The Commission

The Commission
Chairperson Karina Constantino-David
Karina Constantino-David was appointed on February 23, 2001 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as chair of the Civil Service Commission after the conclusion of the term of Corazon Alma G. de Leon. David began her career in government service in 1966 as a Teaching Assistant at the University of the Philippines-Diliman Department of Sociology where she became an Assistant Professor from 1970 to 1975. In 1986, she was appointed undersecretary in the Department of Social Welfare and Development. From 1975, David has been a Professor of Community Development at the UP College of Social Work and Community Development. Before her appointment to the CSC, David chaired the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) from 19981999. As the housing czarina, David was responsible for setting housing and urban development goals and strategies, monitoring targets, and broadening private sector participation. She was likewise immersed in proposing legislation and setting policies for asset disposition apart from heading the boards of all shelter agencies. From 1997 to 1998, David was the president of Eco-Shelter, Inc., a private company involved in shelter construction and development of alternative housing materials. She was also the executive director of HASIK or Harnessing Self-Reliant Initiatives and Knowledge from 1988-1998. HASIK is a non-government organization whose activities are focused on empowering the urban poor, gender development, protection of children and adolescents, and housing and livelihood projects. From 1999 until her appointment to the CSC, David was president of Property Solutions, Inc., a private company that offers innovative and alternative interventions to various property issues. David's interest and participation in numerous professional, civic and cultural organizations manifest her inclination to women's concern, gender and development. David held prime posts at the Caucus of Development NGO Networks (president, 1989-1998); Women's Action Network for Development (vice chairperson, 1990-1998); Partnership of Philippine Support Service Agencies (chairperson, 1989-1995); Independent Commission on Population and the Quality of Life (commissioner, 1992-1996); and People's Forum for Habitat II (national convenor, 1995-1996). David also served as consultant to poverty and women's program policy planning of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre. In 1989, she was a consultant for the women's mission of GTZ or Deutsche Gessellscahft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). From 1988-1989, David was the over-all consultant of the Philippine Development Plan for Women at the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW). David has again rendered consultancy services at the NCRFW from 1995-96 for the Philippine Plan for Gender Responsive Development. Presently, she is an active member of the Philippine Sociological Society, Human Development Network, and Asia-Pacific Development Journal. She is not only a civil servant, an academician, a career woman-but a performing artist as well. From 1981 to the present, David was the composer-guitarist of Inang Laya, a female duo that performs and records progressive and feminist songs. Inang Laya has cut a number of albums in the local entertainment industry. David finished Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of the Philippines in 1966. She earned a masters in sociology (orals lacking) also from UP in 1968 and a masters in economic and social studies from The Victoria University of Manchester, England in 1974. Blessed with four children, she is married to broadcaster-academician Randolf "Randy" S. David.

