Loading ...Eddie "Among Ed" Tongol Panlilio is a Filipino Roman Catholic priest and Governor of the province of Pampanga. He was suspended from his priestly ministry upon announcing his intention to run as governor. He is the second priest to be elected to public office in the Philippines, the first being Fr. Margarito Gonzaga, who was elected mayor of Alburquerque, Bohol in 1971.
Fr. Ed Panlilio was born in Minalin, Pampanga on December 6, 1953. He is the sixth of seven children of Gervacio Cunanan Panlilio and Catalina Tongol. His father Gervacio remarried Maria Restinia Regala-Panlilio, a principal of San Pedro Elementary School. He is afflicted with vitiligo, a rare skin disease.
For fifteen years, Panlilio was the director of the Social Action Center of Pampanga (Sacop), which worked with communities displaced by lahar following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. He has also spearheaded a successful micro-lending program. He also established the Talete Panyulung ning Kapampangan Inc. (TPKI), based on the Grameen Bank-approach. Now on its 20th year, TPKI released P2 billion in loans to small entrepreneurs in Central Luzon.
After finishing elementary at the Minalin Central Elementary School, Panlilio opted to enroll at the Don Bosco Academy as a sophomore after spending a year as a freshman at the Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades (DHVCAT).
Panlilio was in and out of several seminaries as he went through a long discernment process, and was finally ordained priest in December 13, 1981 (after finishing his Theology Studies at the St. Augustine Major Seminary).
Panlilio, along with two other priests, was suspended from his pastoral duties for running for elected office in 2007. Bishop Leonardo Medroso, chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Canon Law cited a conflict between a role in political parties and in the church.
Eddie Panlilio was inaugurated as the 26th governor of the province of Pampanga on June 30, 2007. Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago of the Supreme Court administered the oath of office. During the inauguration, the new governor vowed to stop corruption and to make the province an example of a “new dawn in Philippine politics”. On July 4, 2007 Among Ed began serving his term amid the province’s hope to erase its reputation of being the country’s Vatican of "jueteng" or illegal gambling. Pampanga has had a long history of patronage politics and corruption.
Other Information
- Name : Eddie "Among Ed" Tongol Panlilio
- Birthday : December 6, 1953
- Birthplace : Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines
- Father : Gervacio Cunanan Panlilio
- Mother : Catalina Tongol
- Political party : Independent
- Schools Attended :
- Elementary, Minalin Central Elementary School
- Don Bosco Academy
- Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trades (DHVCAT)
- Theology Studies, St. Augustine Major Seminary
- Profession : Priest
- Religion : Roman Catholic
Notable Events
- Quarry Industry
- Pamisaupan
- White Ribbon campaign
Lawsuits and controversies
- Bribery and plunder issues
- Panlilio’s Expose Triggered Lawyers’ Ad Against Corruption
- Corruption, perjury and 19 PML war
- Recall under COMELEC Resolution 7505
- Gawad Kalinga housing
Recognitions
Philippine Daily Inquirer, "Filipino of the Year 2007"
Cayetano Paderanga Jr.
Augusto Santos
Alberto Lim
Jose Carlos Lacson
Ramon Paje