UP Alumni Cabinet appointees and Elected Officials in the last May 2022 Election

Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO


Mabuhay ang mga Iskolar Para sa Bayan!

The University of the Philippines is very proud of its dear Alumni who have been appointed to government service and elected into office during the recently concluded May 2022 elections.

Congratulations to all and may you be beacons of Honor and Excellence in nation-building!

CABINET OF THE PHILIPPINES
As of July 1, 2022

Secretary Enrique A. Manalo
AB in Economics 1973; MA 1979
Department of Foreign Affairs

Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno
BAPA-1968; MPA-1970; MA-Eco-1974
Department of Finance

Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Catibayan Remulla
AB-PolSc-1983; LLB-1987
Department of Justice

Secretary Alfredo Espinosa Pascual
BSChem-1969-cl; MBA-1972
Department of Trade and Industry

Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman
DipDEco-1998; MDEco-1998
Department of Budget and Management

Secretary Ivan John Enrile Uy
LLB-1988
Department of Information and Communication Technology

Director-General Arsenio M. Balisacan
MS-AgrclEco-1982
National Economic and Development Authority

Press Secretary Rose Beatrix “Trixie” L. Angeles-Cruz
AB-Linguistics-1992
Presidential Communications Operations Office

National Security Adviser Clarita A. Reyes-Carlos
BS in Foreign Service 1966; Master of Arts in Political Science 1976; PhD 1982
National Security Council

Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile
Bachelor of Laws 1953 Cum laude
Presidential Legal Counsel

Governor Felipe M. Medalla
MA-1976
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Commissioner Lilia Catris-Guillermo
UP Diliman BSStat 1977
UP Diliman Master in Engineering in Industrial Engineering 1981
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)

SENATORS

Senator Alan Peter (Companero) S. Cayetano
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 1993

Senator Francis Joseph (Chiz) G. Escudero
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 1988

Senator Lorna Regina (Loren) B. Legarda
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts 1981 Cum laude

Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri
UP Los Baños Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business 1990
UP Open University Master in Environment & Natural Resources Management 2011

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Honorable Stella Luz F. Alabastro-Quimbo
UP Diliman BS in Business Economics 1991 Summa cum laude
UP Diliman Master of Arts in Economics 1994
UP Diliman Doctor of Philosophy in Economics 2001
2nd District Marikina

Honorable Eleanor C. Bulut-Begtang
UP Baguio Bachelor of Science 1987
Apayao

Honorable Edgardo M. Chatto
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Economics 1981
1st District Bohol

Honorable Jonathan Keith T. Flores
UP Cebu Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 1995
2nd District Bukidnon

Honorable Ciriaco, Jr. B. Gato
UP Manila Doctor of Medicine 1984
1st District Batanes

Honorable Marquez O. Go
UP Manila Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 1975
UP Diliman Master of Management 1979
Baguio City

Honorable Richard Frank I. Gomez
UP Open University Associate in Arts 2009
4th District Leyte

Honorable Edcel C. Lagman
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts 1962 cl
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1966
1st District Albay

Honorable Ma. Lucille K. Ledesma-Nava
UP Visayas Bachelor of Science in Biology 1988
Guimaras

Honorable Antonio Agapito, Jr. B. Legarda
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Broad Comm) 1992
Antique

Honorable Edward Michael VP. Maceda
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Communication 1993
4t
h District Manila

Honorable Jesus Crispin C. Remulla
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 1983
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1987

Honorable Rufus B. Rodriguez
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1980
2nd District Cagayan De Oro

Honorable Geraldine B. Roman
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in European Language 1997
1st District Bataan

Honorable Roman Gabriel T. Romulo
UP Diliman Bachelor of Science 1991
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1994
Pasig

Honorable Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1992
Leyte 1st District

Honorable Jeyzel Victoria C. Yu
UP Los Baños Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management 2018
2nd District Zamboanga Del Sur

PARTY LIST

Honorable Raoul Danniel A. Manuel
UPV-Miagao Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics 2015 scl
Kabataan Party-list (KPL)

GOVERNOR

Governor Dakila Carlo E. Cua
UP Diliman Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 1999
Quirino

Governor Arthur, Jr. R. Defensor
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy 1992
Iloilo

Governor Gwendolyn F. Garcia
Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communications 2000
Cebu

Governor Ramon, III V.Guico
UP Diliman Master of Arts in Education 2003
5th District, Pangasinan

