ANCHS Class Will And Testament Of Class 2000 - JS Prom 2000

ANCHS JS Prom 2000

Class Will and Testament

Class 1999 - 2000

     This is a class will and testament of the Seniors for us, Juniors during our high school prom in February, 2000.


      It seems unbelievable that anytime from now, we will leave the portals of this institution. Graduation is drawing near and we will bid our happy –sad farewell. Great changes will soon come our way.
      Yes, high school life is very memorable. During our four years stay in this high school, we exerted all our efforts in order to surpass all our hardships.
       Finally, our faces beam with joy for very soon, we will reap the fruits of our toil. With deepest gratitude, we leave our much loved institution which is a silent witness of those happy golden years we’ve shared.
       To our principal, members of the administrative and faculty staff, our teachers;
We thank you for the love and support you’ve given us for our education.
      Most of all to our Almighty God, we owe all the things to you, the good health and the strong will.
      And now to the Juniors, we, the Members of the Senior Class 1999-2000, leave you the responsibilities, the talent and skills we possess. We now hereby make known our Class Will and Testament.


      Maria Lani Sabidalas, Jelyn Micmic, Elijah Agasan, Janefher Siarro, Nadia Silario, Mapet May Amoyot, Katrina Tabilog and Ryan John Arensol expect Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Cherry Gil Alegroso, Ricky Jay Elenterio, Ignacio Almendralejo, Michel John Allones, Flory Ann Alinsud, Marissa Tolentino and Ma. Febe Salinas to lead their batch effectively to achieve unity and cooperation just like what the Seniors have done.
      Felimae Cervantes leaves her responsibility as the Editor-in-Chief of the Hillside Echoes to whoever can make it Liny Garillos or Michel John Allones. On the other hand, Maria Lanie Sabidalas authorizes Jacquelyn Gomez to take her place as the Editor-in-Chief of Ali Mudin.
      The future Physicists and the young Chemist of our batch Jelyn Micmic, Maria Lanie Sabidalas, Felimae Cervantes, Jethsemae Ampil, Allen Ross Ambe, Catherine Anecita, and Ma. Rowela Visto wish Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Cherry Gil Alegroso, Bevien Alcantara, Jaisa Mhe Amase and Jemson Arceo to follow their footsteps.
      The Wizards of the Navy – Ma. Lanie Sabidalas, Jelyn Micmic, Rosalinda Amorcillo, Jethsemae Ampil and Catherine Anecita to solve perplex problems and algebraic equations to Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Ignacio Almendralejo, and Gladys Dee Torrento.

