2010 Presidential Candidate Joseph "Erap" Estrada Profile and platform

Joseph "Erap" Estrada

Former President of the Philippines who was impeach in the Senate for corruption. Joseph Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until his ouster in the 2001 EDSA Revolution.

Current Political party: Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP)

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Joseph Marcelo Ejercito Estrada was born on April 19, 1937, in Tondo, Manila. His parents, Engr. Emilio Ejercito and Maria Marcelo, moved to San Juan where he grew up and where he continues to reside to this day. His primary education was obtained at the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University. He later took up an Engineering course at the Mapua Institute of Technology.

He entered politics in 1967 when he ran for mayor of San Juan, a municipality of Metro Manila which he served with dedication and distinction for more than 16 continuous years.

The following year, he ran and won a seat in the Senate under the Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD). He placed 16th place in the said elections (out of 24 winners).

Ran for vice-president of the Philippines in 1992 with Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. as his President.

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2010 Presidential Candidate Richard Gordon Profile and platform

Richard Gordon

Richard "Dick" Juico Gordon is currently head of the Philippine National Red Cross, and senator of the Republic of the Philippines. A former Lakas-CMD and now an Independent Presidential Candidate for 2010.

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He was born on August 5, 1945 to James Leonard Tagle Gordon and Amelia Juico Gordon, (who were both mayors of Olongapo City). Took his elementary education at San Juan de Letran College in Manila and he completed his secondary education at Ateneo de Manila University. He stayed in Ateneo and completed his tertiary education, earning a degree of AB History and Government. Graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines College of Law.

Political Party: BAGUMBAYAN
Hometown: Olongapo City
Spouse: Kate H. Gordon
Children: Marnie, Ali, LJ, Brian
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Dick Gordon is a proven transformational leader, the real action-man; making possible the seemingly impossible, and simply best known for overcoming great odds.

Career History:
Secretary - Department of Tourism - February 2001-January 2004
Founding chairman - Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Olongapo City - 1992-1998
Mayor - Olongapo City - 1980-1993
Associate - ACCRA Law Office - 1975-1979
Delegate - Constitutional Convention - 1971
Brand manager - Procter and Gamble Philippines - 1966-1967


LAWS & BILLS:
Republic Act No. 9369 or the Automated Elections System
Republic Act No. 9499 or the Gordon's Veterans Bill
Republic Act 9593 or the National Tourism Policy Act of 2009
Sin Tax Law
He passed the very first law in the 13th Congress, Republic Act No. 9333, fixing the regular elections at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), and several other important laws, including Republic Act No. 9369, the New Automated Election System law; Republic Act No. 9334, the Sin Tax Law, Republic Act Nos. 9399 and 9400, fixing the tax regime in Special Economic Zones and Freeports in Clark in Pampanga, Poro Point in La Union; and John Hay in Baguio; Republic Act No. 9346, the abolition of the death penalty law; and Republic Act No. 9367, the Biofuels Act of 2007.

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2010 Presidential Candidate Bayani Fernando Profile and platform

Bayani Fernando

An independent candidate who bolted Lakas--Kampi-CMD- (Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats) last September 2009.

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Chairman Bayani F. Fernando was born on July 25, 1946 in San Juan, Metro Manila. He is also known as Mr. Political Will. He is married to the present Mayor of Marikina City, the Honorable Maria Lourdes C. Fernando. He is a licensed Mechanical Engineer in Mapua Institute of Technology who has acquired his managerial skills from the company he has established – the BF Group of Companies, a steel fabrication, general construction and manufacturing business. His success in private business coupled with his aspiration to help people, motivated him to pursue a career in government.

Chairman Fernando ran for public office and became mayor of Marikina City in 1992. Because of the significant transformation of Marikina City from a “rape capital” into one of the country’s model cities, he was re-elected as Mayor for two consecutive terms.

In 2002, he was appointed chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He was also a former secretary of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the National Capital Region.

Fernando said he will base his platform on political will.
“Yan ay hindi pangako, kundi matagal ko nang ginagawa, ang tumulong sa bayan (That is not a promise, that is something I have been doing a long time ago)," he said. “Ang iba kailangan pa nilang ipakita, ipangako, ako ginagawa ko (Others still have to prove their worth, or make promises, while I walk my talk),” he added. LINK

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*Update: Bayani Fernando just announce his tandem with Richard Gordon in 2010 polls.
Bayani Fernando would ran for vice president under Bagumbayan party with Richard Gordon as standard bearer.