SENATORS

4. BAGUILAT, TEDDY (LIBERAL PARTY)

- an advocate for Ifugao, Indigenous Peoples rights, the environment and human rights and has served various
elective seats in Ifugao. Hailing from the Tuwali and Gaddang tribes, Baguilat served as a municipal councilor
and mayor of Kiangan, Ifugao, before becoming a two-term provincial governor and representative of the
lone district of Ifugao from 2010 to 2019.

Education:
•BA Mass Communication, Major in Journalism, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Work Experience:
•President, Global Consortium for Indigenous Conserved Communities Area (ICCA Consortium),
President, 2020 to present
•Executive Director, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, 2019-2021
•Chairperson, Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development
•Vice Chairman, Asian Forum of Parliamentarians for Population and Development
•Representative of the Lone District of Ifugao, House of Representatives, 2010-2019
•President, Save the Ifugao RIce Terraces Movement, 2004-2007
•Governor, Ifugao Province, 2001-2004, 2007-2010
•Mayor, Kiangan, Ifugao, 1995-2000
•Municipal Councilor of Kiangan, Ifugao, 1992-1995
•Executive Assistant to the Undersecretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
1987-1991

Major Accomplishments
Public Office Achievements
•R.A. No 11321, or the Sagip Saka Law
•R. A. No. 11332, or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public
Health Concern Act
•R.A. No. 11036, or the Mental Health Act
•R.A. No. 10929, or the Free Internet Access in Public Spaces Act
•R.A. No. 10689 - An Act Declaring August 9 as National Indigenous Peoples Day and Mandating
the Meaningful Observance Thereof
Private Sector Achievements
•IP rights and ancestral domains protection
•Human rights
Major Advocacies
•Freedom of information; Government transparency
•IP rights
•Education
•SOGIE Equality bill
•Human rights
•Health
Platform and Policy
•IP’s Right, Culture and Tradition
•Environmental and Climate Action
•Agrarian Reform and Food Security; Fishermen and Farmers Welfare
•Justice

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/baguilat_teddy.html

5. BAILEN, AGNES ( INDEPENDENT)

- a first-time senatorial candidate with experience in all three branches of government. A
lawyer by training, Bailen entered government through the Public Information Office of the
Supreme Court and moved on to work as judicial staff head under then-Associate Justice
Artemio V. Panganiban.
Education:
● Diploma in Bioethics, UP College of Medicine
● Bachelor of Laws, UP-Diliman College of Law
● Master of Arts in Political Science, UP-Diliman
● Bachelor of Arts in Political Science UP-Diliman

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/bailen_agnes.html

Work Experience:
Litigation:
•Managing Partner, Bailen & Nachura Law Office, May 2004-2010
•Attorney 5, UP Legal Services at UP-Diliman, June 2006-2007
•Head, Legal Team for Ramon A. Ilagan, winning mayoral candidate for Municipality of Cainta, 2004
•Associate, Antonio R. Bautista & Partners, 2004

Public Service – Judiciary:

•Office of Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, Supreme Court of the Philippines, 2000-2004

○ Judicial Staff Head, August 18, 2001 – March 1, 2004

○ Court Attorney VI, June - August 2001
○ Assistant Committee Secretary, Oct. 2000 – May 2001
○ Committee Secretary, June-August 2001
•Public Information Office, Supreme Court of the Philippines, January-September 2000
○ Executive Assistant IV, January-May 2000
○ SC Supervising Judicial Staff Officer, June-September 17, 2007

Public Service – Legislative:

•Senate: Chief of Staff for Office of Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, July 1, 2004 – March 1,
2006
•House of Representatives: 2007-2016

○ Chief Political Affairs Officer, Office of Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla, 2nd District of Cavite, July
1, 2010 – June 30, 2016
○ Chief Political Affairs Officer, Office of Rep. Jose V. Yap, 2nd District of Tarlac, July 1, 2007 –
June 30, 2010

Public Service – Executive:

•Department of Budget and Management, 2016-2020

○ Undersecretary of Internal Audit, September 3, 2017 – August 23, 2020

○ Undersecretary of Internal Management, October 3, 2016 – September 3, 2017
○ Chief of Staff, Office of Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, July 1 -
October 2, 2016