      Ma. Ruby Rose Alloso, Jelyn Micmic, Jethsemae Ampil, Princess Viana Juaneza, Ma. Dexie Allera, Catherine Anecita and Katrina Tabilog leave their ability to express themselves in English and Filipino language fluently and proficiently to Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Jemson Arceo, Cherry Gil Alegroso, Ma. Febe Salinas, Michel John Allones, Feve Amorsolo, Marissa Tolentino, Flory Ann Alinsud, Lilee Mae Ampordan, Jaisa Mhe Amase and Jovy Ann Almeria.
       Jelyn Micmic, Rosalinda Amorcillo, Jethsemae Ampil, Ma. Rowela Visto, and Princess Viana Juaneza leave their maps and history books to Liny Garillos, Michel John Allones, Jacquelyn Gomez, Flory Ann Alinsud, Ignacio Almendralejo and Jaisa Mhe Amase.
      Our bet in English Declamation, Felimae Cervantes wishes to leave her declamation pieces to Ma. Febe Salinas while Princess Viana Juaneza is expecting Jay Bee Jocson to follow her footstep in Filipino declamation.
      The expert kuryenthesians or electricians of our batch Jelyn Micmic, Ryan John Arensol, Roel Sumagaysay, Ricky John Ballarta, Allen Ross Ambe, Emman Tagurigan and June Maven Amor leave their fine techniques and capabilities in installing electrical wiring to Liny Garillos, Marissa Tolentino, Jacquelyn Gomez, Thomas Anthony Alderete, Allen Anayan and Alfredo Anacan while the ability of Jelyn Micmic, Felimae Cervantes, Catherine Anecita, Allen Ross Ambe, Roel Sumagaysay and Rhea Mae Micmic in solving current, voltage, and resistance problems related to electricity to Liny Garillos, Marissa Tolentino, Jacquelyn Gomez, Cherry Gil Alegroso, Jovy Ann Almeria and Ignacio Almendralejo.
       Our gorgeous and sexy CAT-1 Corps Commander of our batch, Ma. Lanie Sabidalas challenges any Junior to take charge of the battalion.
       Our Chess Grandmasters, Jelyn Micmic, Jethsemae Ampil, Romel Baylen, Elijah Agasan, and Lorraine Perez pass on their special moves and techniques to Jacquelyn Gomez, Marissa Tolentino, Jo-R Alicer and Carlson Alinday. The best performance of Julie Mark Alitre, Anna Karen Tolentino, and Ma. Lourdes Saclote in playing table tennis will go to Liny Garillos, Mark Wil Saclote and Paul Frannie Cabatbat.
       The fascinating dresses of the millennium of Jelyn Micmic, Jethsemae Ampil, Ma. Rowela Visto, Ma. Vejaya Jarloc, Princess Vianna Juaneza, Armi Joyce Alimbuyao and Ma. Tatiana Ruth Amsua leave their extraordinary styles and haute couture designs to Liny Garillos, Honey Joy Tolentino, April Jade Almendralejo, Geraldine Puson, Reynalyn Sorongon and Junelyn Buhay.
       Janefher Siarro, Karen Joy Salarda, Rowena Campano and Sheena Amoyot leave their recipes and cookbooks to Jacquelyn Gomez, Jossette Mae Sajonia, Judelyn Gervacio, Chona Alsaga and Christine Aberos while Ma. Florelie Almeñana, Rhedilyn Otian, Fritz Aldep, Romel Baylen, Ma. Edlyn Alingalan and Mary Joy Ann Sanoy bequeath their secrets in producing high quality livestock and poultry supplies to Jacquelyn Gomez, Genesa Talite, Chona Anitubo, Sheila Candel, Roel Labañero, Kem Alonzaga, Vincent Richard Castor, Gladys Manicsic and Ricky Jay Elenterio.
        The skill of Ramon Anaud, Ohnas Caluste, Anastacio Alingalan, Rosell Hernia and Michael Alingalan in transforming wood to elegant pieces of furniture to Bryan Anino, Joven Piojo, Ralf Theodore Amoyan, Allan Anayan and Anthony Magbanua. The magic hands that can transform pretty girls into more attractive gals of Jona Amador, Milyn Alfiscar, Analie Calambro, Shelnor Jugado and Hazel Amparo are leaving their blowers and make up sets to Liny Garillos, Marissa Tolentino, Almie Muñoz, Rona de los Reyes, Gellen Andeo and Rosalie Alfeche.
        The melodious voices of Jelyn Micmic, Katrina Tabilog, Mary Jane Aguilar, Emely Cabañas, Roel Sumagaysay, Luiseo Alonsabe, Julie Mark Alitre and Nadia Silario that can enchant your mood are also heard from Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Marissa Tolentino, Nickel Caldelero, Lilee Mae Ampordan and Cherry Gil Alegroso.
        The graceful steps of Ma. Tatiana Ruth Amsua, Ma. Rowela Visto, Felimae Cervantes, Princess Viana Juaneza, Romel Baylen, Ryan John Arensol and Fritz Aldep in interpreting folk dances to Liny Garillos, Ruzel Lee Tria, Joanna Marie Gomez, Ma. Janice Alingasa, Sheena Marie Alzate, Ricky Jay Elenterio, Thomas Anthony Alderete, Herman Andeo, Ignacio Almendralejo and Mark Wil Saclote.
        Ma. Ruby Rose Alloso challenges any Junior to follow her footsteps as the highest pointer during the Regional School Press Conference.
        The adroitness of Mapet May Amoyot, Mary Joy Manguray, Carmela Cañonero and Razel Bendol in strumming guitars to Marissa Tolentino, Feve Amorsolo, Bevien Alcantara, Lilee Mae Ampordan and Carol Jean Capitpit. Likewise, the ability of Raymundo Amon, June Maven Amor, Nony Andea, and Aileen Caviado in blowing musical instruments to Elmer Clamar, Stephanie Ampane, Edmund Guardia, Sheryl Cagud, MV June Anino, Danilo Butanga, Amor Divina Anglacer, Liezel Joy Pin and Genevieve Amaguin.
