the country against the United States ,EA×O where he claimed that his clients were poisoned s ,EGISLATIVE !SSISTANT AND #HIEF OF 3TAFF by toxic wastes left by the United States which of various legislators at the House of abandoned Clark Air Field and the military Representatives base at Subic. The lawsuit demands that a comprehensive investigation be carried out to Significant Achievements/Other Info determine the extent of damage to air, water, soil and human beings on the former bases. The Atty. Lacson is best known for being the author plaintiffs are also demanding a comprehensive of the bestselling book “12 Little Things Every clean up of Clark and Subic and the affected Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country” and the surrounding areas from hazardous chemicals and poem “I am Filipino.” His theory was simple: toxic wastes. Small acts like obeying traffic rules, being a good parent and paying one’s taxes could go a long Website:HTTPALEXLACSONNET way in healing a wounded nation.

Raul L. “RAUL” LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD LAMBINO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development s "ACHELOR OF !RTS IN 0OLITICAL 3CIENCE 5NIVERSITY OF and Reform Agenda and Other s "ACHELOROF,AWS 5NIVERSITYOF0ANGASINAN Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record He rose to prominence when he s #ONSULTANT AND #OORDINATOR FOR THE 0HILIPPINE (OUSE led the signature campaign to of Representatives contingent to the Commission on Appointments amend or revise the 1987 Philippine s #ONSULTANTINTHE/FlCEOFTHE3PEAKEROFTHE0HILIPPINE Constitution. House of Representatives, 1995-1998, 2000 -2001 s #HIEF OF 3TAFFINTHE/FlCEOF3ENATOR,OREN,EGARDA  Raul Loyola Lambino is 2000; s #HIEF OF 3TAFF IN THE /FlCE OF 3PEAKER *OSE $E 6ENECIA currently the spokesperson of the 1995-1998; Sigaw ng Bayan Movement. He s /FlCER IN #HARGE0ROVINCIAL"OARD-EMBEROFTHE0ROVINCE was twice appointed by Gloria of Pangasinan, 1987-1988. s #HAIRMANOF'REEN3MILEYTHROUGH'REEN4EAM0ILIPINAS Macapagal-Arroyo as a member of two commissions on charter change Significant Achievements/Other Info — the Consultative Commission (Con-Com) in September 2005 Lambino is also known as a well-experienced campaigner. He spearheaded the campaign “Juan for all and all for Juan” to and the Charter Change Advocacy convince Sen. to run for president in 2004. In March Commission (AdCom) in February 2003, Lambino’s group gathered two million signatures, which 2006. however failed to convince Flavier to run for the presidency. In 2004, Lambino formed another movement called for Electoral Advocacy and Democracy (LEAD) to support Fernando 28 Poe Jr.’s presidential campaign. He also became lawyer of then vice presidential candidate when the opposition protested the results of the 2004 elections.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Lakas-KAMPI-CMD Rey M. “REY LANGIT” LANGIT Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s .O$ATA!VAILABLE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Professional/Public Service Record He was cited for his dedication to helping s "ROADCASTERNEWSANCHOR overseas Filipino workers through his various TV s #OLUMNIST and radio programs. Significant Achievements/Other Info He has been honored many times during his 40 years of service broadcasting. His awards include the Radio Broadcast Journalist of the Year award given by the Rotary Club of Manila in 1989 for his exceptional reporting during the 1989 series of coup d'état attempts. In 2004, Langit was once more named "Radio Broadcast Journalist of the Year" by the Rotary Club of Manila for his outstanding achievements in public service through broadcast media and his exceptional and in depth reports on relevant and important issues. He is also the Station Manager of the DWIZ AM Radio Station and VP of ALIW Broadcasting. He is also the chairman of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas-Metro Manila Chapter and is a member of the board of directors of the KBP-National.

Yasmin B. “YAS” Liberal Party LAO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s 0SYCHOLOGY &AR%ASTERN5NIVERSITY Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record Yasmin Busran-Lao is a Muslim Filipina who, at a s $EVELOPMENT7ORKER young age, questioned the oppressive conditions s 0EACEAND#IVIL3OCIETY!DVOCATE facing Muslim women and has been working ever s 'ENDERAND-USLIM2IGHTS!CTIVIST since as a tireless advocate for gender equality, women's rights and especially the rights of Muslim Significant Achievements/Other Info women.

