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Robredo, together with [[Isabela (province)|Isabela]] Governor [[Grace Padaca]] and [[Pampanga]] Governor [[Ed Panlilio]], launched the Kaya Natin! movement. The Kaya Natin! movement started through a meeting facilitated by the [[Ateneo de Manila University]] - School of Government on June 2008 and has been regarded as a national movement that seeks to bring genuine change and ethical leadership in the Philippines. |
Robredo, together with [[Isabela (province)|Isabela]] Governor [[Grace Padaca]] and [[Pampanga]] Governor [[Ed Panlilio]], launched the Kaya Natin! movement. The Kaya Natin! movement started through a meeting facilitated by the [[Ateneo de Manila University]] - School of Government on June 2008 and has been regarded as a national movement that seeks to bring genuine change and ethical leadership in the Philippines. |
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Jesse Robredo | |
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| Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines | |
| In office July 9, 2010 – August 18, 2012 | |
| President | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by | Benigno Aquino III |
| Mayor of Naga City | |
| In office June 30, 1988 – June 30, 1998 | |
| In office June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesse Manalastas Robredo May 27, 1958 Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines |
| Died | August 18, 2012 (aged 54) Masbate City, Masbate, Philippines - |
| Cause of death | 2012 Philippine Piper Seneca crash |
| Resting place | - - - |
| Political party | Liberal Party (Philippines) |
| Spouses | Maria Leonor Gerona Lenny Robredo[1] |
| Children | Aika,Patricia and Jillian Therese |
| Parent |
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| Alma mater | De La Salle University Harvard University University of the Philippines Diliman |
Jesse Manalastas Robredo (May 27, 1958 – August 18, 2012) was a Filipino politician who served as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 to until his death in 2012.[2] Robredo was a member of the Liberal Party.
Beginning in 1988, Robredo served six terms as Mayor of Naga City in Camarines Sur. In recognition of his achievements as Naga City mayor, Robredo was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000, the first Filipino mayor so honored. He was appointed to the Cabinet of President Aquino in July 2010.[2]
On August 18, 2012 (PHT), the aircraft carrying Secretary Robredo crashed off the shore of Masbate City.[3] He was scheduled to go home and watch her daughter's swimming competition in Naga City. The Philippine Department of Interior and Local Government said that the pilot sent a distress call to the Masbate airport requesting an emergency landing. The plane never made it to the airport and crashed in the ocean.[4][5] His body was retrieved three days later, August 21, 180 feet below sea level. [6]
Early life
Jesse Manalastas Robredo was born on May 27, 1958 in Naga City. Robredo was a second-generation Chinese Filipino and was the third of five children (one of Jose Chan Robredo Sr. and Marcelina Manalastas two sons and three daughters).[citation needed]
Robredo's paternal grandfather was a Chinese immigrant named Lim Pay Co who arrived in the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century. Lim Pay Co would later convert to Christianity and adopt the name, Juan Lim Robredo, because it was a custom that Chinese immigrants who convert to Christianity to adopt the name of their godparents at baptism and Lim Pay Co chose the name of the priest who baptized him. Jose Chan Robredo, Sr., Robredo's father, acquired the middle name Chan from his mother, it was her maiden name.
Education
Robredo studied at Naga Parochial School, a private Catholic school in Naga City, for his elementary education. While studying there, Robredo began to hone his talent and love for the game chess. Naga Parochial School was known and had established a record for winning Bicol's annual province-wide chess tournament and Robredo's brother had been among its champion competitors. However, when it was Robredo's turn to represent his school, Robredo only garnered second place.
In 1970, Robredo studied at Ateneo de Naga and in September 1972, when Robredo was in the middle of high school, President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law. Ateneo de Naga and its administration immediately called for an assembly and warned its students against getting involved in anti-government activities and efforts that this may result to the school's exposure to the risk of closure.
Robredo obtained his undergraduate degrees in Industrial Management Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the De La Salle University. Robredo was an Edward Mason Fellow and a graduate of Masters of Public Administration at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1999. In 1985, Robredo finished his Masters in Business Administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, as a scholar and was named the Graduate School and Faculty Organization awardee for scholarly excellence.[7]
Early career
In 1980, Robredo worked for the San Miguel Corporation in Mandaluyong City, in the Physical Distribution Technical Services of the General Services Division, and within six months, Robredo had hurdled two of the three levels in the division and was then sent to the finance division for another six months.
When Robredo's immediate superior was moved to Magnolia Ice Cream, San Miguel Corporation's ice cream division, Robredo was invited to come along. At Magnolia Ice Cream, Robredo was assigned to logistics planning and concurrently, he functioned as staff assistant to the physical distribution director.[8]
In 1986, Robredo returned to Naga City, where he became Program Director of the Bicol River Basin Development Program, an agency tasked to undertake integrated area development planning in the three provinces of the Bicol region.