Governor Dulce Ann K. Hofer
UP Diliman Doctor of Public Administration 2004
Zamboanga Sibugay

Governor Hermilando I. Mandanas
UP Diliman Master of Business Administration 1969
Calabarzon, Batangas

Governor Victorino Dennis M. Socrates
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1986
Palawan

Governor Presbitero, Jr. J. Velasco
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1971
Mimaropa, Marinduque

Governor Susan A. Yap-Sulit
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics 1987
Tarlac

VICE-GOVERNOR

Vice-Governor Anacleto, III A. Alcala
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy 2002
Quezon, Region IV-A

Vice-Governor Enrico R. Corvera
UP Los Baños MS in Agricultural Engineering 1983
Agusan Del Norte, Region XIII

Vice-Governor Hilario, III P. Davide
UP Diliman AB in Political Science 1991
Cebu, Region VII

Vice-Governor Krunimar Antonio, III D. Escudero
UP Los Baños Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 2000
Sorsogon, Region V

Vice-Governor Mark Ronald D.G. Lambino
UP Diliman Bachelor of Science (Geography) 2004
Pangasinan

MAYOR

Mayor Kim Mikael D.G. Amador
UP College Baguio Bachelor of Arts 2001
Manaog, Pangasinan

Mayor Cristina (Tin) I. Antonio
UP Diliman Juris Doctor 2013
Alcala, Cagayan

Mayor Lisette M.Arboleda
UP Diliman CSSP Bachelor of Arts in Political Science 2002
Romblon, Looc

Mayor Eunice U. Babalcon
UP Cebu Bachelor of Arts 2002
Paranas, Samar

Mayor Antonio G. Bagasao
UP Diliman BS in Business Administration & Accountancy 1980
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Mayor Mar-Len Abigail (Abby) S. Binay
UP Los Baños BS in Human Ecology 1997
Makati City

Mayor Myra A. Cabrales
UP Tacloban Bachelor of Business Administration 1998
Biliran, Biliran

Mayor Emerito Emmanuel D. Calderon
UP Cebu Bachelor of Science 1985
Samboan, Cebu

Mayor Nelson P. Collantes
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts 1975
Tanauan, Batangas

Mayor Alfredo, II M. Coro
UP Los Baños BS in Computer Science 1998
Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte

Mayor Philip A. Dacayo
UP Los Baños Bachelor of Science in Agriculture 1986
Solano, Nueva Vizcaya

Mayor Nathalie Ann F. Debuque
UP Manila Bachelor of Science in Industrial Pharmacy 2018
Anilao, IloIlo

Mayor Faustino, IV. U. Dy
UP Diliman Juris Doctor 2009
San Manuel, Isabela

Mayor Rosario Mediatrix P. Fernandez
UP Visayas Bachelor of Science in Management 1998
San Enrique, IloIlo

Mayor Ramon Ronald V. Guico
UP Diliman Bachelor of Fine Arts 1999
UP Diliman Certificate of Fine Arts 1998
Binalonan, Pangasinan

Mayor Samuel T. Gumarin
UP Manila Master of Public Health 1997
Buenavista, Guimaras

Mayor Redentor D. Jardin
UP Diliman Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 1988
UP Diliman MMaster of Science in Civil Engineering 1992
Jasaan, Misamis Oriental

Mayor Rey C. Ladaga
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Economics 1969
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

Mayor Cielo Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro
UP Diliman Master of Public Administration 2015
Tabaco City, Albay

Mayor Arth Jhun A. Marasigan
UP Los Baños Bachelor of Science in Economics 1999
Santo Tomas, Batangas

Mayor Ma. Gloria C. Montenegro-Constantino
UP Diliman AB in Political Science 1987 cum laude
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1992
Abra De Ilog, Occidental Mindoro

Mayor Eliordo U. Ogena
UP Diliman Bachelors of Laws 1978
Koronadal City, South Cotabato

Mayor Orvi G. Ortega
UPCC Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
1991

Mayor Percival Jr. A. Ortillo
UP College Tacloban Bachelor of Arts 1987
Marabut, Samar

Mayor Joelle Mathea S. Panganiban
UP Baguio Bachelor of Science in Management Economics 2017
Angadanan, Isabela

Mayor Edgar R. Rapanut
UP Diliman BS in Business Administration & Accountancy 1980
Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur

Mayor Elvi Peter L. Relampagos
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts 1979
UP Diliman Bachelor of Laws 1984
Loon, Bohol