The US government conferred on her the Ninoy She established the Al-Mujadilah Development Aquino Public Service Award for her work in Foundation (AMDF), which was inspired by a uplifting the plight of the marginalized. Koranic verse that means either “The Woman who Pleads,” “The Woman who Seeketh (Justice),” or Yasmin Lao's desire for independence and the “The Woman who Disputeth.” The group’s focus sense of fairness was believed to be influenced is social justice, working on issues of women’s by her great grandmother, who died when she rights, good governance and peace-building. The was eight. Her father, Mama Busran was a judge popularization of the Code of Muslim Personal in Jolo and later, in City who often Laws, which has been translated into local criticized the Marcos administration and opposed languages, is another of the foundation’s concerns. the militarization in Mindanao. Her father was also the first Muslim judge in the Court of Appeals. She has been called a model of the modern, questioning Moro woman, who seeks to reconcile 29 her personal and social identity with her role as a citizen, leader and change-agent.

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Manuel M. “LITO” Lakas-KAMPI-CMD LAPID Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s .OTERTIARYEDUCATION Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record As a Senator, he continued his advocacies to s 6ICE'OVERNOROF0AMPANGAn  further the welfare of the masses by introducing s 'OVERNOROF0AMPANGAn  bills aimed at improving education, health s 3ENATORnTOPRESENT services, housing and local government empowerment especially in disaster mitigation. Significant Achievements/Other Info He chaired the Senate Committee on Games, With the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991, he Amusement and Sports, focusing on organizing was pushed to the forefront of disaster mitigation institutional support to the country’s sports efforts in Central Luzon-affected provinces. development programs.

Slowly, and with the help of his fellow He authored and filed bills and resolutions that Kapampangans, set in motion a will provide comprehensive benefit packages to comprehensive rehabilitation program which our overseas workers, athletes, educational and made businesses in the province boom. scholarship support programs and expanding the protection and benefits of our elderly women and children, and advance national pride and expand the use of the native language.

Danilo D. “GENERAL DANNY” Liberal Party Guest Candidate

LIM Major Positions on Development and Reform Educational Attainment Agenda and Other Major Advocacies s 0HILIPPINE-ILITARY!CADEMY0-! s 53-ILITARY!CADEMYAT7EST0OINT Brig. Gen. Lim espouses anti-corruption measures s !DVANCED)NFANTRY#OURSE )NFANTRY3CHOOL and reforms in the electoral process, education, Fort Benning, Georgia and the foreign debt servicing. He has called on the AFP to “follow their conscience and do the Professional/Public Service Record right thing, should this administration insist on s COMMANDEDTHEFORWARD2ECON5NITOFTHEST trampling upon the Constitution we have sworn to Infantry (Tabak) Division in Sulu respect and uphold.” s WASANINSTRUCTORAT0-! s JOINED THE &IRST 3COUT 2ANGER 2EGIMENT AS While testifying as a witness in a hearing on the chief of operations Oakwood mutiny in November 2007, Lim joined s WASAMEMBEROFTHE2!- 3&0 9/5PEACE Senator Trillanes in walking out of the Makati panel in the negotiations to denounce the Arroyo s BECAME DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE &IRST government. At the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Lim Scout Ranger Regiment and later regiment called for President Arroyo’s resignation, urging the commander people to withdraw support from her government. But before nightfall, Philippine National Police Significant Achievements/Other Info (PNP) special forces stormed the hotel and arrested Lim, Trillanes, and a handful of soldiers. He consistently topped exams such as the entrance examinations to the Philippine Military Academy He is currently detained at the PNP Custodial and the US Military Academy at West Point, the Center in Camp Crame along with Trillanes and the Scout Ranger Course, and the Advanced Infantry Magdalo officers. Course at the Infantry School in Fort Benning, Georgia. He has been very vocal about being against the current Administration’s bid to amend the 30 Constitution. Website:HTTPDANNYLIMORG

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Jose Apolinario Jr. L. “JUN” LOZADA

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s .O$ATA!VAILABLE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record Principal author of the SARS bill. The bill s 2EPRESENTATIVE TH DISTRICT .EGROS proposes to empower the government to Occidental, 2001-2004 take such steps as isolating large areas where s #HAIRMAN (OUSE #OMMITTEE ON &OREIGN suspected carriers may live and enclosed public Relations, 12th Congress places like shopping malls that infected persons s &ORMER-ALACA×ANGCHIEFOFPROTOCOL might visit. The bill also proposes identifying government facilities where infected persons Significant Achievements/ Other Info could be quarantined.

