Delia Domingo Albert is a Filipina career diplomat who served as the first female and 23rd Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs from December 22,2003 to August 18,2004. She was also the first woman career diplomat to serve as foreign minister of a Southeast Asian country.
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary,finance secretary,foreign affairs secretary,and budget secretary. His most recent office is his leadership of the Department of Foreign Affairs before and during the early period of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
The University of Asia and the Pacific is a private university in the Philippines. It traces its beginnings to the Center for Research and Communication (CRC),which was established on August 15,1967,as a private think-tank that conducted economic and social research and offered graduate courses in economics.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked to contribute to the enhancement of national security,protection of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty,to participate in the national endeavor of sustaining development and enhancing the Philippines' competitive edge,to protect the rights and promote the welfare of Filipinos overseas and to mobilize them as partners in national development,to project a positive image of the Philippines,and to increase international understanding of Philippine culture for mutually-beneficial relations with other countries.
Nicanor Jesús "Nick/Nicky" Pineda Perlas III is a Filipino activist and awardee of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003,which is often referred as an alternative Nobel Prize.
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution,known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.
Emmanuel Tiu Santos,also known as Noli Santos,is a lawyer,management practitioner,and educator in the Philippines. He was a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention which drafted the 1973 Philippine Constitution. He is currently the president of the Philippine British Society (PBS).
Alexander R. Magno,popularly known as Professor Alex Magno,is a political scientist and academician in the Philippines.
Miguel B. Varela was a Filipino businessman,corporate lawyer,and management practitioner. He was the president and chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI),the largest business organization in the Philippines. He was also the president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP),the largest association of employers in the country.
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia or ERIA is an international organization established in Jakarta,Indonesia in 2008 by a formal agreement among Leaders of 16 countries in the East Asian region to conduct research activities and make policy recommendations for further economic integration in the East Asia. ERIA works very closely with both the ASEAN Secretariat and 16 Research Institutes to undertake and disseminate policy research under the three pillars,namely “Deepening Economic Integration”,”Narrowing Development Gaps”,and “Sustainable Development”and provide analytical policy recommendations to Leaders and Ministers at their regional meetings. ERIA provides intellectual contributions to East Asian Community building and serves as a Sherpa international organization. ERIA Ranks 9th among the world's "Top International Economics Think Tanks" according to the 2020 Global Go To Think Tanks Index Report conducted by the University of Pennsylvania.
Philippines–Singapore relations are bilateral relations between the Philippines and Singapore. The Philippines has an embassy in Singapore. Singapore likewise,has an embassy in Manila. Full diplomatic relations commenced on May 16,1969,when the Philippine consulate-general in Singapore was raised to embassy level.
Cesar Antonio Velasquez Purisima is a Filipino accountant and financial expert. He was the Secretary of Finance of the Republic of the Philippines under the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III. He also served as the chair of the Cabinet Economic Development Cluster and member of the Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Purisima is a multi-awarded finance minister,recognized 7 times in 6 consecutive years by various international institutions for turning the Philippine economy around and restoring investor confidence.
Cayetano "Dondon" Paderanga Jr. was a Filipino economist and former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),a cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.
Jesli Aquino Lapus is a former Congressman of Tarlac,former Secretary of Education and uncle of President Benigno Aquino III.
Placido "Cidito" Ledesma Mapa Jr. a Filipino businessman,economist,and government official best known for having served as the second head of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),which is the Philippines' highest economic and development planning body. He was once governor of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). He also held the position of Alternate Executive Director for the Philippines of the International Monetary Fund. He was President of the Philippine Economic Society from 1965 to 1966.
Jose Luis Martin Cosgayon Gascon,also known as Chito Gascon,was a Filipino lawyer,civic organizer,and human rights activist. In 2015,he was appointed by then President Benigno S. Aquino III as the Chair of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines serving a term from 2015 to 2021.
Jose Emeterio Villanueva Romero Jr.,also known as Joe Romero or Jose V. Romero Jr.,was a Filipino statesman and diplomat.
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.