Academic Lecturer, 1993-2006:

● Senior Lecturer 3, College of Medicine, UP-Manila, June-April 2006
● Assistant Professor 3, International Studies Department, De La Salle University Manila, May-
September 2005
● Senior Lecturer 3, College of Dentistry, UP-Manila, 2001-April 2004
● Assistant Professor 2, Department of Political Science, De La Salle University Manila,
September-December 2001
● Department of Political Science, CSSP, UP Diliman, Senior Lecturer (June 1996-May 1998),
Instructor (June 1994-May 1996), Lecturer (June 1993-May 1994)
● Part-time Faculty, St. Scholastica’s College, Manila, November 1993-April 1994
● Lecturer, UP-San Fernando Extension Program, Pampanga,1993

Research, 1992- 2006

● Research Fellow (January-August 1998) and University Researcher (March 1997-December
1998), Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy, College of Public Administration, UP-
Diliman,
● Research Associate (May 1996-March 1997) and Research Assistant (October 1995-January
1996), Institute for Strategic and Development Studies
● Research Associate for “A Special Project on the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and
Development,,Center for Integrative and Development Studies, UP-Diliman, August 1996-February
1997
● Research Assistant, WomenHealth Philippines, November 1993-January 1994
● Research Assistant, Philippine Center for Policy Studies, September-October 1993
● Research Assistant on “Philippine Human Development Report: People’s Participation in
Governance”, sponsored by the United Nations’ Development Programme, January-June 1993.
● Research Assistant on “Post-Aquino Philippines: In Search of Political Stability,” module on
people empowerment, January-June 1992

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/bailen_agnes.html

Major Accomplishments
Public Sector
Women’s rights promotion
As DBM undersecretary:
•Helped establish,via recommendation of DBM’s Day Care and Lactating Center
•Improved DBM’s Gender and Development compliance level from Level 2 to Level 3 (maximum is
Level 5)
Drug abuse rehabilitation
•As DBM undersecretary, increased budget for Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center
and improved the number of treatment and rehab centers from 13 to 21
Private Sector
Writer
•Author of:
“Intellectual Property in the Philippines” w/ Atty. Susan Villanueva “Super Lolo: The Odyssey of
Lorenzo M. Tanada”, UP Press Publications (1998)
Major Advocacies
•Gender equality
•Family and household wellbeing
•Stronger governance

Platform and Policy

•Good Governance; Accountability
•Economy
•Health; Covid-19 Pandemic
•Justice; Peace and Order
•Education

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/bailen_agnes.html
11. BINAY, JOJO
(UNITED NATIONALIST ALLIANCE)
- is a veteran politician, who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines from 2010 to
2016. Before entering politics, he was a prominent human rights lawyer and political detainee
during the Martial Law era, providing free legal services to others who were also unjustly
detained.

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/binay_jojo.html

Education:
• Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security, Harvard Kennedy School-
Executive Education, 2011
• Diploma in Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of the Philippines Open
University, 2004
• Masters in Management, Philippine Christian University, 1998
• Joint Services and Command Staff Course, Joint Services and Command Staff College, AFP,
1997
• Top Management Program, Asian Institute of Management at Bali, Indonesia, 1996
• Diploma in Land Use Program, School of Urban Regional Planning, University of the Philippines
• Masters in National Security Administration, National Defense College of the Philippines, 1990
• Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines, 1967
• BA Political Science, University of the Philippines, 1962
Honorary Degrees:
• Doctor of Humanities, Wesleyan University-Philippines (2012)
• Doctor of Humanities, Palawan State University (2012)
• Doctor of Laws, UMak (2010)
• Doctor of Laws, University of Mindanao (2010)
• Doctor of Public Administration, Honoris Causa, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 1992