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Nacionalista Party Ferdinand, Jr. R. “BONGBONG” MARCOS Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOROF!RTSDEGREEIN%CONOMICS /XFORD Agenda and Other Major Advocacies University s -ASTER OF "USINESS !DMINISTRATION 7HARTON Gov. Marcos' developmental programs focused on School of the University of Pennsylvania agriculture, education, tourism, health and sports. In the agricultural sector, the governor's vision was Professional/Public Service Record the total transformation of the province into an agro- s 6ICE'OVERNOR )LOCOS.ORTEn  industrial center. s 'OVERNOR OF )LOCOS .ORTE n    2007 Additional tourism enterprises were launched s 2EPRESENTATIVE NDDISTRICTOF)LOCOS.ORTEn leading to the construction of the Museo Iloko, Dap- 1992-1995, 2007-present ayan center and Tourism office and the restoration of the Rest Area in the Ilocos Norte-Ilocos Significant Achievements/ Other Info Sur boundary. Marcos also started the construction of the P472 million Hotel and Convention Center In 1992, following his return from exile abroad, at Barangay Balacad Laoag City. In addition, eco- he won election to the House of Representatives. tourism projects, like the promotion of lesser known In his first stint as legislator, he won support for tourist destinations of Ilocos Norte, were undertaken. legislation, even as an opposition congressman, notably the National Youth Commission Act. WebsiteHTTPBONGBONGMCOM In 1998, he ran and won for the first of three terms as governor of Ilocos Norte. In his nine years as governor, he transformed his province into a first- class province, a major tourism destination, an innovator in cooperatives development and a pioneer in harnessing wind power for energy. Gov. Marcos was awarded the Top Most Outstanding Contributor of CDF to Cooperatives and Young 31 Achiever Award for Government and Public Service in 1994.

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Liza L. “ NG GABRIELA” Nacionalista Party Guest Candidate MAZA

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s %CONOMICS 5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Professional/Public Service Record Liza Maza is the principal author of the Anti- s 0ARTY LIST 2EPRESENTATVE n '!"2)%,!  Trafficking in Persons Law and the Anti Violence 2010 Against Women and Children Act. These laws are s 0ARTY LIST 2EPRESENTATIVE n "!9!. -5.! very important in the Philippine context because in 2001-2004 2005 alone 750,000 women were exported to over s !CTIVIST 203 countries. 30% of the women being exported s $EVELOPMENT7ORKER from the Philippines end up in the sex trade. Significant Achievements/ Other Info She is the author of the controversial Philippine Divorce Bill. Maza has been an activist since her student days at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. She then She has played a pivotal role in reflecting in law the started working with the University Alliance which issues of women on the Philippines and their vision did work with the urban poor. After graduation, for themselves and their country. she worked as a researcher and taught for St. Scholastica College. Liza started working with GABRIELA Philippines, the largest and most militant alliance of women’s organizations in the Philippines. She eventually became part of the editors collective for LAYA magazine. Liza was elected Secretary General of GABRIELA, a post she held for fourteen years. Liza was a founding member of the Asia section of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and a member of the executive committee of the Women’s International Democratic Federation.

Ramon B. “MON-MON” Nacionalista Party MITRA Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s 0HILIPPINE-ILITARY!CADEMYn Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record Mitra, who is also the director of the Philippine s 0LATOON #OMMANDER AND #APTAIN n National Oil Company and PNOC Exploration Company which is engaged in oil and gas explorations and coal trading, said that cleaner and cheaper energy as alternative fuels will completely Significant Achievements/ Other Info eradicate, if not lessen the importation of fuels.

