“The rich are different from you and me,” said author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Instead of throwing a big party, presidential candidate Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal, a member of the old rich in the Philippines, celebrated her 52nd birthday Monday at Isla Pulo, a “very poor community, one without electricity and water source,” located in the middle of fishponds in Navotas, Metro Manila.
Madrigal not only treated its residents to a lunch of lechon (roasted pig), fried chicken, pork adobo and ice cream, she formally adopted Isla Pulo, which she called an “island in the city.”
She shared her birthday wish with the Philippine Daily Inquirer: “The perceived top contenders in the May presidential election may win the so-called surveys but I intend to win the votes of people’s hearts.”
She also had a birthday wish for the country: That “voters will support the candidate who will represent compassion and justice and who will fight for Philippine sovereignty.”
Free food, education
The independent presidential candidate expressed confidence that “the choice of the people will be the choice of the light... a person who is touched by God.”
She described Isla Pulo as a “symbol of 90 percent of Filipinos who have been forgotten by the present and past administrations. It’s just another neglected community. When you don’t see it, you don’t remember it.”
“Win or lose, the best thing I can do is to give them free education. One of my foundations will provide them with scholarship grants. I also plan to establish a feeding program for its malnourished kids. I will try to give each [of the 200 families] here enough capital [to start their own business],” Madrigal said.
First candidate to visit
Isla Pulo residents, mostly migrants from various provinces, are engaged in garbage scavenging and charcoal-making.
Madrigal is the “first presidential candidate” to have visited Isla Pulo, according to local leader Jesus Valderama.
“[Isla Pulo] is symbolic of the poor in the Philippines. If any of my opponents is elected president, he will continue the same neo-liberal policies of [President Macapagal-Arroyo]. And 90 percent of Filipinos will continue to be an island,” Madrigal said.
On Cloud 9
On Monday, Madrigal was on Cloud 9 after a “very encouraging” reception in her recent campaign sorties in Tagum City, Davao del Norte and Gen. Santos City.
With help from “Jamby bracelets,” her popular campaign giveaways, she was positively received by residents of Bataan, Benguet, La Union, Pangasinan, Bohol and Batangas.
During the 2004 senatorial elections, the same bracelets, along with the endorsement of actress Judy Ann Santos “helped me get over 13.2 million votes,” Madrigal said.
She ranked No. 4 among the winning senators.
Homestretch
In the next two weeks, Madrigal is scheduled to barnstorm Albay, hometown of her late grandfather Sen. Vicente Madrigal and will visit other Bicol provinces. She will also go to Cebu, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in the Visayas, as well as northwestern Mindanao, Cagayan Valley and Metro Manila.
“I’m not a trapo (traditional politician), so I do not only go to where there are many people. I go to reach the people. Fortunately, they come out when they see me,” she said.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Quiboloy wishes presidency for Madrigal
Senator Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal was on Cloud Nine after Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, head of the religious sect "Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name" said he wished she would win the presidential elections and cited her for her "crusade" against corruption.
The Philippines "needs non-trapo [traditional politician], corruption-free" leaders like Madrigal, Quiboloy told the Philippine Daily Inquirer Wednesday at the sect’s nine-hectare retreat here at the foot of Mt. Apo.
"Villar is afraid of you," Quiboloy told the independent presidential candidate.
He said that, aside from their Kampampangan roots and their being spiritual, he was also happy to know that both he and Madrigal were born under the astrological sign Taurus (Quiboloy’s and Madrigals birthdays are April 25 and April 26. respectively), don't believe in "money-making" poll surveys, and are crazy about durian, etc.
The Philippines "needs non-trapo [traditional politician], corruption-free" leaders like Madrigal, Quiboloy told the Philippine Daily Inquirer Wednesday at the sect’s nine-hectare retreat here at the foot of Mt. Apo.
"Villar is afraid of you," Quiboloy told the independent presidential candidate.
He said that, aside from their Kampampangan roots and their being spiritual, he was also happy to know that both he and Madrigal were born under the astrological sign Taurus (Quiboloy’s and Madrigals birthdays are April 25 and April 26. respectively), don't believe in "money-making" poll surveys, and are crazy about durian, etc.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Jamby Madrigal Profile
MADRIGAL, MARIA ANA CONSUELO "JAMBY" ABAD SANTOS
BIRTHDATE: April 26, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH: Manila
SPOUSE: Eric Dudoignon Valade
AFFLIATIONS:
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
CAREERS HISTORY
BIRTHDATE: April 26, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH: Manila
SPOUSE: Eric Dudoignon Valade
AFFLIATIONS:
- Founder and chairperson - Abad Santos Madrigal Foundation Inc. (livelihood programs for women and children)
- Founder - Books-for-the-Barangay Foundation Inc.