Work Experience:
Government posts:
• Vice president of the Philippines, 2010 to 2016 and concurrently:
- Vice Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, 2010-2015
- Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns, 2010-2015
- Chairman Emeritus, Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking;
- Chairman, Task Force on Anti-Illegal Recruitment
- Chairman, Urban Triangle Development Commission
• Mayor of Makati City, 1986-1998 and 2001-2010
• Chairman, Metro Manila Development Authority, July 1998-Jan. 20, 2001
• Board member, Laguna Lake Development Authority, July 1, 1998-January 2001
• Board Member, Light Railway Transit Authority, July 1, 1998-January 2001
• Co-chairman, Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, 1998-2001
• Board Member, Technological Livelihood & Research Center, July 1, 1998-January 2001
• Chairman, Metro Manila Authority, July 1990-October 1992
• Director, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, July 1990-August 1991
• Governor (concurrent capacity), Metropolitan Manila Commission, March 1987-November 1987
• Director, Laguna Lake Development Authority, June 1987-November 1987
• Director, Light Railway Transit Authority, June 1987-November 1987
• Director, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, May 1987-November 1987

Non-Government posts
• Legal counsel, Office of Manila Councilor Carlos Loyzaga
• Assistant attorney, Deogracias T. Reyes and Associates
• Partner, Binay, Cueva and Associates
• Law Professor:
- University of MakatiPhilippine Women’s University
- St. Scholastica’s College
- National Defense College of the Philippines
• Columnist, "Noted and Sustained," TODAY newspaper

Major Accomplishments
Public Office
Additional vice presidential portfolio
- Vice Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, 2010-2015
- Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns, 2010-2015
- Chairman Emeritus, Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking;
- Chairman, Task Force on Anti-Illegal Recruitment
- Chairman, Urban Triangle Development Commission
Makati mayor
As long-time Makati mayor, he led several innovative programs:
1. Makati Health Plus or Yellow Card
2. Makati Heart Card Program
3. the Blu Card

Private Sector
Political party leadership
- Founder, United Nationalist Alliance, 2014-present
- Former president, PDP-Laban
Legal work
- Founding member and former vice chair, Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood Integrity and
Nationalism
- Private legal practice
Professor

Taught law:
- University of Makati
- Philippine Women’s University
- St. Scholastica’s College
- National Defense College of the Philippines
Major Advocacies
•Social issues
•Subsidy programs
•Human rights
Platform and Policy
•Post-Pandemic Recovery
•Economic Recovery
•Healthcare System Reform
 21. DIOKNO, CHEL
(KATIPUNAN NG NAGKAKAISANG PILIPINO)

- is a lawyer, educator, writer and human rights and justice advocate, who began his work in
the late 1980s. He served as a member of the presidential human rights committee, now the
Commission on Human Rights, under former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos and as a
presidential adviser on human rights to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines from 2017 to
2019. Diokno also led the prosecution panel in the first impeachment trial against an
elected president, Joseph Estrada, who was later ousted by the Second EDSA
Revolution.

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/diokno-chel.html

Education:

- Admitted to the Bar, State of Illinois, USA, 1986

- Admitted to the Bar, Republic of the Philippines, 1988
- Juris Doctor of Laws; Northern Illinois University; 1986
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy; University of the Philippines - Diliman; 1983

Work Experience:

- Presidential Adviser on Human Rights, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, 2017-2019

- Member, Panel of Arbitrators, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes,
2015-2021
- Fiscal Autonomy Expert, Asian Development Bank Project on capacity development for members
of the Constitutional Fiscal Autonomy Group, 2015
- Member, Supreme Court Core Committee of the National Conference for the Revision of the
Rules of Civil Procedure, 2013
- Chair, Post-Trial Cluster Technical Working Group,2013
- Founding Dean, De La Salle University College of Law, 2010-2019
- Special Counsel, Board of Directors, Development Bank of the Philippines, 2004-2006
- Chairman, Free Legal Assistance Group, 2003-present
- General Counsel, Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (or the Committee on Accountability of Public
Officers and Investigations), 2001-2004
- Member, Presidential Human Rights Committee (now, the Commission on Human Rights) under
former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos
- Solo practitioner, Diokno Law Office, 1988-1991, 2006-present
- Partner and Head of Litigation, Moncupa, Diokno & de los Reyes Law Firm (1996-2001)

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/diokno-chel.html
Major Accomplishments:
Public Office
- Integrated Bar of the Philippines
- Supreme Court appointments
1. Core Committee of the National Conference for the Revision of the Rules of Civil Procedure
2. Post-Trial Cluster Technical Working Group
- Presidential human rights committee (now the Commission on Human Rights )(Under former Presidents
Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos)
- Impeachment Proceedings against President Joseph Estrada
- Development Bank of the Philippines