Ramon “Mon-Mon” Mitra, a bemedalled Moreover, Mitra will also focus on the Agriculture Former Marine Captain and son of the late and Fisheries Modernization Act (RA 8435) once he Speaker Ramon Mitra Jr. is also a recipient of the gets into Senate. Distinguished Conduct Star, the second highest military award in the country given to soldiers He said that rationalization of the existing who perform beyond the call of duty against institutional mechanisms should be implemented overwhelming odds. to strengthen private-public partnership and make such more efficient in expanding agri-food exports, He is backed by an extensive experience in facilitating modernization and growth of the sector. administrative and operations management Likewise, he would ask the government to allocate acquired from over 18 years experience in the substantial resources to rehabilitate affected places military, private business and family-owned and crops in areas devastated by tropical storm corporations, particularly in the fields of Ondoy and typhoon Pepeng as well as come 32 information technology, transportation, and up with measures to augment farmers’ incomes agribusiness. including the provision of agricultural production.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Ramoncito P. “MONCHING” Bangon Pilipinas OCAMPO

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s !"%CONOMICS 5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES Agenda and Other Major Advocacies s "ACHELOROF,AWSn3AN"EDA#OLLEGEOF,AW Atty. Ramoncito Ocampo represents the Professional/Public Service Record overseas Filipino workers. For over two decades s ,AWYER he has mingled and interacted with overseas s 0REACHER%L3HADDAI communities in the United States and thus, is adept in issues confronting OFWs. He is a lawyer Significant Achievements specializing in family laws and immigration laws and is a leading personality among U.S.-based He is the President of Bangon! Bagong Pilipinas Filipino community. (BBP), an advocacy for the moral, economic and political transformation of the Philippines. Ocampo is a known personality in the charismatic movement, El Shaddai and has been blessed by El Shaddai leader, Mike Velarde in joining the cause of Bro. Eddie and Bangon Pilipinas.

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Saturnino C. “SATUR” Nacionalista Party Guest Candidate OCAMPO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other s !SSOCIATE IN #OMMERCE Major Advocacies (undergraduate) -- Philippine College of Commerce (now Cong. Ocampo, along with other solons, is accused of the Polytechnic University of having cooperated and colluded with anti-CARP legislators by taking the Philippines) turns in delivering their privilege speeches to delay discussions s *OURNALISM UNDERGRADUATE on CARPER and to give anti-CARP solons the opportunity to later Lyceum of the Philippines question the quorum of the session which resulted in the adjournment of the session. Bayan Muna opposed CARPER and instead batted Professional/Public Service for what they call Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB). Record s 0ARTY ,IST 2EPRESENTATIVE He authored the Philippine Disaster Management Act, the Rice Bayan Muna -- 2001-2004, Industry Development Act, the Rent Control Act, and several bills 2004-2007, 2007-Present that protect senior citizens. He also authored the bill providing s &OUNDER .ATIONAL$EMOCRATIC for the repeal of the Human Security Act, and the act mandating Front (NDF) compensation to human rights victims during Martial Law. Ironically, s *OURNALIST he has been charged with several human rights violations including the execution of thirty farmers in 1985 when purging military assets Significant Achievements/ Other within the New People’s Army in Southern Leyte. Info Cong. Ocampo co-authored the RH Bill, the bill prohibiting the He was arrested and incarcerated establishment of political dynasties, the Freedom of Information as a political prisoner and tortured Act, and Act Strengthening the Right of the People to Freedom of for nine years in various prison Expression, Peaceable Assembly and Petition the Government for 33 camps. Redress of Grievances.