Mayor Pablito, Sr. V. Sanidad
UP Diliman Bachelors of Laws 1967
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur

Mayor Marcelino R. Teodoro
UP Diliman AB in Philosophy 1990 Cum laude
Marikina City

Mayor Ruben L. Tinda-an
UP College Baguio Bachelor of Arts 1984
Buguias, Benguet

Mayor Lucy Marie Torres-Gomez
UP Cebu College Bachelor of Business Management 1995
Ormoc City, Leyte

Mayor Danilo C. Uy
UP Diliman Bachelors of Laws 1990
Sison, Pangasinan

Mayor Solomon G. Vicencio
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 2012
Catubig, Northern Samar

Mayor Casimiro (Jun), III A. Ynares
UP Diliman Master of Public Administration 2007
Antipolo City

Mayor Francisco Javier (Francis) J. Zamora
UP Diliman Master of Public Administration 2006
San Juan City

Mayor Silvano C. Zanoria
UP Diliman Master of Science in Civil Engineering 1978
Aurora, Zamboanga Del Sur

VICE MAYOR

Vice-Mayor Michelle Alice B. Baguilat
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Journalism 2003
Ifugao, Kiangan

Vice-Mayor Erik Donn C. Ignacio
UP College Baguio Bachelor of Arts 2003
Bokod, Benguet

Vice-Mayor Adam Relson L. Jala
UP Diliman Bachelor of Science in Community Development 2001
Tagbilaran City, Bohol

Vice-Mayor Lloyd Peter M. Lopez
UP Cebu College Bachelor of Science 1990
Loon, Bohol

Vice-Mayor Arvin L. Losaria
UP Iloilo Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning 2016
Lambunao, IloIlo

Vice-Mayor Jesry T. Palmares
UP Visayas Bachelor of Arts (Community Devt) 1994
City of Passi, IloIlo

Vice-Mayor J. Melchor, Jr. B. Quitain
UP Diliman Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 1993
Davao City

Vice-Mayor Rowena R. Tuason
UP Open University Diploma in Environment & Natural Resources Mgt. 2009
City of Masbate, Masbate

Vice-Mayor Ryan S. Zerrudo
UP Visayas Bachelor of Science in Management 2001
Sara, IloIlo

564 pass June physical therapist exam, 88 pass occupational therapist test

A graduate of the University of the Philippines-Manila was the top scorer among 564 successful takers of the June 2022 physical therapist licensure examination.

According to the Professional Regulation Commission in results released on Tuesday, Jean Ella Marie Taruc Razon of UP Manila scored 88.05% to best a field of 1,032 test takers.

In second place is Kevin Anthony Gutierrez Patron of De La Salle Medical & Health Sciences Institute, with a passing score of 88.0%.

Go here for the complete list of passers in the June 2022 CPA licensure examination. Note that the letter Ñ is ordered after Z, so a person with the surname Rañola, for example, is listed after a person with the surname Razon.

The top performing school is UP Manila, with a passing rate of 92.86%, or 26 of its 28 examinees.

The exam was administered in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao and Pampanga earlier this month.

Meanwhile, 88 out of 247 passed the occupational therapist licensure exam, also administered earlier this month. The topnotcher is Anne Marydon Vera Lariosa from the University of Santo Tomas, with a score of 81%. In second place is Bryan Daneal Arcenas Geguiento from Emilio Aguinaldo College-Manila, with a score of 80%.

UP Manila is again the top performing school, with a 92.86% passing rate once more, or 13 out of 14 examinees passing. — BM, GMA News

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/834170/564-pass-june-physical-therapist-exam-88-pass-occupational-therapist-test/story/

UPSE Professor Jonna Estudillo receives award from the Japanese Association of Development Economics (JADE)



The UPSE community congratulates Dr. Jonna P. Estudillo for being the first recipient of the JADE Award in Development Economics in Memory of Nobuhiko Fuwa.

The Fuwa Award is given once a year by the Japanese Association of Development Economics (JADE) to remember the notable contributions of Professor Fuwa in gender and poverty research.

This year, Dr. Estudillo is being honored for her outstanding research on topics of poverty alleviation, rural development, education, and women’s empowerment in various parts of Asia.

Click here to watch Dr. Estudillo’s Fuwa Lecture: http://www.jade.gr.jp/FuwaAwardRecipients.html.