Mayor of Naga City
In 1988, Robredo was elected mayor of Naga City at age 29, making him the youngest mayor in the country.[8] Robredo was able to transform the city from being dull and lethargic to being one of the "Most Improved Cities in Asia", as cited by Asiaweek Magazine in 1999.[7]
During his time as mayor of Naga City, Robredo was credited for "dramatically improved stakeholdership and people participation in governance, in the process restoring Naga to its preeminent position as premier city of the Bicol Region."[7] In 1995, in recognition of his skills and competence as a leader and development manager, Robredo was elected President of the League of Cities of the Philippines, the national association of city mayors. Robredo also chairs the Metro Naga Development Council."[7] From 1992 to 1998, Robredo was also elected Chairman of the Regional Development Council, the regional planning and coordinative body of Bicol's six provinces and seven cities."[7]
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
From June 30 to July 9, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III was Secretary of the Interior and Local Government,[9] until Aquino named Robredo as Interior Secretary.[2] At least two politicians from Bicol, Luis Ortega and Luis Villafuerte, Sr. expressed opposition to Robredo's confirmation by the Commission on Appointments of which Villafuerte himself was a member.[10] In March 2012, the Commission on Appointments bypassed Robredo's nomination. [11] His nomination was bypassed again in June of 2012.[12] Another confirmation hearing had reportedly been set on August 29, 2012, eleven days after Robredo's sudden death.[13]
Vice President Jejomar Binay initially wanted to become Secretary of the Interior and Local Government, however, Aquino stated that the post is not being considered for him,[14] but has offered Binay various positions, such as, to head a commission that will investigate the outgoing Arroyo administration, the posts of Secretary of Agrarian Reform, chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), and the chairman of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), but Binay refused.[15] However, on July 15, 2010, Binay has accepted the offer of Aquino to take charge of the housing sector as chairman of HUDCC.[16]
Death
On August 18, 2012, he boarded a Piper Seneca airplane from Cebu City going to Naga City, when the plane's pilots decided to make an emergency landing at the Moises R. Espinosa Airport in Masbate City due to engine failure. The aircraft carrying Secretary Robredo along with his aide crashed off the shore of Masbate Island.[3] His aide survived the crash but the pilots were retrieved three days later on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 after the crash. Search and recovery operations were conducted by Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force and the local government of Masbate.
The body of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo was found at 8:15 AM, Tuesday, August 21, 2012 (PHT), three days later after the aircraft disaster happened. The news was confirmed by the DOTC Secretary Mar Roxas. Roxas said the remains of the Interior minister was found 800 meters (2,600 feet) off Masbate at 54 metres (180 feet) deep.[17]
Awards and Recognitions
In recognition of Robredo's outstanding performance in public service, he received 14 major individual awards, including the 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service (known to be Asia's version of the Nobel Prize) for his good governance,[18] 1998 Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence as Most Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines, Junior Chamber International (JCI) 1994 Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) Honoree, Junior Chamber of the Philippines (JCI-Philippines) 1990 The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM), and the first ever "Dangal ng Bayan" Award of the Civil Service Commission. In March 2008, Robredo was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by the Far Eastern University in Manila.
Robredo was a trustee of Synergeia Foundation Inc., a coalition of individuals, institutions, and organizations that works together to improve the quality of basic education in the Philippines. Synergeia Foundation Inc. collaborates with local governments, the Department of Education, socio-civic groups, schools, teachers, parents and students to implement systemic programs that will improve the processes, systems and structures of learning and teaching.
Robredo, together with Isabela Governor Grace Padaca and Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio, launched the Kaya Natin! movement. The Kaya Natin! movement started through a meeting facilitated by the Ateneo de Manila University - School of Government on June 2008 and has been regarded as a national movement that seeks to bring genuine change and ethical leadership in the Philippines. Jesse robredo became a dinosaur?
References
- ^ "Jesse Robredo feared dead after plane crash". Coolbuster. August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Jesse Robredo named DILG chief".
- ^ a b "Robredo's plane crashes off Masbate". ABS-CBN News. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Philippines interior secretary missing in plane crash". CNN. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Small plane carrying DILG Sec. Jesse Robredo crashes off Masbate". GMA News. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Robredo's body found". Office of the President (Philippines) Newsroom. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Jesse Manalastas - Robredo Naga City Government Website".
- ^ a b "Philippine top minister feared dead in crash". Al Jazeera. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ Ager, Maila (June 29, 2010). "Aquino names Cabinet, takes DILG helm". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ "Local Politicians to Give Robredo Tough Time at CA". voxbicol.com. 2011-5-31. Retrieved 2012-8-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "5 Cabinet members, envoy to China bypassed by CA". philstar.com. 2012-3-22. Retrieved 2012-8-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "CA bypasses De Lima, 4 other Cabinet members for nth time". inquirer.net. 2012-6-6. Retrieved 2012-8-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Malacañang advised to get official plane for Noy, Cabinet". philstar.com. 2012-8-20. Retrieved 2012-8-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Ager, Maila (June 23, 2010). "Binay meets Aquino, declines Cabinet post". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ "Binay offered new office to probe Arroyo". ABS-CBN News. June 24, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ "VP Binay is new housing czar".
- ^ Robredo found dead. ABS-CBN News, Retrieved on August 21, 2012
- ^ Gomez, Jim (August 19, 2012). "Search for Philippine minister after crash". The Australian. AAP. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