         Ryan John Arensol, Catherine Anecita, Roel Sumagaysay, Gezelle Alinsangan, Edlyn Alingalan, and Elijah Agasan leave their hot steals and smashes to Marissa Tolentino, Reynalyn Sorongon, Maricon Andea and Rosalyn Bendol.
         Our bets in Sepak Takraw – Fritz Aldep, Elizer Corsino and Nelbert Amorio challenges any Juniors to follow their footsteps.
         The good-looking Campus Heartthrob of our batch – Fritz Aldep, Romel Baylen, Ryan John Arensol, June Maven Amor, Allen Ross Ambe, Elijah Agasan, RZ Vincent Jarme, Ramon Anaud, Roel Sumagaysay, Antonio Alinday, Byron Paciente, and Ohnas Caluste are reflected to Tom Jeceff Alipao, Michel John Allones, Ricky Jay Elenterio, Thomas Anthony Alderete, Herman Andeo, Diobanni Cloyd Paciente and Jessie Jan Famillaran. While the seductive and electrifying beauties of Princess Viana Juaneza, Ma. Rowela Visto, Janefher Siarro, Armi Joyce Alimbuyao, Gezelle Alinsangan, Ma. Tatiana Ruth Amsua, Chloe Armada, Lorraine Perez, Ellen Amamanglon and Mapet May Amoyot are mirrored to Liny Garillos, Gloria Romana Bisenio, Jacquelyn Gomez, Carol Jean Capitpit, Reynalyn Sorongon, Joanna Marie Gomez, Janice Alingasa, Lilee Mae Ampordan, Almie Muñoz, Sheena Marie Alzate and Ma. Febe Salinas.
         The Cradle Snatchers who admire and fall in love with their younger brothers and sisters Ma. Rowela Visto, Princess Viana Juaneza, Lorraine Perez, Vanessa Alla, Lourdes Saclote, Elijah Agasan and Roel Sumagaysay are also reflected in Geraldine Puson, Cherry Gil Alegroso, Ma. Theresa Canuto and Feve Amorsolo.
         The Weight Lifters skinny as a fishbone - Maria Lourdes Saclote, Ma. Theresa Puson, Ma. Vejaya Jarloc, June Maven Amor, Dominic Algallar, Rena Ampuyas, Jerson Berondo, Lorraine Perez, Chloe Armada, and Nelson Anasarias leave their dumb bells, lifts, skills, and tactics to Marlo Alli, Jacquelyn Gomez, Rey Anaud, Mark Will Saclote, Feve Amorsolo, Geraldine Puson and Bryan Anino.
         The Coca Cola shaped body but almost made it to the Biggest Losers with their elephant size weight – Ma. Ruby Rose Alloso, Rhea Mae Micmic, Jethsemae Ampil, Gezelle Alinsangan, Jelyn Micmic, Mary Joy Ann Sanoy, Princess Viana Juaneza, Mayflor Amberong, and Amparo Telesforo leave their girdles and dieting pills to gain 35-24-35 unbeatable figure to Jemson Arceo, Junelyn Buhay, Mafe Grace Andea and Jay Bee Jocson.
         The mysterious beauties and handsome looks of Annabel Cortez, Katrina Tabilog, Jethsemae Ampil, Ma. Dexie Allera, Elizer Corsino, Bert Martin Galaraga, Jenny Ann Anino and Manuel Jerico Kabayao who still believe that black is beautiful are seen in Liny Garillos, Liezel Ocbian, Ryan Embate, Ma. Ruby Aquiman, Jessie Rey Alquitran, Flory Ann Alinsud, Aries Camral, Geraldine Puson, and Ignacio Almendralejo.
         The Ambassador and Servants of Christ Elijah Agasan, Felimae Cervantes, Ma. Ruby Rose Alloso, Irene Dematria, Fritz Aldep, Romel Baylen and Katrina Tabilog bequeath their faith and determination in spreading the word of God to Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Marissa Tolentino, Jay Bee Jocson, Gloria Bisenio, Michel John Allones, Ricky Jay Elenterio, Diobanni Cloyd Paciente, Janice Alingasa, Junelyn Buhay and Cherry Gil Alegroso.
         The Fashion Victims – Nadia Silario, Ma. Ruby Alloso, Allen Ross Ambe, Janefher Siarro, Ma. Tatiana Ruth Amsua, Julie Mark Alitre, June Maven Amor, Ryan John Arensol and Jennelyn Alim leave their unique taste of fashion to Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Reynalyn Sorongon, Rosalyn Bendol, Sheena Marie Alzate, Michel John Allones, Noel Camique and Lovelyn Lasafin.
         The original Med Tiks of the Seniors Rhino Amada, Vincent Alquitran, June Maven Amor, Dominic Algallar, Charl Louie Allere, Jufil Canadalla and Michael Jan Atesora bestow their quick wit and well-bent tongues in boasting and bragging to Liny Garillos, Thomas Anthony Alderete, Tom Jeceff Alipao, Sheena Marie Alzate, Noel Camique, Rey Anaud, Jerol Camarista, and Ralph Amase.
         The Crying Techniques of Katrina Tabilog, Annabel Cortez, Janefher Siarro, Gezelle Alinsangan, and Ma. Rowela Visto are left to Liny Garillos, Marissa Tolentino, Sheena Marie Alzate, Jay Bee Jocson and Janice Tacaisan who are ready with their bundles of tissue paper and hankees.
         The ability of Rhino Amada, Antonio Alinday, Ryan James Dolorito, Catherine Anecita, Edlyn Alingalan, Amparo Telesforo, and Jenny Ann Anino – our modern day Charlie Chaplin that could make your stomach ache of laughters are visible to Liny Garillos, Marissa Tolentino, Thomas Anthony Alderete, Jerol Camarista, Junelyn Buhay, Gladys Manicsic, Ryan Embate and Janice Tacaisan.
         The six footer Seniors, Ma. Rowela Visto, Rhedilyn Otian, Mary Joy Ann Sanoy, Shiela Mae Andoloy, Jethsemae Ampil, Ma. Dianne Kristy Calambro, Ma. Fe Alga, Karen Joy Salarda, Kristelyn Prieto, Ivy Lira and Mary Jane Sadongdong pass on their cigarette heels for being the hobbits of the real world’s Middle Earth to Maria Rheza Alim, Mafe Grace Andea, Sharlene Tagabe, Carlson Alinday, Karen Anabo, Bonalyn Amisco and Geraldine Puson.
