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Eduardo de Mesa

Eduardo de Mesa

Eduardo de Mesa is the Presidential Legal Counsel under Noynoy Aquino Administration.

Cayetano Paderanga Jr.

Cayetano Paderanga Jr

Cayetano Paderanga Jr. is National Economic and Development Authority Director-General (NEDA) under Noynoy Aquino Administration.

Rogelio Singson

Rogelio Singson

Rogelio Singson is the secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under the Aquino administration.

Ma. Lourdes Fernando

Ma. Lourdes Fernando is the mayor of the City of Marikina, the "shoe capital" of the Philippines. Mayor Lourdes Fernando was born on February 10, 1957 in Quezon City. She is the loving wife of MMDA Chairman Bayani "BF" Fernando and the mother of their only child Tala Maria. She finished her Primary and Secondary [...]

Jejomar Binay

Jejomar "Jojo" C. Binay is the current mayor of the City of Makati. He is also the president of the United Opposition (UNO), Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) and Boy Scouts of the Philippines. He is married to Elenita Sombillo, a doctor of medicine. Dr. Elenita S. Binay became the mayor of Makati from 1998 to [...]

Isidro Lumayag

Isidro Lumayag is the mayor of Polomolok, South Cotabato.

Roilo Golez

Roilo Golez  is a Philippine politician on his fifth term as Member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Second District of Parañaque City, one of the most industrialized districts of the Philippines. A veteran legislator, he was elected in the 1992, 1995, 1998, 2004, and 2007 all by landslide victories and has served [...]

Magtanggol Gunigundo II

Magtanggol Tanjuan Gunigundo II (born December 11, 1964) was the present second district representative to Philippine Congress of Valenzuela City. He was also the former representative of the defunct lone district of Valenzuela and was a member of his own law firm before entering politics. He is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines. [...]

Salvador Laurel

Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel (November 18, 1928 – January 27, 2004), also known as Doy Laurel, was Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that, he briefly served as Aquino’s first (and only) Prime Minister from February 25 to March 25 of 1986. Laurel is the fifth son of [...]

Arturo Tolentino

Arturo Modesto Tolentino (September 19, 1910 – August 2, 2004) was a prominent political figure in the Philippines who briefly held the position of vice president in 1986. He is more well known as the father of the Philippine “archipelagic doctrine” and expert on the Law of the Sea. Tolentino was also a former congressman [...]