- Chairperson - ABLE Foundation, Inc. (Scholarship for the deserving poor)
| Level | School | Year Graduated |
| Elementary | not given | not given |
| High School | not given | not given |
| College | Philippines, England and USA (various degrees) | not given |
| Position | Office | Year |
| Senator | Senate of the Philippines | 2004-2010 |
| Chairperson of the Committee on Environement and Natural Resources | ||
| Chairperson of the Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation | ||
| Chairperson of the Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations | ||
| Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Committee on the Ecological Soild Waste Management Act | ||
| Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight Committee on the Clean Water Act | ||
| Chairperson of the Joint Congressional Overight Committee on the Clean Air Act | ||
| Some of the bills passed in the 13th and 14th Congress | ||
| SB 21: An Act repealing the “Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998” (RA 8479) | ||
| SB 22: An Act protecting the human rights and human security of the Filipino People, strengthening the organization and expanding the functions of the Commission on Human Rights and criminalizing human rights and human security violations | ||
| SB 23: An Act repealing the Human Security Act of 2007 (RA 9372) | ||
| SB 24: An Act repealing RA 9337, amending certain provisions in the Internal Revenue Code of 1997 | ||
| SB 28: An Act prohibiting the importation of GMO plants, fruits, food and products and for other purposes | ||
| SB 29: An Act establishing a ban on all logging operations in the country to ensure the protection, preservation and rehabilitation of the Philippine environment, providing for citizen’s rights and appropriate penalties for violations of this act | ||
| SB 178: An Act to establish the Malampaya sound situated in the municipalities of Taytay and San Vincente, province of Palawan, as protected area pursuant to RA 7568 providing for its management and for other purposes | ||
| SB 1427: An Act punishing government officials or superiors for crimes or offenses committed by their subordinates under the principle of command responsibility | ||
| SB 1489: An Act defining and penalizing the crime of enforced or involuntary disappearance | ||
| SB 1698: An Act expanding the promotion of breastfeeding, amending for the purpose RA 7600 (An Act providing incentives to all government and private health institutions with rooming-in and breastfeeding practices and for other purposes) | ||
| SB 1988: An Act repealing the crime of premature marriages in article 351 of the revised penal code | ||
| SB 1989: An act amending RA 8552 (Domestic Adoption Act of 1998) | ||
| Undersecretary | Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippines (President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) | 2001-2003 |
| Presidential Adviser for Children’s Affairs | Office of the President (Joseph Ejercito Estrada) | October 1999-early 2001 |
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Jamby Madrigal
amby Madrigal is currently the Chairperson of four Senate Committees: Committee on Environment, Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations, Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, and the Committee on Cultural Communities.
Jamby Madrigal has filed bills in the areas of education, juvenile justice, gender equality, empowerment, anti-trafficking and anti-pornography. She has also authored bills on the protection of the indigenous peoples and their ancestral domain as well as the protection and conservation of the environment.
Jamby Madrigal likewise sponsored bills advancing national economic interests, such as the repeal of the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998, as well as measures seeking to place LPG under price control and for the recovery of PETRON and Malampaya.
Jamby Madrigal recently filed a bill repealing RA 7942, the “Mining Act of 1995″ and a bill for the imposition of a total log ban. Both bills aim to protect the last remaining natural resources from wholesale plunder.
In an opposition protest, she was on of the political leaders who were subjected to the Manila Police water cannons while attending a religious procession on October 14, 2005.
Madrigal has declared her candidacy for President in the upcoming 2010 presidential elections.
Jamby Madrigal has filed bills in the areas of education, juvenile justice, gender equality, empowerment, anti-trafficking and anti-pornography. She has also authored bills on the protection of the indigenous peoples and their ancestral domain as well as the protection and conservation of the environment.
Jamby Madrigal likewise sponsored bills advancing national economic interests, such as the repeal of the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998, as well as measures seeking to place LPG under price control and for the recovery of PETRON and Malampaya.
Jamby Madrigal recently filed a bill repealing RA 7942, the “Mining Act of 1995″ and a bill for the imposition of a total log ban. Both bills aim to protect the last remaining natural resources from wholesale plunder.
In an opposition protest, she was on of the political leaders who were subjected to the Manila Police water cannons while attending a religious procession on October 14, 2005.
Madrigal has declared her candidacy for President in the upcoming 2010 presidential elections.
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