Source: UP School of Economics – UPSE Facebook post

3 UP campuses lead top performing schools in May Chemical Engineering Licensure Exam

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) got the leading spot on the Top 10 Performing schools in May 2022 Chemical Engineer Licensure Exam (ChELE).


All 44 examinees passed the board exam resulting in a 100 percent passing rate.

A total of four UPD graduates entered the top 10 highest places on the exam. They are Angelica Floresca Jao (Top 3/86.20 percent), Kobi Christian Sy Go (Top 6/85.30 percent), Maria Andrea Lisa Adaban Umali (Top 8/85 percent), and Sabrina Nicole Tejano Blanco (Top 9/84.90 percent).

Meanwhile, the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) got the 2nd rank with a 95.45 passing rate percentage.

One UPLB examinee landed in the 5th spot namely Nomer Recio Mendoza (85.90 percent).

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) in Iloilo City got the 4th spot in top-performing schools with an 82.76 passing rate percentage.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released the list of passers on Tuesday, May 24. A total of 585 out of 1,032 passed the ChELE. (Luisa Cabato)

Source: https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/27/3-up-campuses-lead-top-performing-schools-in-may-chemical-engineering-licensure-exam/

2022 UP Tacloban Harangdón Awardees













The 2022 UP Tacloban Harangdón Awardees

The Harangdón Awards are UP Tacloban’s Excellence Awards. Instituted in 2021, during the College’s 48th founding anniversary, this annual award celebrates exemplary members of the UP Tacloban community whose work adheres to the University’s standards of excellence and public service, contributes to institutional growth and development, and brings honor to the College and the University as a whole. The award name ‘Harangdón’ is a Waray word meaning ‘worthy of respect and emulation.’

Source: UPV Tacloban College Facebook post

UPV School of Technology May 2022 Chemical Engineer Licensure Examination passers







It is with great pride and honor that we congratulate our BS in Chemical Engineering alumni for their success in the recently concluded May 2022 Chemical Engineer Licensure Examination. We wish you all the best in your professional careers!

With an 82.76% passing rate, the University of the Philippines Visayas is the 4th TOP PERFORMING SCHOOL in the country. The national passing rate is 56.69%.

To our students who did not make it this time, we are still proud of you. We will be cheering for you in the next licensure exam.
Padayon, mga bagong INHINYERO ng bayan!

Source: UPV School of Technology Facebook post

UPM grads top Pharmacy licensure exam, College gets 100% passing rate

By Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo



Five UP Manila (UPM) College of Pharmacy (UPCP) graduates were among the top ten passers of the April 2022 Pharmacist Licensure Examination, garnering the first, second, third, eighth, and ninth places.

The College also registered a 100 percent passing rate with 46 successful examinees. It was the top-performing school.

Adriel Luigi Coseip (BS Industrial Pharmacy, 2021, cum laude) earned the number one spot with 91.63%.

Anjila Bianca Aala (BS Industrial Pharmacy, 2020, cum laude) was in second place with 91.40%.

Elizabeth Anne Dela Cruz (BS Pharmacy, 2020) occupied number three with 90.45%.

Theresse Aireen Evangelista (BS Pharmacy, 2020, cum laude) was in eighth place with 89.75%.

Finally, Ma. Lourdes Pecunda (BS Industrial Pharmacy, 2019) finished ninth with 89.57%. UPM was also the top-performing school in the June and November 2021 exams, with 100% and 98.18% passing rates. Five UPCP graduates were also on the lists of top ten finishers in both 2021 exams.

In June 2021, they were at numbers two, three, five, seven, and nine. In November 2021, they finished in first, second, fifth, seventh, and ninth places. The conduct of the 2020 Pharmacist Licensure Examinations, among others, was postponed by the Professional Regulation Commission due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Artist Ryan Cayabyab leads 2021 UPAA awardees

Written by Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc

Maestro Ryan Cayabyab, National Artist for Music [2nd from left], receives his UPAA Most Distinguished Alumnus 2021 award from UP Vice President for Public Affairs Elena Pernia [extreme left], UP Alumni Regent and UPAA President Reynaldo Laserna [2nd from right], and UPAA Board Member Romeo Nones [extreme right]. Photo by Jonathan Madrid (UP MPRO).