Commissioner Cesar D. Buenaflor

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He is back home. Fate must have placed its favor on Commissioner Buenaflor when it allowed him to return to his stead of almost eighteen (18) years. His wealth of experience in civil service matters is immense, his resolve to effect changes in the bureaucracy in relation to the recruitment of the most qualified and competent individuals is so steadfast that one can only surmise that the Civil Service Commission is indeed where he belongs. Born on December 13, 1944 in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, Buenaflor began his work with CSC as Head Civil Service Staff of CSC Regional Office No. 12 from 1979 to 1986. He was Assistant Regional Director in 1987 and became Regional Director of CSC RO12 and ARMM on the same year. Comm. Buenaflor was re-assigned to CSC RO6 in 1998 and in 2001, he was appointed by Her Excellency, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission. It was in the University of the East where Comm. Buenaflor obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He went on to pursue a degree in law in the Ateneo de Manila University and passed the bar examinations in 1972. Comm. Buenaflor then found himself in Maryland, USA where he initially worked as a Legal Assistant, then Trust Assistant in Ober, Grimes and Shriver Law Firm and Maryland National Bank, respectively. Despite the bright financial and professional prospects in the States, he and his wife decided to return to the Philippines, specifically in the war-torn Central Mindanao, imbued with the firm belief that it is their bounden duty to serve their own people and country. It was in Cotabato City that Comm. Buenaflor joined the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and worked there for almost seventeen (17) years. As Head Civil Service Staff, Comm. Buenaflor performed legal researches and rendered legal opinions for the Regional Office on questions involving civil service matters, and conducted investigations on disciplinary and non-disciplinary cases cognizable by the CSC. During such time, he taught political law, constitutional law, administrative law, law on public officers, public corporations and elections law at the Notre Dame University College of Law in the same city. Comm. Buenaflor's experiences as Regional Director of the CSC in Cotabato, and later in Iloilo City, include evaluating administrative disciplinary and non-disciplinary complaints and/or cases involving personnel actions, coordinating with the CSC Central Office, the different Field and Regional Offices (CSC and of other government agencies), introducing and facilitating innovations within the Regional Office and managing the day-to-day operations of CSC Ros 12 and 6. On July 16, 2001, Comm. Buenaflor was appointed as Commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC). He involved himself in the thorough review of administrative cases against presidential appointees relative to alleged violations of anti-graft laws, prior to the recommendations of the PAGC's findings to the Office of the President. From September 16, 2001 to February 15, 2002, Comm. Buenaflor was named Acting Chairman of the PAGC. As the Commission's acting head, he was included in the four(4)-member Philippine delegation to the Negotiations for a United Nations Convention Against Corruption. He participated in both the Informal Preparatory Meeting on December 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the First Formal Session on January 2002 in Vienna, Austria. Relative to this undertaking, Comm. Buenaflor spearheaded the Technical Working Group that drafted the Philippines' position paper on the Convention. He continued to serve the PAGC as Commissioner of the three(3)-member collegial body until his present appointment as Commissioner of the CSC. Dedicated, adept and virtuous, Comm. Buenaflor is a bona fide public servant who adheres to the supremacy of the law and firmly believes that each individual in the bureaucracy has an obligation to serve the public over themselves. Realizing the extent to which he can impart these convictions through the CSC, it should therefore be no wonder why Comm. Buenaflor is truly happy to be home.

Commissioner Mary Ann Z. Fernandez-Mendoza

I aspire to live by the principles of integrity, continuous learning, balance and holistic development; to build and sustain relationships based on trust and respect; and, to serve with joy.

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Such is the mission statement of Commissioner Mary Ann Z. Fernandez-Mendoza, who was appointed on May 5, 2006 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Commissioner Fernandez-Mendoza rose from the ranks, starting out as Researcher at the then National Manpower and Youth Council, now Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, in 1972. She flourished at the NMYC with her last post being Manpower Development Chief from August 1975 to November 1979. Then she joined the Management Staff of the National Economic Development Authority from December 1979 to April 1982. From May 1982 until March 1987, she served as Director of the Bureau of Local Employment of what was then called the Ministry of Labor and Employment followed by a brief stint as Fellow of the Institute for Public Policy from April to November 1987. Fernandez-Mendozas career in government service also witnessed her at the portals of Malacaang. This was from December 1987 to December 1990 at the Office of the Presidents Cabinet Secretariat where she held the positions of Presidential Staff Director and Assistant Secretary. She continued to serve as Assistant Secretary when the Cabinet Secretariat was absorbed by the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) during reorganization in January 1991. She stayed at the PMS until early 1993. Then in April 1993, she became Assistant Secretary at the Department of Labor and Employment. She served the post for two years. Incidentally, her longest stint was at the Civil Service Commission where she served as Assistant Commissioner. During her more than nine-year stay at the CSC, from February 1995 to April 2004, Fernandez-Mendoza introduced and implemented programs such as gender mainstreaming, public service ethics and accountability, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, mentoring, technology of participation, and service delivery excellence. She left the CSC to become Executive Director of the Career Executive Service Board also in April 2004 only to make a grand comeback two years after, this time as member of the Commission. Commissioner Fernandez-Mendozas enduring vocation in public service has nurtured and equipped her with substantive knowledge and experience in policy analysis and formulation, program development and evaluation, and government operations. Her knowledge and experience embrace the particular areas of governance and institution development, labor and employment, education, civil service reforms, and human resource development. Attendance to both local and international training programs and conferences further bolstered her extensive experience in government. Commissioner Fernandez-Mendoza finished Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service in 1970 at the University of the Philippines. She earned her Masters in Public Administration also from U.P. in 1975, and Master of International Development Education from Stanford University, California in 1976.

Assistant Commissioners

ELMER R. BARTOLATA

ANICIA MARASIGAN-DE LIMA

ROGELIO C. LIMARE

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