         The Multi-awarded Famas and Oscar Awardees Katrina Tabilog, Elijah Agasan, Ma. Tatiana Ruth Amsua, Emman Tagurigan, Princess Viana Juaneza and Nadia Silario who can be compared to Sharon Cuneta, Vilma Santos, Maricel Soriano, Christopher de Leon, Elizabeth Taylor, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn are also visible to Liny Garillos, Jacquelyn Gomez, Cherry Gil Alegroso, Ma. Febe Salinas and Jay Bee Jocson.
          The Casper Company of our batch Dominic Algallar, Jufil Canadalla, Raymundo Amen, Mark Vincent Capada, Chris Alimpuyo, and Manuel Jerico Kabayao share their invisibility of missing, cutting or escaping classes to Jessie Rey Alquitran, Noel Camique, Benette Anthony Alloso, Kenneth Brabangco, MV Jun Anino, Paul Frannie Cabatbat and Shaney Allanic.
          Marife Aliman, Dominic Algallar, Carmela Cañonero, Ma. Dexie Allera, Armi Joyce Alimbuyao, Elijah Agasan, Jufil Canadalla, Luiseo Alonsabe, Fritz Aldep, Ryan John Arensol and Vanessa Alla will turn over their crowns being weird or inappropriate to Sharlene Tagabi, Marissa Tolentino, Aries Camral, Marlo Alli, Joanna Marie Gomez, Gladys Manicsic, Paul Frannie Cabatbat and Sheena Marie Alzate.
         Considered as loyal and studios Vanessa Alla, Romela Mae Alminaza, Rosalinda Amorcillo, Armi Joyce Alimbuyao, Mary Joy Manguray, Jethsemae Ampil, Rowena Alcantara, Marife Aliman, and Anabelle Cortez pass their collections of magazines and romance pocketbooks to Marissa Tolentino, Joanna Marie Gomez, Janice Alingasa, Gladys Manicsic and Sheena Marie Alzate.
         Ma. Ruby Rose Alloso, Jenny Ann Anino, Ma. Edlyn Alingalan, Catherine Anecita, Rhea Mae Micmic, Mapet May Amoyot, Darwin Alipen and Carmela Cañonero pass on their childish ways to Liny Garillos, Rey Anaud, Thomas Anthony Alderete, Ryan Embate, Janice Tacaisan, Gladys Manicsic and Mafe Grace Andea.
       The “kilig to the bones” and the sweetest love teams of our batch, Felimae Cervantes and Ryan John Arensol, Mary Joy Manguray and Allen Ross Ambe, Edmar Angustia and Julieta Amyer, Roel Sumagaysay and Ma. Lourdes Saclote, Ramon Anaud and Ma. Rowela Visto, Emman Tagurigan and Janefher Siarro, June Maven Amor and Cherry Ann Almendral, Nadia Silario and Ryan James Dolorito, Fritz Aldep and Princess Viana Juaneza, Rhino Amada and Ellen Amamanglon, Romela Mae Alminaza and Antonio Alinday, Irish Magbanua and Ian Alimato, Armi Joyce Alimbuyao and Mark Vincent Capada, Romel Baylen and Katrina Tabilog, Mary Jane Aguilar and Chris Alimpuyo and Maria Lanie Sabidalas and Leonardo Alimeos are visible on Michael Alejan and Natalie Alingalan, Gloria Bisenio and Noel Camique, Nickel Caldelero and Cherilyn de los Reyes, Shaney Allanic and Lilee Mae Ampordan, Amor Divina Anglacer and MV Jun Anino, Liny Garillos and Mark Wil Saclote, Kenneth Brabangco and Rosalyn Bendol, Herman Andeo and Joanna Marie Gomez, Ma. Febe Salinas and Michel John Allones, Kem Alonzaga and Ma. Fema Cabanalan, and Junelyn Buhay and Ariel Taladro.
        The most controversial love triangles of our batch Elijah Agasan – Ma. Lanie Sabidalas – Leonardo Alimeos, Dexie Allera – Fritz Aldep – Rhea Mae Micmic, Jethsemae Ampil – Ryan John Arensol – Felimae Cervantes, Donato Tingson – Ma. Dianne Calambro – Randy Alimpuyo, Roderick Allonar – Annabelle Cortez – Joe Mar Ambong, Ma. Lourdes Saclote – Roel Sumagaysay – Lorraine Perez, Ramon Anaud – Ma. Rowela Visto – Jufil Canadalla, and Ma. Ruby Rose Alloso – June Maven Amor – Cherry Ann Almendral pass their intrigues and tickets to The Jerry Springer Show to Jemson Arceo – Rodel Labañero – Liezel Ocbian, Carol Jean Capitpit – Herman Andeo – Lilee Mae Ampordan, Noel Camique – Gloria Romana Bisenio – Ricky Jay Elenterio and Mark Will Saclote – Liny Garillos – Herman Andeo.
        The strong bonds that tie the OBD’S Campus Girls, Tropang Baliw, Snat Gal’z, 3’b Oken Egg, Tsimpan Z’s, The Musketeers, Monkey Movers pass the rope of friendship, camaraderie and brotherhood to Flash Girls, Ge TCH, Spice Girls and Hand 12.
        The 4-2 class, considered as the noisiest section and which has no meaning of the dictionary pass their title to the 3-2 class.
        And the rest of the Juniors whose names have not been specifically mentioned but who possess good traits and talents that could lift up and hold tightly the name of our beloved Alma Mater, may you too share your potentials, and may the Almighty God bless you and lead you to the fruitful path of victory in life.
        In witness thereof, we, the Graduating Class of Year 2000, do hereby affix our signatures on this 24th day of February Year 2000 at the Alimodian National Comprehensive High School. Witnesses are Mrs. Salvacion Garrido, our school English publication adviser and our advisers.