Private Sector:
- Free legal help desk - Established a “24/7 Free Legal Help Desk” via his Facebook page, Diokno
and his team are offering free legal advice (family, property, income and benefits, etc.)
- FLAG, the oldest network of human rights lawyers established in 1974, offers free legal services
to victims of human rights violations
- Challenged anti-terror law at Supreme Court
- Asian Development Bank project

MAJOR ADVOCACY:
- Human rights
- Judicial reform
- Education
- Climate justice

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/diokno-chel.html
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18. DE LIMA, LEILA (LIBERAL PARTY)

- s a former election lawyer, former justice secretary, incumbent senator and outspoken critic of
President Rodrigo Duterte who is currently detained on drug charges which she and a number of
rights groups believe to be fabricated and politically motivated. De Lima and Duterte first
clashed in 2009 when she was leading an independent probe on the summary executions allegedly
perpetrated by a vigilante group known as the Davao Death Squad. He was Davao City's mayor,
denying the existence of the DDS, and she was chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights.

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/delima_leila.html

Education:

- Bachelor of Laws, San Beda College, 1985

- Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, De La Salle University, 1980

Work Experience:
- Senator, Senate of the Philippines, 2016-present
- Secretary, Department of Justice, 2010-2016
- Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights, 2008-2010
- Clerk/ Secretary, House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, 1994-1995
- Deputy Clerk/Deputy Secretary, House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, 1993-1994
- Attorney III, Office of Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Isagani Cruz, 1988-1989

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/delima_leila.html

Major Accomplishments:

Public Office:

- R.A. No. 11223, or the Universal Health Care Act

- R.A. No. 11215, or the National Integrated Cancer Control Act
- R.A. No. 11552, or An Act Extending and Enhancing the Implementation of the Lifeline Rate
- R.A. No. 11594, or An Act Increasing the Penalties for Perjury
- R.A. No. 11648, or An Act Providing for Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation
And Abuse, Increasing the Age for Determining the Commission of Statutory Rape

Private Sector:

- Managing lawyer
- Law professor
- Founding and managing law firm partner
- Junior law firm partner
- Associate lawyer

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/delima_leila.html
MAJOR ADVOCACY:
- Social justice
- Human rights
- Criminal justice reform
- Good governance and rule of law/span>
- National sovereignty

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/delima_leila.html
26. ESPIRITU, LUKE (PARTIDO LAKAS NG MASA)

- is a lawyer, labor organizer and activist for human rights, climate justice and gender equality. He is the
former national president, spokesperson and current labor organizer of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang
Pilipino as well as the former national president of the Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for
Empowerment and Reforms Federation .

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/espiritu-luke.html

Education:

- Juris Doctor, Ateneo de Manila School of Law, 2002

- AB Communication, Ateneo De Manila University, 1997

Work Experience:
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino:
- National president, 2018-2021
- Spokesperson, 2015-2018
- Labor organizer, 2014-present
- National president, Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms, 2015-
2020
- Member, National Executive Council, Partido Lakas ng Masa, 2008-2013
- Board of Trustees member and legal counsel, Freedom from Debt Coalition, 2010-2013
- Private legal practitioner, 2008-present
- Chavez Miranda Aseoche Law Offices:
- Senior Associate, 2006-2008
- Associate, 2004-2006

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/espiritu-luke.html

Major Accomplishments:
Private Sector:
- Public intrest lawyer- Represented families and victims of alleged extra-judicial killings in three
murder and frustrated murder cases against Rep. Melecio Yap, Jr. of the 1st District of Negros
Occidental; Represented Save Waters in Indang Movement and secured the first permanent writ
of kalikasan issued by the Court of Appeals, ordering water company PTK2 H2O to stop
extracting water from four rivers in Cavite and construction of a dam and water delivery pipes in
the town of Indang; Assisted the legal team that questioned the warnings issued by the
Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications Commission to broadcast media
against airing the controversial “Hello, Garci” tapes.
- Labor leader
- Resource person on labor movements
- Writer
MAJOR ADVOCACY:

- Climate justice
- Human rights
- Labor rights
- Socialism

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/espiritu-luke.html
  30. GATCHALIAN, WIN (NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S
COALITION)
- a businessman and politician who is currently serving his first term as
senator. He is also the chairman of the Senate committees on basic
education and energy.

