WORK EXPERIENCE
Congressman
House of Representatives
Elected May 11, 1998 & May 14, 2001 to date
Chairman, Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
July 2001 to date
Hearing Officer (Corporate Law Judge)
Securities and Exchange Commission
August 1996 to March 1998
Acted as a “Corporate Law Judge”;
heard and decided cases concerning intra-corporate
disputes and other issues under the jurisdiction of the
Securities and Exchange
commission under Presidential decree No. 902-A and the
revised Securities Act.
Head Executive Assistant to the Chairman
Securities and Exchange Commission
January 1996 to July 1996
Acted as coordinator for the Chairman and the associate
of SEC; Drafted decisions on
cases filed before the Commission; Undertaken special
research for the purpose of
drafting administrative rules and regulations.
Legal Appearance
Ferial Law Office
1990
EDUCATION
Bulacan State University
Doctorate Degree In Humanities, Honoris Causa
Given in April 2002
Ateneo de Manila University, School of Law
Juris Doctor
Graduated in April 195, Took and passed the Bar Exam of
September 1995
De La Salle University
Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics
Major in Legal Management
Graduated in April 1991
Perryton High School, Texas, USA
High School
Graduated in June 1987
De La Salle- Santiago Zobel (Alabang)
Primary
Graduated in March 1993
St. Joseph School, Naga City
Preparatory
SEMINARS AND OTHER WORK RELATED
ACTIVITIES
Seminar on the Philippine Stock Exchange Full Disclosure
Policy
Conducted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and
the
Philippine Stock Exchange
March 1997
Institute on the Law on Public Officers, Administrative
Investigation and Procedure
Seminar Conducted by the U. P. Law Center
Institute of Judicial Administration
November 5 to 9, 1996
Member, Task Force PCDI
A Task Force created by the Office of the Chairman,
SEC tasked to make a study and submit recommendations
as regards the Philippine
Central Depository, Inc.'s application to be recognized
as the stock exchange's central
depository, April 1996 to September 1996
Seminar for Prospective Stockbrokers and
Salesmen
Phil. SEC Institute March 8 to 9,1996
Member, SEC-CMDF Working Group on SREA
Member of an ad-hoc committee composed of representatives
of the government and the
private sector involved in the capital market; studying
closely Senate Bill 901 (Securities
Regulation and Enforcement Act). December 1995 to August
1996
Asian Capital Markets Seminar
Sheraton Hotel,
Hong Kong AIC Conferences
March 11 to 14, 1996
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