A Holy Letter

True Love – Forever Love!

      Hi! It’s Me – Jesus! Oh, please don’t shut the door in my face! Please don’t turn around and walk away. I just want to talk to you but not about your problems or your sins. I don’t want to preach at you or make you feel guilty. I just want to tell you how much I love you.
      You know, I’m not far away, up in the sky, or in some distant place called Heaven. I’m right by your side, and if you’ll ask me to come into your heart, I can even live inside you there. I know all about you. I even know the things that you try to hide from everyone – including yourself.
       I know your heartaches and the pain that you suffer. I know what you worry about. I know your secret dreams and aspirations. I know what has disappointed you in the past, and I know your fears about the future. I know the times that you are jealous or compare yourself negatively with others. I understand how you can’t always be everything you would like to be, and that sometimes do or say things that you later regret.
      At times you wonder if anybody really understands you or truly cares. You wonder if love exists – true, unchanging, unending love. Sometimes you feel so alone, and existence seems so pointless. You ask yourself, “What am I here for? What am I supposed to do? Why am I alive? Is there a God? And if so, where is He? Who is He?”
       I’ve heard all these questions that are in your heart. I’ve felt your struggle. I understand your uncertainty, your heaviness, and your frustration. I know how disappointed you sometimes feel about yourself, wishing you could do better. But even when you try your best, things just don’t always seem to work out as you hope.
      So you look at life’s monotony and ask yourself, “Is this all there is? Isn’t there something deeper? Some reason, some purpose or goal for my life?”
      My dear friend, the answer to these questions and the satisfaction you are looking for will not be found in the world that you see with your eyes. It can only be found in the world of spirit, where love reigns supreme. God, the great Creator, the King of the Universe, is love. He is the invisible Spirit of Love – and to know, receive and share this love is the purpose for living.
      But it’s not something that you can work for or earn by your own goodness, by keeping the rules and trying so hard. This blessing of love – the greatest treasure anyone could ever receive is a gift. It can only be received by faith. You can’t work for it or prove yourself worthy of it.
      God loves you so much that he wanted to make it easy for you to understand Him and His love. He wanted to give you a picture, an illustration, an example of His love that would help you to see that he and his love are real. His love is not something that can just read about, discuss or debate but it’s something that you can experience in your life. It is power, it is warmth, and it is light and life! God’s love is all those things.
      Because God is so grand, so magnificent, so all encompassing. He knew it would be difficult for you to understand him and his love, and to understand how you could receive it. So he allowed me, Jesus, to be the illustration of his love for you.
      Now I am the connection between you and God. I am the go-between, the mediator, the staircase to Heaven. Through me you can pass from a life of emptiness or disappointment or turmoil and desperation into a life of peace and plenty and love. It’s all yours for the asking. Even the tiniest desire of your heart is important to me, and nothing gives me more pleasure than to take from the riches of heaven and give you what you need to make you happy.
       I love you with a love that is perfect and without end. I don’t look at your imperfections, mistakes and sins, and then get upset and stop loving you. No, I love you in spite of all of these things! I love you for who you really are, and for what you can be.
       I love you as no one else has ever loved you before, and as no one else will. There is nothing you can do that could cause me to turn my back on you. The only thing that could come between you and my love would be your refusal to receive it, for I cannot force it on you.
Open your heart to me, believe in my love, and we will begin the greatest adventure of your life. We will lead a life of love together – not just here and now, but forever!




                                                           With love forever,


                                                                     Jesus

ANCHS Class 2000 - 2001 Articles

I am going to feature the writings from my school publication when I graduated from high school 9 years ago. I will post articles such as valedictory and salutatory address, commencement speech and most of all are the class will and testament, class prophecy and the class history that tells all about our class background flashback, our dreams and the innate character we possess that we want to inherit to the next batch of young dreamers and achievers.

Filipino Presidents

Benigno Simeon Toribio Cojuangco Aquino III

15th President of the Philippines

(born 1960; president 2010 - present)

The Bachelor President; The Abnormal President

        Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III[1] (pronounced /bɛˈnigno aˈkino/ in most Philippine languages, /bɛˈnɪgnoʊ əˈkinoʊ/ in English); also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is the fifteenth and current President of the Philippines. Aquino is a fourth-generation politician: his great-grandfather, Servillano "Mianong" Aquino, served as a delegate to the Malolos Congress; his grandfather, Benigno Aquino, Sr., held several legislative positions from 1919–44; and his parents were former President Corazon Aquino and former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. Aquino is a member of the Liberal Party.In the Liberal Party, Aquino held various positions such as Secretary General and Vice President for Luzon. Aquino is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Party. He is the first and only bachelor President and also the only autistic and mentally challenged President elected into office.

       Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III was born on February 8, 1960 in Manila. Aquino is the third of the five children of Benigno Aquino, Jr., who was then the Vice Governor of Tarlac province, and Corazon Aquino. He has four sisters, Maria Elena (Ballsy) Aquino-Cruz, Aurora Corazon (Pinky) Aquino-Abellada, Victoria Eliza (Viel) Aquino-Dee, and Kristina Bernadette (Kris) Aquino-Yap.

        From 1965 to 1981, Aquino attended Ateneo de Manila University from elementary to college. Eleven months after Aquino's father, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., was arrested and detained for "advocating the overthrow of the government by force or violence", Ninoy was brought before a military tribunal in Moran Hall, Fort Bonifacio in August 1973. On August 25, 1973, Ninoy wrote a letter to his son, Noynoy from Fort Bonifacio at 11:10 p.m., giving advice to his son;

"The only advice I can give you: Live with honor and follow your conscience.

There is no greater nation on earth than our Motherland. No greater people than our own. Serve them with all your heart, with all your might and with all your strength.

Son, the ball is now in your hands."

       In 1981, Aquino graduated from Ateneo de Manila University, earning a Bachelor's degree in Economics. Shortly after graduation, he joined his family in Newton, Massachusetts, in exile.

       In 1983, after two years in exile in the United States, Aquino returned to the Philippines with his family, shortly after the assassination of his father on August 21, 1983. He had a short tenure as a member of the Philippine Business for Social Progress, working as an assistant of the executive director of PBSP. He later joined Mondragon Industries Philippines, Inc. as an assistant Retail Sales Supervisor and assistant promotions manager for Nike Philippines, Inc.

      From 1986 to 1992, during the presidency of his mother, Aquino joined the Intra-Strata Assurance Corporation, a company owned by his uncle Antolin Oreta Jr., as vice president.

     On August 28, 1987, eighteen months into the presidency of Aquino's mother, rebel soldiers led by Gregorio Honasan staged an unsuccessful coup attempt, attempting to siege Malacañang Palace. Aquino was two blocks from the palace when he came under fire. Three of Aquino's four security escorts were killed, and the last was wounded protecting him. He himself was hit by five bullets, one of which is still embedded in his neck.