Education:

- Bachelor of Science Major in Finance and Operations Management,

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1995.

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/gatchalian-win.html

Major Accomplishent:

Public Office
- 3S in Public Service Program - Developed as an anti-graft and corruption platform to
guarantee transparency and good governance, whereby transactions with the city government
of Valenzuela aimed to provide simple processes, speed in delivery and service excellence. (as
Mayor)
- R.A. No. 10801, or the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Act
- R.A. No. 11572, or the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute Act
- R.A. No. 11480, or the Alternative Learning System Act
- R.A. No. 11646, or the Microgrid Systems Act
- R.A. No. 11234, or the Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop Act

Private Sector:

Businessman
- Executive positions:
- Waterfront Philippines, Inc., vice chairman (1991-2001)
- Air Philippines Corporation, vice chairman and director (1991-2001)
- The WELLEX Group, executive vice president and chief financial officer (1997-2001)
- Plastic City Corporation, president and chief executive officer (1999-2001)

Philippine Red Cross

- Governor, Philippine Red Cross
Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/gatchalian-win.html
Major Advocacy:
candidate's top advocacies in the last 15 years or so

- Education
- Consumer-friendly energy policy
- Pro-consumer legislation
- Information and communications technology reforms

Work Experience:

- Professor of constitutional law and labor law:

- University- of Perpetual Help College of Law
- University of Manila College of Law
- Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law
- Member, National Tripartite Peace Council
- Chair, NAGKAISA Labor Coalition
- Workers’ Delegate and Worker’s Adviser of the Philippine delegation,International Labor
Conferences, 2009-2021
- Trustee, Center for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
- Legal Counsel, Pambansang Kilusan ng Samahang Magsasaka
- Legal Counsel, Lakas Magsasakang Pilipino
- Commissioner, Social Security System, 2016-2010
- Federation of Free Workers
- National president, June 2011-present
- National vice president, 2006-2011
- Chief legal counsel, October 1998-2006
- Executive Assistant at the Office of the President
- Executive Director V, Presidential Anti-Graft Commission, 2001-2002
- Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Social Security Commission
- Deputy Director, Pedro Abad Santos Social Institute
- Labor Desk Officer, Institute of Social Order, Ateneo de Manila University

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/gatchalian-win.html
  31. GORDON, WOW DICK (BAGUMBAYAN
VOLUNTEERS FOR A NEW PHILIPPINES)

- an incumbent senator, has served in the upper chamber of Congress for

over 11 years. He has also chaired the Philippine Red Cross since 2004.

Education:
- Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines, 1975
- Bachelor of Arts, History and Government, Ateneo de Manila University, 1962

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/gordon-dick.html

Major Accomplishent:

Public Office

- R.A. No. 9841, or An Act Strengthening the Workers’ Constitutional Right to Self-Organization.
- R.A. No. 9346, or An Act Prohibiting The Imposition Of Death Penalty In The Philippines
- R.A. No. 9499 An Act Allowing Filipino World War II Veterans To Continue Receiving Philippine
Government Pensions And Benefits Notwithstanding Similar Pensions And Benefits Provided By
The United States Government.
- R.A. No. 10121, or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
- R.A. No. 11648, An Act Increasing The Age For Determining Statutory Rape And Other Acts Of
Sexual Abuse And Exploitation To Protect Children raising the age of sexual consent from 16 to
12

Private Sector

- Humanitarian work (Chaired the Philippine Red Cross from 2004 to present)
- Legal Practice (Associate in Angara Cruz Concepcion Abello and Associates Law Office, 1975 to
1989).

Major Advocacy:
- Disaster response
- Charity; blood donation
- Anti-corruption
- Tourism
- Pandemic response

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/gordon-dick.html
Work Experience:

- Senator, Senate of the Philippines, 2004 to 2010 and 2016 to present

- Chairman, Philippine Red Cross, 2004 to present
- Secretary, Department of Tourism, 2001 to 2004
- Chairman, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, 1992 to 1998
- Governor, Philippine National Red Cross, 1987
- Mayor, Olongapo City, 1980 to 1986 and 1988 to 1993
- Delegate, Constitutional Convention of the Philippines, 1971

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/gordon-dick.html
 34. HONTIVEROS, RISA (AKBAYAN)

- an incumbent senator who has served in Congress for more than 11

years. In that time, she authored several landmark laws on mental
health, healthcare, women, children, and persons with disability . A
main proponent of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Expression Equality Bill which has been stalled at the Senate level
for years due to opposition from conservative lawmakers.