National Artist for Music Raymundo Cipriano “Ryan” Cayabyab was named 2021 Most Distinguished Alumnus by the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA). Thirty-three other alumni, one organization, and five families received recognition for lifetime achievement, contribution to their fields, and service and loyalty to the University at a dinner ceremony on May 19, 2022, at the UP Ang Bahay ng Alumni in UP Diliman.

Recognized for their lifetime achievements were nurse-educator Phoebe Cabotaje-Andes, Justice Francis Jardeleza, Architect Antonio Turalba, and an agriculturist-academician, Dr. Reynaldo Villareal.

Named distinguished alumni were: Henry Rhoel Aguda for banking innovation; Dr. Julie Caguiat for community development; Dr. Leonora Angeles for community planning; Cecilia Cayosa-Borromeo for corporate governance in banking and finance; Engr. Jose Maria Ochave for corporate governance in the pharmaceutical industry; Dr. Edgardo Manguiat for music; and Florencio Louis Antonio Quintos for theater.

The next batch of distinguished alumni awardees includes Dr. Eligia Clemente for educational innovation; Engr. Ramon Allado for engineering and construction management; Engr. Raymund Arnold Albert for entrepreneurship and employment creation; Prof. Herman Mendoza for environmental conservation and sustainable development; Atty. Generoso Calonge and Atty. Jaime Victor Ledda for foreign service; Ramon Eleuterio Alikpala for water governance; and Santa Rosa, Laguna Mayor Arlene Arcillas and Andrea Domingo for good governance.

The large hall in Ang Bahay ng Alumni comes alive once again as the UPAA honors this year’s jubilarians and crop of Distinguished Alumni awardees. Photo by Jonathan Madrid (UP MPRO).

The third batch consisted of Dr. Rodrigo Angelo Ong and Evelyn Calica-Mayuga for humanitarian services; Dr. Herbert Gaisano for medical health research; Dr. Abraham Rasul, Jr. for overseas health professional empowerment; Dr. Manuel Vallesteros for public health promotion; Sen. Pilar Juliana Cayetano for public service; Atty. Roberto Rafael Lucila for legal empowerment and development; and Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell for public service for the welfare of Filipino migrants and urban planning and innovation.

Mia Joy Oallares-Cawed is the awardee for legal development and empowerment in protecting women and children; Prof. Reynaldo Libunao Garcia for molecular biology; Dr. Armand Salvador Mijares for archaeology Engr. Francisco Arellano, for water conservation and sustainable development.

Ethel Rubio of UPAA-Greater Los Angeles and the UPAA in America Inc. are UPAA awardees for Distinguished Service. The Uson-Noel family is the four-generation UPAA awardee. The Cariño, Papasin-Tapang, Pineda-Romero, and Turalba families are recognized for producing three unbroken generations of UP alumni.

UP President Danilo Concepcion gives a virtual toast in honor of the UPAA Distinguished Alumni awardees. Photo by Jonathan Madrid (UP MPRO).

The UPAA awards are traditionally held in conjunction with the organization’s annual general alumni homecoming. This year’s jubilarians were Batches ’96, ’81, ’71, and ’61. Because of the pandemic, their presentations were videotaped.

The first face-to-face awarding ceremony during the COVID-19 pandemic was also an opportunity to hand over the trophies and plaques to the 2020 UPAA awardees, the UP health front-liners represented by the UP constituent university chancellors. The UPAA decided to give an unprecedented collective award, the UPAA Most Distinguished Alumni Award, for their service in the face of the global pandemic.

UP President Danilo Concepcion, who hosted the event, sent a video message to the awardees. “This recognition from the UP Alumni Association is distinct. Your Alma Mater and your fellow alumni honor you for bringing pride and glory to UP and embodying the Tatak UP to the fullest,” he said.

Concepcion described the awardees as “heroes” and “exemplars.” “Our people, especially our UP students, need to see more demonstrations of the values to help them navigate this ‘new normal,” he pointed out.

Cayabyab described the award as “very special,” coming from the University where he lived since birth, the son of a College of Music faculty member and opera singer, studied from elementary to college, and taught for two decades.

“Malaki ang responsibilidad ng isang alumnus ng UP. . . . Hindi po natatapos ang paglilingkod nating mga isko at iska sa bayan. Ang alam ko, titigil lamang ang paglikha ko ng musika kapag ako’y patay na,” Cayabyab stressed. He made a point about UP alumni knowing how to sort through the mass information, lies, and errors online.

Source: https://up.edu.ph/national-artist-ryan-cayabyab-leads-2021-upaa-awardees/