Side-by-Side Comparison of the 2010 Presidential Candidates

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Age, Birth Date, Family

Manuel “Manny” Eddie Villanueva Gilberto “Gibo” John Carlos “JC” Nicanor “Nick” Maria Ana Richard “Dick” Joseph “Erap” Benigno
Villar, Jr. Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Consuelo Gordon Estrada “Noynoy” Aquino
“Jamby” Madrigal III

• 60 years old • 63 years old • 45 years old • 40 years old • 60 years old • 52 years old • 64 years old • 73 years old • 50 years old
• born Dec 13, 1949 • born Oct 6, 1946 • born Jun 14, 1964 • born Feb 14, 1970 • born Jan 10, 1950 • born Apr 26, 1958 • born Aug 5, 1945 • born Apr 19, 1937 • born Feb 8, 1960
• married • married • married • married • married • married • married • married • single
• 3 children • 4 children • 1 child • 3 children • 1 child • 3 children • 3+ children

Career
Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
• senator (01- • president, Jesus Is • Secretary of • councilor, • expert consultant • senator (04- • senator (04-10) • President (98-01) • senator (07-
present) Lord Church (?- National Defense Olongapo City (07- & adviser to present) • Secretary of • Vice President present)
• Senate President present) (07-09) present) United Nations • Presidential Tourism (01-04) (92-98) • congressman (98-
(06-08) • president, ZOE • congressman (98- • executive director, bodies (UNDP, Adviser for • chairman, Subic • Presidential 07)
• Senate President Broadcasting 07) Breaking the Yoke FAO, UNCSD, Children's Affairs Bay Metropolitan Adviser for Crime • field services
Pro-Tempore (01- Network (?- • Assistant Majority of Poverty UNICEF etc.), (99-01) Authority (92-98) Prevention & Law manager, family-
02) present) Leader, House of Foundation Phil. govt (Office • undersecretary, • mayor of Enforcement (92- owned Central
• Speaker of the • part-time Representatives (housing project of the President, DSWD (92-98) Olongapo City (80- 98) Azucarera de
House of instructor, PUP (?-?) for 60 families) Senate, House of 86, 88-93) • senator (87-92) Tarlac (96-98)
Representatives (78-79) • practicing lawyer, (?-?) Representatives, • practicing • mayor of San Juan • exec. assistant,
(98-01) • export manager, EP Mendoza Law • owner, Legobrick NEDA, DSWD, lawyer/associate, (69-86) Central Azucarera
• congressman (92- Maran Export Firm (89-96) Systems & DA, DENR, official ACCRA Law • actor (56-89) de Tarlac (93-96)
01) Industries (73-75) Designs (clay Phil. delegations Offices (75-79) • vice president and
• owner, Camella & • general manager, bricks to UN and APEC), • director, Kong treasurer, family-
Palmera Homes Agape Trading manufacturer) donor agencies, Commercial Phils. owned Best
(?-present) Company (76-77) (?-?) universities and (74-?) Security Agency
• Economics and • councilor, other civil society Corp. (86-93)
• owner, sand-and- • brand manager,
Olongapo City organizations,
 Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
gravel business Finance instructor, (95-?) businesses etc. Procter and • assistant for
(75-?) PUP (69-72) • Philosophy • author, lecturer, Gamble Phil. (66- advertising,
• financial analyst, instructor, scientist, farmer, 67) Mondragon Phil.
Private Devt Corp University of Asia banker, journalist • delegate, (85?-86)
of the Phil. (72-75) and the Pacific • faculty member, Constitutional • retail sales
• owner, seafood (93-95?) graduate program, Convention (71- supervisor and
delivery business Southeast Asia 72) promotions
(72) Interdisciplinary assistant, Nike
• accountant, Sycip Development Phil. (85-86?)
Gorres Velayo & Institute (SAIDI)
Co. (71-72) (?-?)
• professor, doctoral
program on
Applied Cosmic
Anthropology,
Asian Social
Institute (?-?)

