Camilo Sabio is a public lawyer and past chairman of the Philippines' Presidential Commission on Good Government. He previously held the position of Secretary-General in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998 under Jose de Venecia.
Bienvenido F. NebresS.J. is a Filipino scientist,mathematician,and a Jesuit priest who was the longest-serving university president of the Ateneo de Manila University. He succeeded Joaquin G. Bernas in 1993,and served as University President until 1 June 2011. He currently sits as a member of the board of trustees of Georgetown University,Regis University,St. Edward School Foundation,Inc.,the Asian Institute of Management,and other colleges and universities in the Philippines. He is also a member of the board of directors of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company,and is currently chairman of the Synergeia Foundation. He was also Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines.
Jose Ma. Clemente "Joey" Sarte Salceda is a Filipino statesman and the current Representative of Albay's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He previously served as governor of Albay province in the Philippines for three terms. Prior to that,he was a three-year term representative of the Third District of Albay and was appointed as Presidential Chief of Staff on February 10,2007,after the resignation of Michael Defensor,before he himself resigned on March 29,2007,to pursue his gubernatorial bid in his province. Salceda has also been chairman of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means since 2019. Salceda is the principal author of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law,the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law,which reduced corporate income taxes in the Philippines to 20%,and the Free College Tuition Law.
Joaquin G. Bernas SJ was a Jesuit priest,lawyer,college professor and writer who was Dean Emeritus of the Ateneo de Manila Law School in Makati,Philippines. He was a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
Juan Romeo Nereus Olaivar Acosta,popularly known as Neric Acosta,is a Filipino politician,academician,and political scientist in the Philippines. He is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives,representing the first district of the province of Bukidnon from 1998 to 2007. He was the Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection and General Manager of the Laguna Lake Development Authority during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
Antonio Gabriel "Tony" Maestrado La Viña is a Filipino lawyer,educator,and environmental policy expert. A former undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),executive director of the Manila Observatory,and dean of the Ateneo School of Government,he currently teaches law,governance,and philosophy in the Ateneo de Manila University,University of the Philippines,University of Santo Tomas,De La Salle University,Xavier University,San Beda University,Polytechnic University of the Philippines,Lyceum of the Philippines University,Pamantasang ng Lungsod ng Maynila,Far Eastern University,Ateneo de Zamboanga,Liceo de Cagayan,and the Philippine Judicial Academy. In addition to these teaching responsibilities,La Viña is the director of the Energy Collaboratory of the Manila Observatory. He was also the chair of the Partnership Council,Partnership for the Environmental Management of the Seas of East Asia. Likewise,he was chair of the Board of Trustees of the Forest Foundation of the Philippines until September 2020.
Oscar "Oca" Seriña Moreno is a Filipino politician who served as the mayor of Cagayan de Oro,Philippines,the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental,from 2013 to 2022. He is a lawyer by profession and a former banker before he entered public service.
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM),also officially as the University of the City of Manila,is a municipal public university in Intramuros,Manila,Philippines. It is funded by the city government of Manila. The university was established on June 19,1965,and opened on July 17,1967,to 556 scholars,all coming from the top ten percent of graduates of Manila's public high schools.
Legal management or paralegal studies is an academic,vocational,and professional discipline that is a hybrid between the study of law and management. Often,alumni of legal management programmes pursue a professional degree in law such as Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) while some profess as paralegals,law clerks,political analysts,politicians,public administrators,entrepreneurs,business executives,or pursue careers in the academe.
Higher education in the Philippines is offered through various degree programs by colleges and universities—also known as higher education institutions (HEIs). These HEIs are administered and regulated by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
Arthur "Art" Cua Yap is a Filipino politician who is the former governor of Bohol from 2019 to 2022. He was the secretary of the Department of Agriculture under the Arroyo administration from 2004 to 2005 and from 2006 to 2007. He became a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 3rd District of Bohol from 2010 to 2019.
Francis Ng Tolentino is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He has served as a Senator since 2019.
Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th Vice President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004,during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San Juan,Rizal,Teofisto is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University,where he was a working student.
Mamintal Abdul Jabbar Tamano was a Filipino statesman and a former Senator of the Philippines.
Edwin Lacierda is a Filipino lawyer and technology entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the online payments company,PayMongo. He was a member of the Philippine Cabinet and Presidential Spokesperson of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Prior to this,he was the spokesperson for the presidential campaign of then Senator Aquino from November 2009 up to the elections in May 2010.
William Francis Masterson,SJ was an American Jesuit priest who became an educational leader in the Philippines.
Tranquil Gervacio S. Salvador III is a Filipino lawyer,educator,and civic leader. He has served as spokesperson and member of the defense panel for the impeachment of the then-Chief Justice Renato Corona and handled other notable cases of Filipino personalities and corporations.
DITO Telecommunity Corporation,formerly known as Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company,Inc. or Mislatel is a telecommunications company in the Philippines which is also engaged in the business of multimedia and information technology. It is a consortium of DITO CME Holdings Corporation,a subsidiary of the Udenna Corporation which is owned by Davao businessman Dennis Uy,and China Telecommunications Corporation,a state-owned enterprise of the government of mainland China and a parent company of China Telecom.
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government,he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra &Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University,where he graduated in 1974.
Marie Louise "Liza" Araneta Marcos is a Filipina lawyer and academic who has been the first lady of the Philippines since 2022 as the wife of Bongbong Marcos,the 17th and incumbent president of the Philippines. Born in Manila,Araneta Marcos is a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University and completed postgraduate courses at New York University. In addition to her law practice,she taught in various universities in the country and is a founder of MOST Law Firm and M&A Associates. She met Bongbong Marcos in New York City in 1989 and married him in 1993. Araneta Marcos also served as the main strategist in her husband's presidential campaign,and is seen as one of the key people influencing her husband's presidency.