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/hontiveros-risa.html

Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in Social Science, Ateneo de Manila University, 1987

Major Accomplishent:

Public Office
- Nobel Peace Prize Nominee (For her work as a peace advocate. Among 1,000 women nominated
worldwide).
- R.A. No. 10932 or An Act Strengthening the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law
- R.A. No. 11166 or the Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act
- R.A. No. 11313 or the Safe Spaces Act
- R.A. No. 11596 or An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Child Marriage and Imposing Penalties for
Violations Thereof R. A. No. 11648 or An Act Providing For Stronger Protection Against Rape and
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
- R. A. No. 11648 or An Act Providing For Stronger Protection Against Rape and Sexual Exploitation
and Abuse

Major Advocacy:
- Sexual orientation and gender identity expression (SOGIE) equality
- Pro-divorce
- Protections for women and children

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/hontiveros-risa.html
Work experience:

- Senator, Philippine Senate, 2016-present

- Member of the Board of Directors, Philippine Health Insurance Corp., 2014-2015
- Akbayan Representative, 13th Congress, 2004-2007
- Akbayan Representative, 14th Congress, 2007-2010
- Member, Government Panel for Peace Talks with the National Democratic Front, 1998-
1999
- Member, Government Panel for Peace Talks with the National Democratic Front, 2001-
2004
- Secretary-general, Coalition for Peace, 1988-992
- Community organizer, Foundation for Development Alternatives, 1987-988

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/hontiveros-risa.html
38. LACSON, ALEX (KAPATIRAN PARTY)
- is a lawyer and author known for his best-selling patriotic books, including 12 Things Every
Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country. Lacson also focuses on the agriculture sector,
increasing employment opportunities for all, and cultivating youth entrepreneurs. Lacson also
brings to the table solutions to helping the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
through the sound restructuring of the COVID-19 inter-agency task force and proper
management of pandemic funds.

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/lacson-alex.html

Education:

- Haggai Institute of Leadership in Singapore, Leadership Training Program, 2007

- Harvard Law School, Program for Instructions of Lawyers, summer term 2002
- Bachelor of Laws, UP Diliman-College of Law, 1996
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of the Philippines- Diliman, 1991

Major Accomplishent:

Private Sector:
- Class action case vs. toxic waste contamination
- Bestselling author of patriotic books
 12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do to Help Our Country (2005)
 12 Things Our Youth Can Do to Help Our Country (2011)
 12 Little Things Global Filipinos Can Do to Help Our Motherland (2011)
 8 Principles of Success for the Filipino Youth (2011)
 12 Wonderful Things about the Filipino & Our Motherland (2012)

Major Advocacy:
- Anti-divorce
- COVID-19 policies
- Appeals to Bangsamoro Transition Authority
- West Philippine Sea protection

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/lacson-alex.html
Work experience:
- Co-Founder and Partner at Malcolm Law Firm, 2001-Present
- MCLEA Lecturer, UP Law Center, 2006-2009
- Editor-in-Chief, The Practice Magazine for Lawyers, 2003-2005
- Legal Counsel, People’s Task Force for Bases Clean-Up, 1999-2004
- Legal Consultant, UN Development Program Philippines, 1999-2004
- Lawyer, Platon Martinez Flores San Pedro & Leano, 1996-2001
- Partner, PESALAM Law, 1998-2002
- Member, Philippine Army’s Multisectoral Advisory Board, 2011-Present
- Member, National Defense Multisectoral Advisory Board, 2017-Present
- Board of Trustees, World Vision Philippines, 2015-2017
- CEO, Institute for Solidarity in Asia, 2015-2017
- Chairman, Civil Service Commission’s Multisectoral Advisory Board, 2011-2016
- Columnist, BusinessWorld Philippines, 1997-2004

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/lacson-alex.html
•40. Sen. Loren B. Legarda (NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S
COALITION)

- a broadcast journalist, environmentalist and

legislator who has served in Congress for more
than 30 years. She is also an advocate for a variety
of causes including the promotion of Philippine
culture and the arts.
(https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/legarda_loren.html
)
Education:
- National Defense College of the Philippines, Master’s Degree in National Security
Administration (1993). Graduated topnotcher with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
- University of the Philippines–Diliman, Bachelor in Arts, major in Broadcast
Communications, cum laude (1981).
Major Accomplishent
- 115 laws and filed 950 bills.