Achievements
Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
Bills authored & • TV host, Jesus the • youngest • free legal • author of Bills authored & Bills authored & • national housing Bills authored &
passed into law: Healer, and Diyos Secretary of assistance international passed into law: passed into law: program for the passed into law:
• Barangay at Bayan National Defense program in bestseller, • Anti-Child • Holiday poor • none
Microbusiness • radio host, Tinig sa (age 43) Olongapo City Shaping Pornography Act Economics Act • Farmers Trust
Enterprises Act Itaas • ordered • campaign against Globalization: Civil • Automated Development • focused on
• Overseas • columnist, Abante, investigations to illegal drugs, Society, Cultural • organized a Elections System Program, which “fiscalizing” (acting
Absentee Voting Abante-Tonite, and ensure regular violations of Power and national summit Act encouraged small as a monitor or
Act monthly proceedings at workers' rights, Threefolding for children in • Sin Tax Act landowners to watchdog,
• Anti-Trafficking of publications in DND. This illegal fish cages (translated into Malacañang • Abolition of Death consolidate their prosecuting?)
Persons Act Hong Kong and resulted in the • led protests over 9 languages) • founder, Books- Penalty Act farm operations • made procurement
• Granting Taiwan cancellation of a against coal power • lectured in over for-the-Barangay • WW II Veterans • removed all govt of petroleum, oil &
Additional Benefits • author, Find It! fraudulent bidding. plant 100 global Foundation, Abad Pensions & guarantees on lubricant
& Privileges to Straight from the • prioritized disaster• filed numerous conferences & 150 Santos Madrigal Benefits Act contracts for public requirements of
Senior Citizens Act Word, and Surest risk management cases before national Foundation, ABLE • Tourism Act, projects AFP transparent
• Anti-Violence Covenant Ombudsman conferences on Foundation formation & (guarantees that by requiring public
Against Women & • contributed articles Bills authored & against high- culture & societal • basic reflexology promotion of govt would bidding
Children Act to 2 books, Legacy passed into law: ranking govt transformation, training program, Tourism Enterprise assume financial
• Cheaper & Quality and This Is My • Granting Provincial officials integral which has trained Zones obligations of
Medicines Act Story Airways Corp. a sustainable over 10,000 • Act Penalizing companies)
• Anti-Money • founded a “bahay Franchise Act development, therapists Violations Against • replaced corrupt
Laundering Act tuluyan” (shelter, • Granting Radio globalization, International officials in the
refuge?) in Hong Maria Foundation direct democracy Humanitarian Law military & police
• New Balikbayan
Kong, which has a Franchise Act etc. • ordered
Act • Biofuels Act
• Strengthening been helping • Fixing Regular investigation of all
OFWs for over 20 • Colonel in the Phil. • advised & helped government
Promotion, Devt & Elections in ARMM
years Air Force Reserve then president contracts & tax
Assistance to Act
• fought for the • admitted to State Ramos to evaders
Small & Medium • Fixing Tax Regime
rights of workers, Bar of California convince APEC to • Phil. Drug Abuse
Enterprises Act in Special
farmers and • topped Phil. bar give importance to Resistance
• Rabies Control & Economic Zones
fishermen in exams sustainable devt. Education
Elimination Act and Freeports Act
Bulacan This spared 3 Program
• General million rice farmers • Food Donation Act
 Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
Appropriations Act • founder and from potentially • arrested criminal
• Anti-Smoking Act chancellor, Jesus disastrous • led investigations warlords and
• Citizenship is Lord Colleges consequences of into 2004 P728 kidnapping
Retention & Foundation, which radical, one-sided million Fertilizer syndicates
Reacquisition Act has 30 branches trade liberalization, Fund Scam and
• Clean Water Act in different which was being ZTE Nat. Bills authored &
• and 30 others provinces advanced by US Broadband passed into law:
• student leader govt. Contract • Construction of
Projects: • helped to uncover • proposed a Irrigation Projects
• OFW Helpline – massive corruption resolution, which Act
repatriation, burial that resulted in was adopted by • Protection and
and legal serious safety Inter- Propagation of
assistance for problems of Parliamentary Carabaos Act
OFWs Bataan Nuclear Union (org. of
• Manpower on Power Plant parliaments of 143 • founded San Juan
Wheels – mobile • stopped govt from countries), Municipal High
livelihood training building 12 nuclear recognizing the School; built Agora
facility for poor power plants role of parliaments Complex,
students • led national in protecting Government
• Sagip Ilog – movement that groups that are Center, mini-park,
campaign to revive broke corrupt ties vulnerable to schools, health
Las Pinas River between pesticide disasters centers, barangay
and Zapote River companies & Dept halls, playgrounds,
• Sipag at Tiyaga of Agriculture, and • boosted tourism artesian wells;
Caravan succeeded in by actively paved roads with
Kaalaman – banning 32 marketing the concrete;
livelihood program pesticides that Philippines renovated school
for out-of-school were poisoning • award-winning buildings
youth and millions of farmers Wow Philippines • relocated 1,800
unemployed • led creation of a campaign squatter families
citizens national integrated • promoted out of San Juan to
• Sagip Bukas – pest management domestic tourism Taytay, Rizal
anti-drug addiction program, which by holding regional • first mayor to
program reduced pesticide events and having computerize real
use nationally and provincial estate tax
• Community
enrolled over destinations assessment