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Susan V. “TOOTS” Nacionalista Party OPLE Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development s !"#OMMUNICATION!RTSn5NIVERSITYOF3ANTO4OMAS and Reform Agenda and Other s +ENNEDY3CHOOLOF'OVERNMENT (ARVARD5NIVERSITY Major Advocacies Professional/Public Service Record The Blas F. Ople Policy Center and s 5NDERSECRETARY /FlCEOFTHE%XECUTIVE3ECRETARY-ALACA×ANG Training Institute is currently involved s 5NDERSECRETARY /FlCEOFTHE#OMMUNICATIONS$IRECTORn/FlCEOFTHE in four major initiatives: President s 5NDERSECRETARY $EPARTMENTOF,ABORAND%MPLOYMENT$/,% 1. Scholarship program for children s #HIEF OF 3TAFF $EPARTMENTOF&OREIGN!FFAIRS$&! of poor, working journalists in s #HIEF OF 3TAFF /FlCEOF3ENATOR"LAS&/PLE 3ENATEOFTHE0HILIPPINES coordination with Samahang s 7ORKED WITH THE )NTERNATIONAL ,ABOR /RGANIZATION ),/ n -ANILA Plaridel. Office on training for women union members on gender issues 2. “Shoes” – a nonprofit activity that delivers new shoes for school Significant Achievements/ Other Info children who never owned a pair The overseas Filipino worker (OFW) advocate is the youngest daughter of in their life due to poverty. the late Senator and Foreign Affairs and Labor Secretary Blas F. Ople. 3. Short courses on diplomacy, writing, and Philippine history She received the Vernon Award for Excellence in Communications at the for students, housewives, and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. government employees. (i.e. History for Grown-ups with From writing a column in Manila Times, she now writes a Sunday column Ambeth Ocampo, On Writing Well in Panorama Magazine and Tempo and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of with National Artist for Literature Buhay OFW Magazine. Virgilio Almario, Foreign Affairs on She left government service to establish the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Saturdays with the help of resource Training Institute (Ople Center), a non-government organization dedicated persons from the DFA). to helping Overseas Filipino Workers and their families, which she now 4. Advocacy against unlawful Charter heads. change. Together with Senator Ernesto “Boy” Herrera, Susan was also one of the founders of the Citizens’ DrugWatch Foundation. WebsiteHTTPWWWOPLECOM

Sergio III D. “SERGE” Liberal Party Guest Candidate OSMENA Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and s 5NDERGRADUATE 5NIVERSITY OF 3AN #ARLOS Reform Agenda and Other Major University of the Philippines, Harvard University Advocacies and Georgetown University Former Senator Osmeña has earned Professional/Public Service Record the respect of many for his exposes s 3ENATORn    on graft and corruption, among others s &ARMER "USINESSMAN the anomalous IMPSA-CBK, PIATCO, Tiwi-Makban, Marconi and Casecnan Significant Achievements contracts, saving billions of pesos for the Filipino people. He voted in favor As a son of Marcos' political rival, Osmeña was of opening the second bank envelope imprisoned in 1972. In November 1974, he embarked for the impeachment case filed against on a hunger strike along with his cellmate -- Eugenio Estrada. “Geny” Lopez, Jr. -- to protest the unjust detention of thousands of innocent Filipinos. This resulted in He authored the Farmland as Collateral the release of 1,022 political prisoners in December bill and the Food Security Rationalization 1974. Defiant to the very end, Osmeña and Lopez Act of 2004. escaped from their maximum security prison cell in Fort Bonifacio in 1977. While in exile in the United He campaigned relentlessly for justice for States, he served as the Director for Movement for a victims of toxic wastes at the former U.S. Free Philippines. He was also the Founding Director of bases in Clark and Subic. the Justice for Aquino Justice for All (JAJA) Movement. He has been criticized for being close to the Lopez group and being less vocal when issues are involved with its line of business which includes MERALCO, 34 Maynilad Water Services, SkyCable, Manila North Tollways, and ABS-CBN.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Gwendolyn D. “GWEN” PDP-LABAN, Nacionalista Party Guest Candidate PIMENTEL Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and s "ACHELOROF,AWS 5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES Reform Agenda and Other Major s -ASTERS IN 0UBLIC !DMINSITRATION n 5NIVERSITY OF THE Advocacies Philippines Her advocacy is focused on the concerns of Professional/Public Service Record children, families and communities. s #HIEF OF 3TAFF n /FlCE OF 3ENATE -INORITY ,EADER Aquilino Pimentel On the radio program Kartada Escalera, s 0RESIDENT n !SSOCIATION OF #HILD #ARING !GENCIES OF she stated that she is an advocate of the the Philippines (ACCAP) universal health bill and federalism (because s ,AWYER she believes this is the proper approach in stimulating progress in Mindanao and Significant Achievements/ Other Info establishing peace in the area by allowing them to implement a style of governance in Daughter of Senator Aquilino Pimentel and sister of 2007 accordance to their culture and tradition). senatorial candidate Atty. . As a lawyer of the Inter-Country Adoption From 1989-1991, the Office of the Solicitor General Board (ICAB), an agency attached to Ladies' Circle was under the able leadership of Solicitor the Department of Social Welfare and Annie Concepcion Marquez, with Associate Solicitor Development, she stated that “There is little Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, the Vice-President, assuming information about inter-country adoption, the presidency due to the former's leave of absence during and sometimes people have misconceptions the latter part of her second term. It was in 1990 that the and misgivings about the process.” She said Ladies' Circle was incorporated and duly registered with Filipinos had not been receptive to it because Securities and Exchange Commission and its Constitution they likened it to trading and exposing and by-laws duly amended. children to such greater dangers as abduction and human trafficking. “We want people to Author of the book “Adopting a Filipino Child the Intercountry understand that inter-country adoption is a Way”, which offers an in-depth explanation of the adoption very good alternative means of child care if you process. cannot give them the care that they deserve in our country,” she said.