Public Office Achievement:

- R.A. No. 9729 or the Climate Change act of 2009 and its amendatory law, R.A. 10174 or
People’s Survival Fund Act.
- R.A. No. 11291, or the Magna Carta For the Poor.
- R.A. 11038, or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act.
- R.A. No. 10687, or the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary
Education (UniFAST) Act.
- R.A. No. 10606, or the National Health Insurance Act of 2013
Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/legarda_loren.html

Major Advocacy:
candidate's top advocacies in the last 15 years or so

 Education -Early Childhood Care and Development (R.A. No. 9890)

 Environment, climate change and disaster risk reduction
 Indigenous People’s rights
 Philippine culture and the arts

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/legarda_loren.html
Work Experience:

Head, Ad Hoc Quick Response Team on the Taal Volcano eruption (2020)
• Deputy Speaker and Antique Lone District Representative, 18th Congress (2019-2022)
• Senator, 17th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines (2016-2019)
• Senator, 16th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines (2013-2016)
• Senator, 15th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines (2010-2013)
• Senator, 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines (2007-2010)
• Senator and Majority Leader, 12th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines (2001-
2004)
Various positions:
•Member, Women in Parliaments Global Forum Executive Board, 2016
•Co-Chair, Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment Philippines
•Senior Advisor, Ocean Security International, 2013
•Founding Member, Global Advisory Group of Parliamentarians on Disaster Risk Reduction,
2012
•Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Institute for Green Development, 2011
•Colonel, Philippine Air Force Reserve
•Hosted, conceptualized and co-produced several TV series and documentaries, Broadcast
journalist, 1978-1998

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/legarda_loren.html
•45. MATULA, SONNY ( INDEPENDENT)
- is a lawyer, educator and labor advocate. He is the national president of the
Federation of Free Workers, and chairperson of the Nagkaisa Labor
Coalition, the biggest and broadest labor coalition in the country.
Matula is also a law professor and resource person on workers’ rights
and welfare who has served as legal counsel to workers, trade
unions and labor groups.

Education:

- Certifications on courses in American Constitutional Law, English Common Law,

International Law from Yale University, the University of California Irvine, University of
Pennsylvania and London University and Leiden University; Social Security, ILO Training
Canter-Turin, Italy
- ●Multi-state study grant by the U.S. State Department under the International Visitors
Program, on accountability of government and business in the US, 2002
- ●Bachelor of Laws, Manuel L. Quezon University
- ●AB Political Science, Mindanao State University

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/matula-sonny.html

Major Advocacy:

- Workers welfare and trade union rights

- Social protection
- Opposition to laws

Major Accomplishment:

- Public Office
 Matula worked as chief of staff of FFW founding president Juan C. Tan was
appointed as chairman of the Social Security Commission. Later, Matula himself
served as commissioner at the Social Security System.
 Executive Director V at the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission from 2001 to
2002.
- Private Sector
 Matula started working with labor advocacy organizations, such as the Institute of
Social Order and Pedro Abad Santos Social Institute, while completing his law
degree.
  Joined the Federation of Free Workers in the mid-1990s, starting as a union
organizer and staff member and then serving as executive assistant to the
president and chief legal counsel. He has been FFW’s national president since June
2011.
 In 2018, Matula was elected chairman of the Nagkaisa Labor Coalition, the
country’s biggest and broadest labor coalition. He is also a member of the National
Tripartite Peace Council and delegate to the International Labor Conferences
from 2009 to 2021.
 He represented thousands of cases on behalf of workers and acted as chief legal
counsel to FFW and other labor groups.