Mortgage Program
100,000 farmers showcased at • San Juan
and Depressed
Area Electrification • helped farmers Intramuros Progress
Program – transition from • taxi identification Foundation, San
assistance with expensive & and accountability Juan Police and
housing and destructive system Fire Trust Fund,
electricity for the chemical farming • revived Paskuhan and Friends of
poor methods to Village, restored Joseph Estrada,
sustainable agri. Fort Santiago, Fort which provides
• Pagtatanim Para
sa Kinabukasan – San Pedro, Fort free burial
tree-planting drive • helped 220,000 Pilar, the Cota assistance for the
in Las Pinas economically poor • constructed poor
families thru Intramuros & Rizal
• Tulong Kalusugan
microfinance Light & Sound • Movie Workers
sa Kapwa –
providing medicine • helped UNICEF Museum, and Welfare
and hospital assess its national Victories of the Foundation, which
treatment to Family Food Revolution Light & provides financial
citizens Production Sound Museum and professional
Program and assistance to film
• construction of
make it more • transformed Subic industry workers
schools, mass
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housing, Alabang- effective into a premier • ERAP Para sa
Zapote Flyover, • helped Plan investment hub in Mahirap
Daang Hari, International Southeast Asia, Foundation, which
concrete roads assess and refine attracting gives scholarships
• new building and its national child investment of to poor college
better facilities for devt program US$2.1 billion students
Las Piñas District from foreign
Hospital • technical writer of companies and
• grants of home Philippine Agenda creating 70,000
sites to some 21, the official govt jobs
10,000 poor blueprint for • constructed new
families in Las sustainable devt international
Piñas under Ramos airport terminal,
• “Friendship Route” administration. highway, tunnel,
– persuaded PA21 was cited by upgraded runway,
subdivisions to the UN as one of radar etc.
open up their the more • modernized
roads to the promising utilities thru
general public to examples of partnerships with
ease traffic in innovative international firms
southern Metro approaches to for power
Manila sustainable devt. generation, water,
• P10-million tree • author of sewerage,
nursery Sustainable telecoms
• Business One- Integrated Area • first Philippine
Stop-Shop centers Development satellite station
(SIAD): • Subic hosted
• steered Congress Framework for the APEC Leaders’
into a record- Localization of Summit in 1996
breaking Philippine Agenda • attracted visitors
achievement in 21 thru eco-tourism.
legislation & • wrote a manual for Subic was named
economic reforms, the govt and Tourism
passing into law United Nations Destination of
the Retail Trade Devt Program's 1994
Liberalization Act, implementation of • led 8,000
New Central Bank the Government- volunteers in
Act, New MNLF Peace protecting the
Securities Code, Agreement. The former naval
New Banking Act manual uses SIAD facility from looting
etc. and state-of-the- and damage
• marshalled art social
consensus in the technologies as an • transformed
House to reform approach to Olongapo from
the ‘pork barrel’ advance, among "sin city" to "model
system by limiting others, livelihood city"
congressional & small business • color-coding
discretion projects opportunities for transport scheme,
to the set former public markets'
parameters of the combatants. expansion, first
Executive’s integrated garbage
policies • creator of the collection system
innovative “tri- in the country,
• largest home sector” approach vendors'
builder in to policy-making or cooperatives, an
“societal
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Southeast Asia, threefolding,” org. protecting
built over 200,000 which launched citizens against
houses the Global erring & abusive
• grew a sand-and- Network for Social policemen, and
gravel business Threefolding many other
with a starting community devt
capital of P10,000 • founder & programs
in 1975 into a chairman, Phil. • led efficient clean-
large real estate Sustainable up of & restoration
corporation Agriculture of order in
Coalition, which Olongapo after
provided expert Pinatubo eruption
training & tech.
assistance to 23 • led various rescue,
provinces relief &
• co-founder & rehabilitation
president, Center operations for Red
for Alternative Cross (Ormoc
Devt Initiatives, a flash floods, 1991
pioneer in killer earthquake,
agriculture, which Pinatubo eruption,
introduced large- Mayon eruptions,
scale organic typhoons Milenyo,
farming Reming, Frank,
• recognized as a Ondoy etc.,
prominent force in Pagoda Fluvial
ecological Parade tragedy,
agriculture in Asia, ULTRA Stampede
notable for coining etc.)
the term • rescued 18
“sustainable hostages from Abu
agriculture” in Sayyaf
1983 • pushed for
evacuation of
• co-founder, Global OFWs in Southern
Leadership Lebanon during
Initiative Hezbollah-Israeli
• co-founder & conflict
spokesperson, • repatriated Filipino
Karangalan, OFWs during
national Gaza War
conferences • Project 143 I Love
highlighting Red Cross,
important disaster
innovations & preparedness
achievements by training
Filipinos • adopted a survivor
• co-founder & chief of ship sinking
facilitator, ABS- near Zambales
CBN Forum on the
Filipino Future • youngest
• lead designer and delegate,
training facilitator, Constitutional
Workshops of Convention (age
Hope 24)
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• student leader,
• publisher & editor- consistently
in-chief, elected class
TruthForce!, a president
national & global
news & analysis
service
• editor-in-chief,
Ikabuhi
Newspaper for
Micro-
Entrepreneurs
• agricultural
journalist &
columnist, Modern
Agriculture &
Industry-Asia
• has written over
500 articles,
papers & books
• conducted
hundreds of
trainings in PH &
abroad