Ariel O. “MARINES” Nacionalista Party QUERUBIN Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and s 0HILIPPINE-ILITARY!CADEMYn Reform Agenda and Other Major s -ASTERS$EGREEIN$EFENSE3TUDIES 5NIVERSITYOF Advocacies Canberra, Australia Querubin’s career has been marked by Professional/Public Service Record involvements in “military adventurism.” s #OMMANDER ST-ARINE"RIGADE As co-founder of the military fraternity s 0HILIPPINE-ARINE#OLONEL Young Officers’ Union (YOU), he and his men joined about 3,000 rebel troops in Significant Achievements/ Other Info the bloodiest coup attempt against the The most bemedalled officer in the history of the Aquino administration in December 1989. republic, Querubin gained notoriety after a seven-hour They were imprisoned but later pardoned standoff in Fort Bonifacio during an alleged coup plot and reinstated in the service in 1995, against President Macapagal-Arroyo in February 2006. after retired general Fidel Ramos, who was elected president in 1992, granted Interestingly, he has practically earned all the awards the amnesty to military rebels. Armed Forces could give, including the coveted Medal of Valor, all except the Wounded Personnel Medal, an websiteHTTPARIELQUERUBINCOM award he would have been given in December 1989, when he was wounded in the coup attempt against then President Cory Aquino -- if he was on the government side. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded a Marine battalion landing team that engaged an estimated 800-strong, fully armed band of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in a 24-hour gun battle in Kauswagan, 35 Lanao del Norte from March 18 to 19, 2000.

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Ralph G. “RALPH” Liberal Party RECTO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s "ACHELOR OF 3CIENCE IN #OMMERCE -AJOR Agenda and Other Major Advocacies in Business Administration – De La Salle University As former Senator and NEDA chief, he has called on lawmakers to draft anti-trust laws to prevent s -ASTERSIN0UBLIC!DMINISTRATIONn5NIVERSITY public utilities (specifically oil companies) from of the Philippines colluding, cartel like, in rigging their pricing so s -ASTERSIN3TRATEGIC"USINESS%CONOMICS as to be profitable to them. University of Asia and the Pacific He co-authored the Rent Control Law (2002), Professional/Public Service Record the E-VAT Law (2005), and the Magna Carta s $IRECTOR 'ENERAL .ATIONAL %CONOMIC AND for Disabled Persons (1992). In the House of Representatives, most of his legislative measures Development Authority (NEDA) – 2008-2009 enacted into law deal with economic reforms and s 3ENATORn  poverty alleviation including the Social Reform s 2EPRESENTATIVE TH $ISTRICT OF "ATANGAS n and Poverty Alleviation Act (1998), the Philippine 1992-1995, 1995-1998, 1998-2001 Economic Zone Law (1995), and the Retail Trade Liberalization Law (2000).

Former Senator Recto called on government officials to make sure that the trade in hazardous waste allowed in the JPEPA should not cover environmentally sensitive products deemed potentially hazardous to health.

He ran for re-election in the Senate in 2007 elections under TEAM Unity but lost.