Work experience:

 Professor of constitutional law and labor law:

 University- of Perpetual Help College of Law
 University of Manila College of Law
 Manuel L. Quezon University School of Law
 Member, National Tripartite Peace Council
 Chair, NAGKAISA Labor Coalition
 Workers’ Delegate and Worker’s Adviser of the Philippine delegation,International Labor
Conferences, 2009-2021
 Trustee, Center for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development
 Legal Counsel, Pambansang Kilusan ng Samahang Magsasaka
 Legal Counsel, Lakas Magsasakang Pilipino
 Commissioner, Social Security System, 2016-2010
 Federation of Free Workers:
 National president, June 2011-present
 National vice president, 2006-2011
 Chief legal counsel, October 1998-2006
 Executive Assistant at the Office of the President
 Executive Director V, Presidential Anti-Graft Commission, 2001-2002
 Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the Social Security Commission
 Deputy Director, Pedro Abad Santos Social Institute
 Labor Desk Officer, Institute of Social Order, Ateneo de Manila University

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/matula-sonny.html
58. TRILLANES, ANTONIO IV (LIBERAL PARTY)

- is a retired Philippine Navy lieutenant and politician, who rose to national attention during the
2003 Oakwood mutiny and the 2007 Manila Peninsula siege, both in opposition to the Arroyo
administration. From 2007 to 2019, Trillanes worked to pass at least 17 laws including the Magna
Carta for the Poor, the Archipelagic Bases Law of 2009 and the law requiring the release of
retirement pay and benefits of retiring government employees. He was also active in other Senate
investigations, leading to confrontations with various officials and libel and inciting to sedition suits
being filed against Trillanes for his remarks against the subjects of the Senate probes

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/trillanes_antonio.html

Education:
- B.S. Naval Systems Engineering, Philippine Military Academy, 1995
- Master of Public Administration, Major in Public Policy and Program Management, University of
the Philippines - Diliman, 2005
- National and International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School

Major Advocacy:
- Political reform
- Anti-corruption
- SOGIE Equality Bill

Major Accomplishment:

- R.A. No. 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act
- R.A. No. 11291, or the Magna Carta for the Poor
- R.A. No. 10524, or the Magna Carta for Persons with Disability
- R.A. No. 9522, or the Archipelagic Bases Law of 2009
- R.A. No. 10154

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/trillanes_antonio.html

Work experience:

- Senator, Senate of the Philippines, 2007 - 2013, 2013 - 2019

- Backchannel negotiator to China, in relation to the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, 2012
- Backchannel negotiator to China, in relation to the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, 2012
- Lieutenant Senior Grade, Philippine Navy

SOURCE: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/trillanes_antonio.html
 61. VILLANUEVA, JOEL TESDAMAN
(INDEPENDENT)

- is an incumbent senator who previously represented the Citizens’ Battle Against

Corruption party-list in the lower house and was director-general of the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority. He also currently heads the Senate's
labor panel.

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/villanueva-joel.html

Education:
- Special Studies in Business Administration, Harvard University, 1998
- BS Commerce Major in Economics, University of Santo Tomas, 1996
- Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 2013

Major Advocacy:
- Labor rights
- Education
- Charity work
Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/villanueva-joel.html

Major Accomplishment:

- R.A. No. 11230, or the Tulong Trabaho Act

- Technical vocational education and training sector
- ISO 9001:2008 Certification
- TESDA Online Program
- R.A. No.11165, or the Telecommuting Act
- R.A. No. 11360, or An Act Providing That Service Charges Collected by Hotels, Restaurants and
Other Similar Establishments Be Distributed In Full to All Covered Employees
- R.A. No. 6650
- R.A. No. 11522, or An Act Declaring May 18 of Every Year as the National Higher Education Day

Private Sector:
- Villanueva remains the president of the Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption, which was founded in
1997 as a multisectoral organization composed of qualified voters bound together by similar
interests or concerns in fighting the evils of graft and corruption and cronyism plaguing the
government. CIBAC was registered as a political party with the COMELEC in 2001 and has been
represented in the House of Representatives since the 2001 election.
Work experience:

- Senator, Philippine Senate, 2016-present

- • Director General, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, 2010-2015
- • Representative of Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption, House of Representatives, elected in
2001 but sworn into office in February 2002-2010

Source: https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/villanueva-joel.html