Education
Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
• M.A. Business • doctorate degree • Master of Laws, • B.A. Theology, • M.S. Botany, major • M.A. French(?), • Bachelor of Laws, • Engineering, • B.A. Economics,
Administration and in Divinity, Harvard Law Franciscan in Environmental Sorbonne(?) UP Mapua Institute of Ateneo de Manila
Accountancy, UP Promise Christian School University of Sciences, Dean’s • M.A. • B.A. History and Technology University
• B.A. Business University, LA, • Bachelor of Laws, Steubenville, Ohio, Honor List, UPLB Developmental Government, (dropped out)
Administration and California Dean's Medal for USA (dropped out) Economics(?), Ateneo de Manila
Accountancy, UP • Bachelor of Laws, Academic • M.A.(?) Public • B.S. Agriculture, Yale University(?) University
UP (dropped out) Excellence, UP Administration, UP major in • B.A.(?) Economics
• B.S. Commerce, • B.S. Commerce, • Bachelor of Laws, Agronomy, minor and French, Sta.
major in major in Financial Saint Louis in Agricultural Clara University,
Economics, minor Institutions, DLSU University, Baguio Economics, California
in Finance, City Highest Honors
scholar, PUP and Valedictorian,
Xavier University,
Cagayan de Oro
City

Awards
Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
• Ten Outstanding • Pastor of the Year, Honorary degree: • Right Livelihood • Gold Humanitarian • Ten Outstanding
Young Men Award, High Adventure • Laws, West Award / Alternative Award, Japanese Young Men Award,
Phil. Jaycees Ministries Negros U Nobel Prize – Red Cross Phil. Jaycees
 Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
• Agora Award for • Gintong Ama widely recognized • Gold Humanitarian • Three Outstanding
Outstanding Award, Golden as the world's Award, Phil. Nat. Senators of the
Achievement in Mother & Father premier award for Red Cross Year Award
Marketing Foundation courage and social • Silver • Most Outstanding
Management • Ulirang Ama transformation, Humanitarian Metro Manila
• Most Outstanding Award which honors Award, Phil. Nat. Mayor, Phil.
CPA, Phil. Institute those "offering Red Cross Princeton Poll
of Certified Public Honorary degrees: practical and • Aurora Aragon
Accountants • Education exemplary Quezon Peace Honorary degrees:
• Most Outstanding Management, answers to the Award, Phil. Nat. • Humanities, Bicol
UP Alumnus PUP most urgent Red Cross U, U of
• Most Distinguished • Philosophy in challenges facing • The Outstanding Pangasinan
UP Alumnus Humanities, us today" Filipino Award,
Bulacan State U • United Nations Phil. Jaycees
Honorary degrees: • Divinity, Christian Global 500 Award • Ten Outstanding
• Business International (Sta. – the UN’s highest Young Men Award,
Administration, Rosa Beach, award for the Phil. Jaycees
Nueva Ecija U of Florida), Vision environment • Ateneo Award for
Sci. & Tech. Christian College • Ramon Public Service,
• Entrepreneurial (Romana, Magsaysay Award Ateneo USA,
Management, California), for Exemplary Chicago
Ramon Thailand Bible Governance – • Most Distinguished
Magsaysay Tech. Seminary "given to persons UP Alumnus
U who address
• Professional
• Technology in issues of human
Award in Public
Entrepreneurial development in
Admin., UP Alumni
Management, Asia with courage
Assoc.
Western Visayas and creativity, and
• Upsilonian Noble
College of Sci. & in doing so have
and Outstanding
Tech. made
Award, Upsilon
contributions
• Development Sigma Phi Alumni
which have
Management, Assoc.
transformed their
Pangasinan State • Luminary Award
societies for the
U for Exemplary
better”
• Public Admin., Achievement in
• The Outstanding
Tarlac State U Public Admin.,
Filipino Award,
• Science, Adamson Phil. Jaycees Upsilon Sigma Phi
U Alumni Assoc.
• William F.
• Humanities and • Outstanding
Masterson, S.J.
Entrepreneurship, Alumnus in Public
Agriculture Award
Laguna State Service, Letran
• Public Service
Polytechnic College
Award, Municipal
College • Republic Day
Government,
• Humanities, Maasin, Iloilo Award, Nat.
Bataan Council of Women
Polytechnic State of the Phil.
College, Bulacan • Emilio Aguinaldo
State U, Cagayan Outstanding
State U, Central Achievement
Luzon State U, Award in Public
Foundation U Service, Provincial
Dumaguete, Govt of Cavite
Romblon State • Gawad Panday
College, Wesleyan Award, Public
U Relations Society
 Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
of the Phil.
• Presidential Award
for Relief &
Disaster Mgmt,
Safety Org. of the
Phil.
• Gold Vision
Triangle Award,
National YMCA
• Outstanding and
Dynamic
Leadership in Govt
Service Award,
Lions Club
• Community
Service Award,
Rotary Club
Makati
• Aduana Award for
Public Service,
Aduana
Foundation
• Gintong Ama
Award, Gintong
Ama & Ina
Foundation