Gilbert Cesar C. “GILBERT” Nacionalista Party REMULLA

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and s "! -ASS #OMMUNICATION MAJOR IN Reform Agenda and Other Major Broadcasting - University of the Philippines Advocacies Diliman, 1992 s -ASTERS IN )NTERNATIONAL !FFAIRS )NTERNATIONAL Gilbert Remulla is a strong advocate for Media and Communication, East Asian population management. Political Affairs) - Columbia University, New York, 1999 He was one of the youngest members of Congress. However, his legislative record Professional/Public Service Record includes legislation such as Republic Act s 2EPRESENTATIVEOFTHEND$ISTRICTOF#AVITEn 9165, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, 2001-2007 and Republic Act 9287, or the Act Increasing the Penalty for the Illegal Numbers Game. Significant Achievements/ Other Info He had a number of bills which are pending in Congress, including House Bill No. 185 After obtaining a degree in Broadcast seeking the abolition of the Sangguniang Communication in 1993, Gilbert Remulla joined Kabataan and replacing it with a youth ABS-CBN as part of its news team. Gilbert Remulla representative; House Bill No. 2452 which started as a production assistant, and then became seeks to lower the cost of cellular phone a reporter and a regular in the morning and usage and House Bill No. 5310 which evening news. aims at minimizing the use of plastic bags and plastic utensils that damage the His experience in the Ivy League school gave him environment. the opportunity to work for CNN and the United 36 Nations.

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Sonia M. “SON” Liberal Party ROCO Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and s "ACHELOR OF 3CIENCE IN %DUCATION 3AINT *OSEPHgS Reform Agenda and Other Major College Advocacies s -ASTEROF!RTSIN#OMMUNICATION!RTSANDA-ASTEROF Arts in Social Psychology - Ateneo de Manila University. Sonia Roco is active in educational, social, s #HILD$EVELOPMENT#ENTER 5NIVERSITYOFTHE0HILIPPINES cultural, and environmental causes. As past president and founding member of Professional/Public Service Record the 20-year-old Women in Nation Building s #HAIRPERSON -ETRO -ANILA #OMMUNITY /RCHESTRA (WIN), she is a sought-after resource person (MMCO), St. Michael's Hospice Foundation, Member - on women's issues. In healthcare, she is a Women in Nation-Building (WIN) frequent guest speaker owing to her first- s 0AST0RESIDENT 3ENATE3POUSES&OUNDATION hand experience as primary caregiver to then ailing husband Raul. Sonia co-founded Significant Achievements/ Other Info Saint Michael's Hospice in 1996 to help the poor and terminally ill. She maintains active The widow of the late senator of the Philippines and former relations with the Student Catholic Action Presidential candidate . Leadership Foundation, an organization which strives to revive the SCA among the A consistent honor student from elementary to college, contemporary Filipino youth. she was awarded the "Most Outstanding Student of the Philippines" in 1964, placing first (future husband Raul With Corazon Alma de Leon and Tony placed second) among all college students ranked on the Arevalo, her radio program, “Kapitan del basis of academic excellence, leadership abilitiy, and special Baryo,” aimed to strengthen grassroots achievement. democracy.

A recipient of the Cardinal Santos Leadership Award, having served as president of the Student Catholic Action (SCA) and the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP).

Vicente III C. “TITO” Nationalist People’s Coalition SOTTO

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s %NGLISH #OLEGIODE3AN*UANDE,ETRAN Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

Professional/Public Service Record Former Senator Sotto filed a bill on absentee s "OARD OF $IRECTORS AND !CTING #HAIRMAN voting and is known for his advocacy against Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) – 2008-2009 illegal drugs. Ironically, he had been implicated s 3ENATORn    in a drug controversy which he vehemently s 6ICE -AYOR1UEZON#ITY n  denied. s !CTOR 4ELEVISION0ERSONALITY He voted against opening the second bank envelope for the impeachment case filed against Former President . After being affiliated with Estrada and the late Fernando Poe, Jr. for the longest time, Sotto was not given a spot at the opposition's line-up in 2007. He jumped the fence and joined TEAM Unity of the administration in the 2007 elections but lost.

