Guest of Honor and Speaker’s Profile: Amado S. Bagatsing

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Amado Sevilla Bagatsing. Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Field of Interest: Public Service. City Address: Concepcion Apt., 1740 Jorge Bocobo St., Malate, Manila, 5th District of Manila. Place of Birth: Sampaloc, Manila. Date of Birth: December 3, 1947. Spouse: Rosario Lao Bagatsing, with four (4) children.

As Public Servant

Representative, 5th District of Manila 1987-1998, 2007-present

Committee held in Congress: Chairman of: Committee on Ecology (16th Congress); Oversight Committee on Clean Water Act (16th Congress); Committee on Games and Amusements (14th and 15th Congress); Committee on Civil Service and Profession Regulation (10th Congress); Committee on Accounts (8th Congress). Vice-Chairman of: Housing & Urban Development Coordinating Council, October 15, 2002 - March 28, 2007. Alternate Chairman, National Task Force Against Professional Squatters and Squatting Syndicate, 2002-2007.

Associations/Organizations/Clubs: 3-Term President, Chamber of Real Estate & Builders Association (CREBA); Chairman, Manila Chapter, Philippine National Red Cross; Treasurer, Domus Mariae Foundation; Member, Manila Polo Club; Member, Gawad Kalinga.

Political Party Affiliation: Kabaka Party

Awards & Distinctions

When he served for 3 consecutive terms as Representative of 5th District of Manila (1987-1998 & 2007-present): “Propter Humanitarian Award” – Nov. 27, 2014 (St. Jude College); Outstanding Congressman of the Year – 1986; Grandslam Award for attaining a decent and dignified way of living of Manilans through ideal and basic community service approach – 1995; Outstanding Congressman of the Year – 1994; Most Outstanding Congressman of the Year – 1993; Distinguished Community Service Citation Award – 1993; Outstanding Solon and Civic Leader Award – 1989; Media Award for Exemplary Leadership as a Congressman – 1989; Honor and Distinction Award for being one of the Most Outstanding Lawmakers of the Philippines – 1989; Mactan Award of Distinction – 1988; Honor and Distinction Award as one of the Ten Outstanding Representatives of the Philippines – 1988; Gawad Karangalan Award – 1988; People’s Choice Award as one of the Ten Outstanding Representatives of the Philippines – 1988.

Significant Legislative Measures Authored / Sponsored

RA 7644 – Rent Control Law; RA 6965 – Act Revising the Form of Taxation on Oil Products from Ad Valorem to Specific Tax; RA 7639 – Act Further Amending the Uses of Oil Price Stabilization Fund to Strengthen the financial viability of NAPOCOR; RA 7742 – Making mandatory the Counterpart Contributions of all Employees to the Home Development Mutual Fund; RA 8544 – Merchant Marine Professional Act; RA 7835 – (CISFA) Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter and Finance Act 2; RA 6846 – Abot Kaya Pabahay Fund; RA 7279 – (UDHA) Urban Development and Housing Act; RA 9646 – Real Estate Service Act; RA 10587 – Environmental Planning Act of 2013.

Co-Authored: RA 9994 – Expanded Senior Citizens Act

Founded the “Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran” (KABAKA) in 1985 with more than two hundred thousand card-bearing members from the City of Manila.

The first who conceptualized the only FREE KABAKA Clinic, Pharmacy, Consultation and Diagnostic Center for the benefit of the marginalized/less fortunate sector of society in Manila.

Hosted the “Bahay at Buhay” television program for ten (10) consecutive years on Channel 13 which served as a forum for discussing issues on shelter among NGO’s, housing agencies and the marginalized sector to the urban poor.