AQUINO, BENIGNO SIMEON "NOYNOY" III C.: SLB Profile

Date of Birth: February 8, 1960
Place of Birth: Manila
Religion: Catholic

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Elementary: Ateneo de Manila University, 1973
High School: Ateneo de Manila University, 1977
College: BA Economics, Ateneo de Manila University, 1981

TRACK RECORD:

1998-present Representative, 2nd district, Tarlac House of

Representatives

1996-June 1998 Field Services Manager, Central Azucarera, Tarlac

1993-1996 Executive Assistant for Administration, Central

Azucarera, Tarlac

Vice President, Instra-Strata Assurance Corp

1986-1993 Vice President and Treasurer, Best Security Agency Corp.

1985-1986 Assistant for Advertising and Promotion,

Mondragon Philippines

1985-1986 Retail Sales Supervisor, Nike Shoes

1983-1984 Member, Philippine Business for Social Progress


COMMITTEES:

1. BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES, Member for the Majority
2. ENERGY, Member for the Majority
3. EXPORT PROMOTION, Member for the Majority
4. PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY, Member for the Majority

ATTENDANCE*

	Total Sessions	Present	Absent	Mission
13th Congress
First Session	76	76	0	0
12th Session
First Session	95	85	10	0
Second Session	77	75	2	0
11th Congress
First Session	88	66	1	2

* There were days that roll call was dispensed with; M=official mission/business

Expenditures
Commission on Audit Report Covering January 1 to December 31, 2002
Salary	P420,000.00
Representative’s Foreign Travel	0
District Field Staff Allocation	P650,000.04
Contractual Consultants	P120,000.00
Research	P396,000.00
Consultative Local Travel	P684,000.00
Communication	P129,600.00
Supplies	P120,000.00
Public Affairs Fund	P308,400.00
Central Office Staff	P1,792,147.80
Equipment/Furniture & Fixtures	0
Total	P4,620,147.84

CAMPAIGN SPENDING:

Period Covered: 12 February to 18 May 2001
Total contributions from political party organizations:	0
Total contributions from other persons:	P500,000.00
Total contributions:	500,000.00
Total expenditures paid by candidate out of personal funds:	71,965.75
Total expenditures paid out of contributions received:	500,000.00
Total expenditures:	P500,000.00

PLATFORM:

Continuously fight for democracy

HOUSE BILLS SPONSORED/AUTHORED:

HB01842 [History] - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CODIFICATION OF CRIMINAL LAWS IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2004-08-04
HB01843 [History] - AN ACT DECLARING APRIL NINETEEN OF EACH YEAR AS TARLAC CITY DAY A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF TARLAC
Status: Substituted by HB04566
HB03616 [History] - AN ACT EXTENDING THE REGLEMENTARY PERIOD FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE TO FIVE (5) YEARS AMENDING THEREBY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975 ENTITLED, "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE UNDER A REORGANIZED DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8551, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE REFORM AND REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1998
Status: Substituted by HB05568
HB04251 [History] - AN ACT GRANTING AN ANNUAL PRODUCTIVITY INCENTIVES TO ALL WORKERS IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR, ESTABLISHING MECHANISMS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2005-05-10
HB04252 [History] - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE PRESCRIBED INCREASES AND ADJUSTMENTS IN THE WAGE RATES OF WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6727, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "WAGE RATIONALIZATION ACT', AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Substituted by HB05506
HB04397 [History] - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY POWER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI) TO EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE CONSUMER LAWS, ESTABLISHING ADDED MECHANISMS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7394, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CONSUMER ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2005-06-07
HB04566 [History] - AN ACT DECLARING APRIL 19 OF EACH YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF TARLAC TO BE KNOWN AS 'TARLAC CITY DAY'
Status: Approved by the House on 2005-12-14, transmitted to on 2005-12-22 and received by the Senate on 2005-12-22
HB05506 [History] - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRESCRIBED INCREASES AND ADJUSTMENTS IN THE WAGE RATES OF WORKERS, AMENDING FURTHER FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6727, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "WAGE RATIONALIZATION ACT", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status: Approved on Second Reading on 2006-12-20
HCR0027 [History] - CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECONVENING THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CREATED UNDER SECTION 74 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9184, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM ACT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORMULATING THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR) FOR FOREIGN-FUNDED
PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE GOVERMENT
Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2005-10-11
HR00065 [History] - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POLICIES AND PROCESSES OF THE ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (ERC) IN GRANTING RATE INCREASES TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT AND REASONABLE PRICES OF ELECTRICITY AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC
INTEREST AS IT IS AFFECTED BY THE RATES AND SERVICES OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on ENERGY since 2004-10-25)
HR00788 [History] - RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE FUNDS TO CHECK AND STUDY THE USE OF INTELLIGENCE FUNDS BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ALLOCATED THEREFOR ARE UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE THEY ARE INTENDED
Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2005-05-16
HR00825 [History] - RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND

CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF COLONEL FRANCISCO B. BARAQUEL (PNP), BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE HONORABLE ANA THERESIA "RISA" H. HONRIVEROS-BARAQUEL, REPRESENTATIVE OF PARTY-LIST AKBAYAN
Status: Consolidated into HR00821
HR01216 [History] - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL, POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ARREST OF FORMER SECRETARY CORAZON "DINKY" SOLIMAN AND MR. VICENTE "ENTENG" ROMANO III OF THE BLACK AND WHITE MOVEMENT BY ANTI-RIOT POLICE AT THE BAYWALK AREA IN MANILA
Status: Adopted Resolution (Pending with the committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since
2006-08-29)

HR01497 [History] - RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS' (COMELEC) RESOLUTION NO. 7767 PROMULGATED ON NOVEMBER 30, 2006 FOR THE UNMISTAKABLE INVALIDITY OF SECTION 32, PARAGRAPH AS THE SAID PROVISION OF THE FAIR ELECTION ACT OF 2001 HAS BEEN DECLARED INVALID BY THE SUPREME COURT
Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2007-01-29)

STAND ON CHARTER CHANGE ISSUE:

In fact, I don't agree that it is Charter Change. 'Yung, like any--'di ba?--computer or...garbage in, produces garbage out. If at the end of the day, our problem rests with the idea of political survival concentrating power into the hands of those who are concerned primarily only with their survival...will not push them toward addressing the issues of the country, and the problems of the county.

Now, we can go into the details like for instance, when they say that a parliamentary system seems to be the panacea for all our problems, it didn't quote examples like Italy or Japan. Italy had more government up to the 80's that it had years after World War II. There were years that they had three governments.

You have Japan, which prides itself in homogeneity that has surrendered its governance to unaccountable people mainly in the bureaucracy who have decided...one of the worst excesses is to build bridges the equivalent of going to Aparri to Batanes, and it's not utilized. After completing the first they’ve had already completed the second, also to the same area so therefore there is even less usage of that facility, and they're embarking on the third bridge. And there's no accountability.

So, regardless of the system, it's really the main issue is the people who will be populating that system. Sad to say, Charter change, parang I guess...another way of saying it is people who advocating Charter change are the ones who have made the system fail and expect to be rewarded by being in power for perpetuity. And that is I guess the worst scam that can befall the Filipino people.

True, but given the present atmosphere, even if those reforms are put into place, there seem to be an overwhelming desire to water down the best provisions that we had in the ‘87 Constitution. For instance, one of the thing...yung idea of the term limits...is the most attractive to a lot of our colleagues in the House, 'Yung relaxation on the rules on warrant-less arrest, for instance no? Which might increase the tendencies of some quarters...their fascistic intentions in addressing the peace and order or the crime situation will be given, parang, some say, more avenues to abuse. Is that right, also?

'Yun, regardless of any proposal we have to examine: have you complied, have you given the system the best chance? If there is, and I'm not only talking about the politicians. S'yempre, even in my district, for instance, if it’s the town fiesta, tradition has it they request for two orchestras. And I point it out, when I first started, the cheapest orchestra that time is I think is something about forty thousand pesos, for that time. So that would be eighty thousand pesos.

The President of the Philippines makes only fifty thousand pesos. Intrinsically you're inducing, whoever you approach, to undertake some corrupt practices to fund these things that are not really necessary.

So there should really be meeting of the minds between those who are governing and the governed, and to really chart where do you want to go. Let us not just mouth all of these platitudes and motherhood statements, but rather let us act towards the direction where we really want to go.