Other Positions Held

Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
• president, • chairman, Bagong • chairman, Lakas- • national • chairman, Green • chairperson, • chairman, Senate • chairman, • deputy house
Nacionalista Party Pilipinas, Bagong Kampi-CMD “animator,” Forum Phil. Senate Committees on (1) Presidential Anti- speaker of Luzon
• chairman, Senate Pilipino Movement • chairman, Nat. Solidarity • chairman, Civil Committees on (1) Constitutional Crime • vice chairman,
Committees on (1) • chairman, Disaster Philippines Society Environment & Amendments & Commission Liberal Party
Finance, (2) Public Philippines for Coordinating Counterpart Natural Revision of Laws, • chairman, Senate • chairman, Senate
Order & Illegal Jesus Movement Council Council for Resources, (2) (2) Accountability Committee on Committee on
Drugs • chairman, • chairman, Phil. Sustainable Devt Youth, Women & of Public Officers Public Works Local Government
• vice chairman, International Defense Reform • chairman, Board of Family Relations, & Investigations • vice chairman, • vice chairman,
Senate Christian Solidarity Board Directors, Lifebank (3) Cultural (Blue Ribbon), (3) Senate Senate Committee
Committees on (1) on Religious • president, Foundation Communities, (4) Tourism, (4) Committees on (1) on Justice &
Foreign Relations, Freedom Kabataang • member, Mikhail Peace, Unification Government Health, (2) Natural Human Rights
(2) Agriculture • vice chairman, Barangay for Gorbachev’s & Reconciliation Corporations & Resources &
• chairman, House Executive Council, Tarlac and Central Commission on • spokesperson, Public Enterprises Ecology, (3) Urban
Committee on Christ for Asia Luzon Globalization Kontra Pulitika • vice chairman, Planning
Entrepreneurship • creative member, Movement Senate
Club of Budapest Committees on (1)
International Ethics &
Foundation, Privileges, (2)
recognized as Finance, (3)
“highly creative National Defense
innovator for a & Security
social and • governor, Phil.
Nat. Red Cross
 Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
ecological (87-?)
sustainable world • member,
and a culture of Governing Board,
peace” International
• environmental Federation of Red
representative, Cross & Red
Steering Crescent Societies
Committee of • chairman, Phil.
KOMPIL II Nat. Red Cross
• board member & • chairman,
resource person Commission for
for training East Asia and the
programs, Gamot Pacific, World
Cogon Institute Tourism Org.
• chairman, Pacific
Asia Travel Assoc.

Other Qualifications, Skills and Awards

Villar Villanueva Teodoro de los Reyes Perlas Madrigal Gordon Estrada Aquino
• Ordained Minister • licensed • various NCAA • five-time Best • shooting
of the Gospel of commercial pilot Gold Medals in Actor Award • billiards
the Lord Jesus • Command & Staff Track and Field • five-time Best
Christ Course (100·m, pole vault Picture Award
• Best Debater of (Leadership etc.)
the Year, PUP Award, Seminar • Athlete of the Year,
Academic Ateneo de Manila
Excellence High School
Award), ACSC, • Silver Medal, Math
Phil. Air Force and Science Club,
• Joint & Combined Ateneo de Manila
Staff Officers High School
Course
(Leadership
Award), JCSC,
Camp Aguinaldo

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