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SEN. GREGORIO GRINGO HONASAN, II
Birthday: March 14, 1948
Birthplace: Baguio City
Wife: Jane Umali
Parents: Colonel Romeo Honasan and Alice Ballesteros
Education: San Beda College and the Dominican School, Taipei, Taiwan (Grade School);Don Bosco High School, Mandaluyong (High School-With Honors); University of the Philippines, (Economics); Philippine Military Academy (Graduated "Class Baron"); Asian Institute of Management (MBA, With Distinction)

PLATFORM
• ENVIRONMENT
• SOCIAL REFORMS
• NATIONAL SECURITY
• GOOD GOVERNANCE
• EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
• YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
CURRENT AGENDA
NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY
• A 30 year land use plan presided by 5 presidents
Agricultural
Residential
Commercial
Government
• Will be taught in schools under the Office of the President
PEOPLE'S OWNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (POGI) ACT OF 2012
• Full public disclosure of information on Government:
projects
transactions
documents
records pertaining to public interest
*Mandates government agencies to grant requests for access to information within fifteen15 days from receipt of the request.

AS SENATOR
He became Senator in 1995, the first truly independent candidate in Philippine political history to win in national elections. He was re-elected in 2001 and 2007.

Principal author and co-author of:
• Clean Air Act of 1999
• Clean Water Act
• National Security Policy
• Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act of 2009
• Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
• Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms Law (CARPER).
*Proposed Mini-Marshall Plan to jumpstart economic development, peace and order, and political unity in Mindanao.

Currently Chairperson of these Senate Committees:
• Agrarian Reform
• Public Order and Dangerous Drugs
• Public Information and Mass Media
He chairs three oversight committees:
• Congressional Oversight Committees on Agrarian Reform
• Dangerous Drugs
• Joint Oversight Committee on the Human Security Act.
Currently Vice-Chairperson of the Senate Committees:
• Local Government
• Civil Service and Government Reorganization
• Health and Demography
• National Defense and Security
• Public Works
• Rules
• Amateur Sports Competitiveness
Currently a member of 19 major permanent committees and ten oversight committees.

AWARDS:
Three Distinguished Conduct Stars
Gold Cross medals
Wounded Personnel Medal sustained in combat.
"Ten Outstanding Young Men" (Philippine Jaycee, 1985)
Presidential Commendation Medal for Government Service
President Cory Aquino (Participation in People Power)