     From 1993 to 1998, Aquino worked for Central Azucarera de Tarlac, the sugar refinery in charge of the Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita, as the executive assistant for administration from 1993 to 1996, then he worked as manager for field services from 1996 to 1998

     Born in Manila, Aquino graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1981 and joined his family in their exile in the United States shortly thereafter. He returned to the Philippines in 1983 shortly after the assassination of his father and held several positions working in the private sector. In 1998, he was elected to the House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province. He was subsequently re-elected to the House in 2001 and 2004. In 2007, having been barred from running for re-election to the House due to the term limit, he was elected to the Senate in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.

         Following the death of his mother on August 1, 2009, many people began calling on Aquino to run for president. On September 9, 2009, Aquino officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 presidential election, held on May 10, 2010.

        On June 9, 2010, the Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Aquino the winner of the 2010 presidential election.

        On June 30, 2010, at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila, Aquino was sworn into office as the fifteenth President of the Philippines, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Conchita Carpio-Morales.

      Despite the official residence of the President being Malacañang Palace, his actual residence is the Bahay Pangarap (English: House of Dreams), located within the Palace grounds.

Source: Wikipedia

Filipino Presidents

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

14th President of the Philippines

(born 1947; president 2001 - 2010)

Transition and Iron Lady President

        Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga. She was the country's second female president (after Corazón Aquino), and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal.

      She was born as María Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5, 1947 in San Juan formerly a town that is a part of the Rizal province, to politician Diosdado Macapagal and his wife, Evangelina Macaraeg-Macapagal. She is the sister of Dr. Diosdado "Boboy" Macapagal, Jr. & Cielo Macapagal-Salgado. She spent the first years of her life in Lubao, Pampanga with her two older siblings from her father's first marriage. At the age of four, she chose to live with her maternal grandmother in Iligan City. She stayed there for three years, then split her time between Mindanao and Manila until the age of 11. She is fluent in English, Tagalog, Spanish and several other Philippine languages, most importantly, Kapampangan, Ilokano, and Cebuano.

      In 1961, when Arroyo was just 14 years old, her father was elected as president. She moved with her family into Malacañang Palace in Manila. A municipality was named in her honor, Gloria, Oriental Mindoro. She attended Assumption Convent for her elementary and high school education, graduating valedictorian in 1964. Arroyo then studied for two years at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. where she was a classmate of future United States President Bill Clinton and achieved consistent Dean's list status. She then earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Assumption College, graduating magna cum laude in 1968.

      In 1968, Arroyo married lawyer and businessman Jose Miguel Arroyo of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, whom she had met while still a teenager. They had three children, Juan Miguel (born 1969), Evangelina Lourdes (born 1971) and Diosdado Ignacio José María (born in 1974). She pursued a Master's Degree in Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University (1978) and a Doctorate Degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines (1985). From 1977 to 1987, she held teaching positions in several schools, notably the University of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University. She became chairperson of the Economics Department at Assumption College.

      In 1987 she was invited by President Corazón Aquino to join the government as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry. She was promoted to Undersecretary two years later. In her concurrent position as Executive Director of the Garments and Textile Export Board, Arroyo oversaw the rapid growth of the garment industry in the late 1980s.

      A professor of economics, Arroyo entered government in 1987, serving as assistant secretary and undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry upon the invitation of President Corazón Aquino.

Arroyo entered politics in the 1992 election, running for senator. At the first general election under the 1987 Constitution, the top twelve vote-getting senatorial candidates would win a six-year term, and the next twelve candidates would win a three-year term. Arroyo ranked 13th in the elections, earning a three-year term. She was re-elected in 1995, topping the senatorial elections with nearly 16 million votes.As a legislator, Arroyo filed over 400 bills and authored or sponsored 55 laws during her tenure as senator, including the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law, the Indigenous People's Rights Law, and the Export Development Act. The 1995 Mining Act, which allows 100% foreign ownership of Philippine mines, has come under fire from left-wing political groups. After serving as a senator from 1992 to 1998, she was elected to the vice presidency under President Joseph Estrada, despite having run on an opposing ticket.Arroyo considered a run for the presidency in the 1998 election, but was persuaded by President Fidel V. Ramos and leaders of the administration party Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats to instead seek the vice-presidency as the running mate of its presidential candidate, House Speaker José de Venecia, Jr. Though the latter lost to popular former actor Joseph Ejército Estrada, Arroyo won the vice presidency by a large margin, garnering more than twice the votes of her closest opponent, Estrada's running mate Senator Edgardo Angara.

        After Estrada was accused of corruption, she resigned her cabinet position as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development and joined the growing opposition to the president, who faced impeachment. Estrada was soon forced from office by the EDSA Revolution of 2001, and Arroyo was sworn into the presidency by Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. on January 20, 2001.Arroyo considered a run for the presidency in the 1998 election, but was persuaded by President Fidel V. Ramos and leaders of the administration party Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats to instead seek the vice-presidency as the running mate of its presidential candidate, House Speaker José de Venecia, Jr. Though the latter lost to popular former actor Joseph Ejército Estrada, Arroyo won the vice presidency by a large margin, garnering more than twice the votes of her closest opponent, Estrada's running mate Senator Edgardo Angara.

       Arroyo began her term as Vice President on June 30, 1998. Historically, she was the first and only to date female Vice President of the Philippines. She was appointed by Estrada to a concurrent position in the cabinet as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development.