He filed several bills addressing issues in telecommunications and pushed for the approval of the seatbelt law. 37

Philippine Election 2010 NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES SENATORIABLES Adel A. “ADEL” Nacionalista Party TAMANO

Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda s "ACHELOR OF !RTS -AJOR IN and Other Major Advocacies Economics – Ateneo de Manila University Atty. Tamano believes that regardless of one's financial s "ACHELOR OF ,AWS !TENEO DE or social status, an educated citizenry is a surefire way to Manila University move the community forward -- together -- to economic s -ASTER OF -ASTER OF 0UBLIC prosperity and social maturity. To help translate this Administration – University of the into reality, an adult education program in PLM was Philippines conceptualized to provide instruction to out-of-school s -ASTER OF ,AWS (ARVARD ,AW youth. School On peace in Mindanao, he has said: “I feel that part of the Professional/Public Service Record reason there is no peace in Mindanao is that some people s 0RESIDENT 0AMANTASANNG,UNGSOD benefit from the fact that there is no peace there. It benefits ng Maynila – 2007-Present some people that there is violence there. I feel that with s 3ENIOR 0ARTNER +APUNAN 4AMANO enough political will, there can be peace… if the lives 6ILLADOLID  !SSOCIATES n of Muslims and Christians in Mindanao improve, and you 2004-Present have things to live for, you have a good job, you can send s !SSOCIATE -ENDOZA ,AW &IRM n you children to school,… if they have something to live 1997-2004 for, then they will not join these extremist movements...” s ,AWYER 0ROFESSOR He had been highly critical of House Resolution 1109 and Significant Achievements/ Other Info said that “essentially, the aim of Team-GMA congressmen in approving Resolution 1109 is to take the Senate out Atty. Tamano was the first Filipino Muslim of the equation in changing the Philippine Constitution, scholar at the Harvard Law School. He which is absurd because even renaming a road would also delivered the valedictory address require the participation of the Senate.” during their graduation. WebsiteHTTPWWWADELTAMANOPH

Alexander B. “ALEX TINSAY” Bangon Pilipinas TINSAY Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development and Reform s !" %NGLISH 3AN 3EBASTIAN #OLLEGE Agenda and Other Major Advocacies Recoletos Alex Tinsay represents the interest of the mass Professional/Public Service Record media and freedom of information. Tinsay has s "ROADCASTER a colorful three decades of serving the public through courageous reportage which straddles Significant Achievements/ Other Info radio and television.

He is a seasoned TV broadcaster of GMA 7 and straight-to-the-point commentator of Bisig Bayan Opinions and editorials in GMA Balita. He was one of the producers and anchors of Streetwatch 117, the first anti-crime segment on Philippine television. He has received recognition for excellence in broadcast journalism.

He made appearances hosting The 700 Club Asia, a God-centered television show. In addition, he is actively involved with the Christ Reachout Ministries’ urban poor program. He is the head pastor of a 19-year-old church. 38

NATIONAL CANDIDATES PROFILES Philippine Election 2010 SENATORIABLES Israel N. “DR. ISRAEL” Bangon Pilipinas VIRGINES Educational Attainment Major Positions on Development s "ACHELOR OF !RTS IN (ISTORY AND 0HILOSOPHY !DVENTIST and Reform Agenda and Other University of the Philippines, 1989 Major Advocacies s -ASTER OF $IVINITY -$IV &AR %AST !DVENT 3CHOOL OF Theology, 2000 Virgines has been an educator s -ASTER IN "USINESS !DMINISTRATION -"! !DVENTIST for almost all his professional life University of the Philippines, 2004 and a well-known personality in s $OCTOROF$IVINITY$$ &AR%AST!DVENT3CHOOLOF4HEOLOGY the Adventist University of the 2008 Philippines which has branches all s $OCTOROF-INISTRY$-IN -ANILA4HEOLOGICAL#OLLEGE  over the country. s $OCTOR OF 0HILOSOPHY 0H$ -ANILA 4HEOLOGICAL #OLLEGE 2009 Dr. Israel Virgines represents s "ACHELOROF,AWS 0HILIPPINE#AMBRIDGE3CHOOLOF,AW  the education sector, himself an academician for all his professional Professional/Public Service Record life. s %DUCATOR Significant Achievements/ Other Info He can be considered an expert in the field of education. He is a MANAGEMENTCONSULTANTANDPROFESSORLECTURERATTHE0HILIPPINE Advent College. He was also a professor at the Philippine National Police Academy from June 2007 to March 2008. Furthermore, he became the Associate Vice President for Student Services at the Adventist University of the Philippines and Dean of Student Affairs at the Northern Luzon Adventist College. Dr. Virgines is also the District Pastor of the Central Luzon Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

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