       Arroyo resigned from the cabinet in October 2000, distancing herself from President Estrada, who was accused of corruption by a former political supporter, Chavit Singson, Governor from Ilocos Sur. She had initially resisted pressure from allies to speak out against Estrada, but eventually joined calls for Estrada's resignation. She was elected to a full six-year presidential term in the controversial May 2004 Philippine elections, and was sworn in on June 30, 2004. Following her presidency she was elected to the House of Representatives, making her the second Philippine president - after Jose P. Laurel - to pursue a lower office after their presidency.
            In November 2009, Arroyo formally declared her intention to run for a seat in the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga, making her the second Philippine President – after Jose P. Laurel – to pursue a lower office after the expiration of their presidency. A petition seeking to disqualify Arroyo from the race was dismissed by the Comelec for lack of merit, a decision which was later affirmed by the Supreme Court. With little serious competition, she was elected to congress in May 2010 with a landslide victory. After receiving final military honors at the inauguration ceremony of incoming President Benigno Aquino III, she headed straight to Pampanga for her own oath-taking as congresswoman.
       On November 18, 2011, Arroyo was arrested following the filing of criminal charges against her for electoral fraud. She was held at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage. but released on bail in July 2012. She was rearrested while in the hospital on charges of misuse of $8.8 million in state lottery funds in October 2012.
       While still confined in the Veterans Medical Centre, Arroyo successfully earned a second term as congresswoman for Pampanga's second legislative district at the conclusion of the 2013 Philippine mid-term elections on 13 May 2013, defeating the ruling Liberal Party's Vivian Dabu who was the provincial administrator under priest-turned-politician former Governor Among Ed Panlilio.

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Filipino Presidents

Joseph E. Estrada

13th President of the Philippines

(born 1937; president 1998 - 2001)

President of the Poor and the Underprivileged

     Joseph "Erap" Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the only president to have resigned from office and was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.

    Jose Marcelo Ejercito was born on April 19, 1937 in Tondo, the poorest district of Manila. He belonged to an upper middle class family, and was the eighth of 10 children of Emilio Ejercito, a government engineer, and his wife Maria Marcelo.He finished his primary studies at the Ateneo de Manila University. He went to Mapúa Institute of Technology to continue schooling with an engineering course, but dropped out from studies altogether two years later.

     In his twenties, he began a career as a film actor. He adopted the screen name "Joseph Estrada", as his father objected to his chosen career and his decision to quit schooling. He also acquired the nickname "Erap" (a play on the Tagalog word "pare", meaning buddy) from his good friend Fernando Poe, Jr..

     Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in an acting career spanning 33 years. He leveraged his popularity as an actor to make gains in politics, serving as mayor of San Juan for seventeen years, as Senator for one term, then as Vice President of the Philippines under the administration of President Fidel Ramos.

    He played the lead role of Jesse Mcchesky in more than 100 movies, and was producer of over 70 films. He was the first FAMAS Hall of Fame recipient for Best Actor (1981) and also became a Hall of Fame award-winner as a producer (1983). He often played heroes of the downtrodden classes, which gained him the admiration of a lot of the nation's many unschooled and impoverished citizens. This later proved advantageous to his political career.

     In 1974 he founded the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (MOWELFUND) which helps movie makers through medical reimbursements, hospitalization, surgery and death benefits, livelihood, and alternative income opportunities and housing. Its educational arm, the MOWELFUND Film Institute, has produced some of the most skilled and respected producers, filmmakers, writers and performers in both the independent and mainstream sectors of the industry since its inception in 1979. He also founded, together with Dr. Guillermo De Vega, the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1975.

     Estrada entered politics in 1967 when he ran for mayor of San Juan, a municipality of Metro Manila and succeeded only in 1969 after winning an electoral protest against Dr. Braulio Sto. Domingo. When Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency in 1986, all elected officials of the local government were forcibly removed and replaced by appointed officers-in-charge including then Mayor Estrada.

    The following year, he won a seat in the Senate under the Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) placing 16th in the elections (out of 24 winners). As senator, Erap denounced the presence of US military bases in the country. He became chairman of the senate committee on cultural minorities and passed a bill on commission on ancestral domain.

     In 1992, Joseph Estrada ran for vice-president as the running mate of Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. under the Nationalist People's Coalition party. Though the latter lost to former National Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos, Estrada won the vice-presidency garnering more votes than his closest opponent, Ramon Mitra, Jr.'s running mate, Marcelo Fernan.

     As Vice-President, he was the chairman of President Ramos' Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC). Estrada arrested criminal warlords and kidnapping syndicates. He resigned as chairman of the PACC on 1997. In 1997 Vice-President Estrada, together with former President Corazon Aquino, Cardinal Jaime Sin, Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and other political leaders, led an anti-charter change rally brought in an estimated half a million people to Rizal Park against the charter change moves by supporters of President Fidel Ramos.

     The 1998 presidential election campaign, like most presidential election campaigns in the Philippines, had hardly anything to do with a contest between political platforms and programs. Estrada’s political strategists and financial backers were aware that a large share of the Philippine electorate, the "masa" (the poor and undereducated masses), were looking for a leadership they could relate to. Estrada’s financial backers designed a campaign strategy that reflected Estrada’s pro-poor image that he had built up throughout his movie career. Central in the was the slogan "Erap para sa Mahirap"(Erap for the poor) that inspired the masses in the hope that Estrada would be the President of and for the masses. Estrada's running mate,   Edgardo Angara, was defeated by Gloria Macapacal-Arroyo.

    Estrada was elected President in 1998 with a wide margin of votes separating him from the other challengers, and was sworn into the presidency on June 30, 1998. Estrada was inaugurated in the historical town of Malolos in Bulacan province in paying tribute to the cradle of the First Philippine Republic. That afternoon the new president delivered his inaugural address at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta. He assumed office amid the Asian Financial Crisis and with agricultural problems due to poor weather conditions, thereby slowing the economic growth to -0.6% in 1998 from a 5.2% in 1997. The economy recovered by 3.4% in 1999 and 4% in 2000.[12] In 2000 he declared an "all-out-war" against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and captured it's headquarters and other camps. However, allegations of corruption spawned a railroaded impeachment trial in the Senate courtesy of house speaker Manuel Villar, and in 2001 Estrada was ousted from a coup after the trial was aborted.

In his Inaugural Address, Estrada said:

     "One hundred years after Kawit, fifty years after independence, twelve years after EDSA, and seven years after the rejection of foreign bases, it is now the turn of the masses to experience liberation. We stand in the shadow of those who fought to make us free- free from foreign domination, free from domestic tyranny, free from superpower dictation, free from economic backwardness."

      In 2000 he declared an "all-out-war" against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and captured its headquarters and other camps. However, allegations of corruption spawned an impeachment trial in the Senate, and in 2001 Estrada was ousted from a power grab after former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. allowed the prosecution to walk out of the impeachment court when the Senator Judges voted no in the opening of the second envelope which is not part of the impeachment complaint.

     In 2007, he was sentenced by the special division of the Sandiganbayan to reclusion perpetua for plunder, but was later granted pardon by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
     In 2013, he became the mayor of the city of Manila. 

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Filipino Presidents

Fidel V. Ramos

12th President of the Philippines

(born 1928; president 1992 - 1998)

Most Travelled President

       Fidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.

      Fidel Ramos was born on March 18, 1928 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. His father, Narciso Ramos (1900–1986), was a lawyer, journalist and 5-term legislator of the House of Representatives, who eventually rose to the position of Secretary of Foreign Affairs. As such, Narciso Ramos was the Philippine signatory to the ASEAN declaration forged in Bangkok in 1967 and was one of the founding fathers of the Liberal Party. His mother, Angela Valdez-Ramos (1905–1977), was an educator, woman suffragette and daughter of the respected Valdez clan of Batac, Ilocos Norte making him a second degree cousin to Ferdinand Marcos.

Ramos was educated at the United States Military Academy and University of Illinois, where he earned a master's degree in civil engineering. He also holds a master's degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines and a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) from the Ateneo de Manila University.

       Ramos went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, and he graduated in 1950. Ramos, along with the Philippines' 20th Battalion Combat Team and his fellow West Point graduates of the 1950s, fought in the Korean War. Ramos was one of the heroes of the Battle of Hill Eerie, where he led his platoon to sabotage the enemy in Hill Eerie. He was also present in the Vietnam War as a non-combat civil military engineer and commanding officer of the Philippine Civic Action Group (PHILCAGV). It is during this assignment where he forged his life-long friendship with his junior officer Maj. Jose T. Almonte, who went on to become his National Security Advisor all through out during his administration from 1992-1998.

       Ramos has received several military awards including the Philippine Legion of Honor, the Distinguished Conduct Star, Philippine Military Merit Medal, the United States Legion of Merit, the French Legion of Honor and the U.S. Military Academy Distinguished Graduate Award.

       After Aquino assumed the Presidency, she appointed Ramos Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and later Secretary of National Defense. During this time, Ramos personally handled the military operations that crushed nine coup attempts against the Aquino government. During Ramos' presidency, the National Unification Commission was created, and its chairman Haydee Yorac, together with Ramos, recommended to President Aquino that she grant amnesty to the rebel military officers of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) led by Col. Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan.

       In December 1991, Ramos declared his candidacy for President. He however, lost the nomination of the dominant party Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) to House Speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. Days later, he bolted LDP and founded the Partido Lakas Tao (People Power Party), inviting Cebu Governor Emilio Mario Osmeña as his Vice President. The party formed a coalition with the National Union of Christian Democrats (NUCD) of Senator Raul Manglapus and the United Muslim Democrats of the Philippines (UMDP) of Ambassador Sanchez Ali. Ramos and Osmeña, together with Congressman (later House Speaker) Jose de Venecia, campaigned for economic reforms and improved national security and unity.

      He won the seven-way race on May 11, 1992, narrowly defeating populist Agrarian Reform Secretary Miriam Defensor Santiago. Despite winning, he garnered only 23.58% of the vote, the lowest plurality in the country's history. The election results were marred by allegations of fraud, though cheating on a large scale has not been proven. However, his running mate, Governor Osmeña, lost to Senator Joseph Estrada as Vice President.

      Prior to his election as president, Ramos served in the Cabinet of President Corazon Aquino first as chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and, later on, as Secretary of National Defense from 1986 to 1991.

      During the historic 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, Ramos, along with then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, was hailed as a hero by many Filipinos for his decision to breakaway from the administration of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos and pledge allegiance and loyalty to the newly-established revolutionary government of President Aquino, following the downfall of Marcos from power in February 1986. Previously, he was the AFP vice chief-of-staff under President Marcos.

     Under Ramos' leadership, the Philippines experienced a period of political stability and rapid economic growth and expansion, as a result of his policies and programs designed to foster national reconciliation and unity. Ramos was able to secure major peace agreements with Muslim separatists, communist insurgents and military rebels, which renewed investor confidence in the Philippine economy. Ramos also aggressively pushed for the deregulation of the nation's major industries and the privatization of bad government assets. As a result of his hands-on approach to the economy, the Philippines was dubbed by various international magazines and observers as Asia's Next Economic Tiger.

      However, the momentum in the economic gains made under the Ramos Administration was briefly interrupted during the onset of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Nevertheless, during the last year of Ramos' term, the economy managed to make a rebound since it was not severely hit by the crisis as compared to other Asian economies.

      To date, Ramos is the first and only non-Catholic President of the Philippines. He belongs to the Protestant United Methodist Church.

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