Level

School

Year Graduated

Elementary

Bayang Luma Elementary School

1960

High School

Imus Institute High School

1964

College

Lyceum University, BS Engineering

1967

Military

Philippine Military Academy, Bachelor of Science

1971

Counter URBAN Guerilla Warfare Course

Fort Magsaysay

1972

Intel Officers Basic Course

SITS, Fort Bonifacio

1973

Military Intel Collection Course

SITS, Fort Bonifacio

1974

Incident Management Course

PSG, Malacañang

Airmobile Operations Course Command and General Staff Course

Camp Crame, Quezon City

no year stated

Command General Staff College

Fort Bonifacio

no year stated

Further Studies

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Master in Government Management

1996

Position

Office

Years

Senator

Philippine Senate

2001-present

·          Principal author of Anti-Money Laundering act (Republic Act 9160, amended by Republic act 9194)

·          Principal author of An Act Increasing the Base Pay of the Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (Republic Act 9166)

·          Principal author of Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (Republic Act 9208)

·          Co-authored the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act 9165)

·          Co-authored the Absentee Voting Act (Republic Act 9189)

·          Co-authored the Anti-Jueting and Illegal Numbers Game (Republic Act 9287)

·          Main author and sponsor of Anti-Cheating Act of 2007 (SB 2512)

·          Main author and sponsor of Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 (SB 2561)

·          Main sponsor of The Philippine Dental Act of 2007 (Senate Bill 2581)

·          One of the Principal Authors of An Act Reorganizaing the Public Attorney’s Office

·          Former Chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization

·          Former Chairman of the Committee on Justice and the Judicial Bar Council (February 2003-December 2005)

·          Member of all standing Committees in the Commission on Appointments (CA) (February 2003-December 2005

·          Assistant Minority Floor Leader in the CA (2005)

·          Led the IMPSA investigation, 2002

·          Led the Jose Pidal investigation, 2003

·          Led the Jueteng investigation, 2005

·          Led the Textbook Scam investigation, 2006-2007

·          Chairman of the Committee on Accounts

·          Acting Chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization

·          Chairman of the Committee on Ethics and Privileges

·          Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means

·          Chairman of the Oversight Committee on the Proper Implementation of the National Internal Revenue Code

·          Chairman of the Oversight Committee on the Official Development Assistance Law

Police chief

Philippine National Police

November 1999-January 2001

·          Achieved 58% public approval rating for PNP—highest in PNP history

·          Achieved 78% approval rating for himself

·          Downloaded 85% of PNP’s logistics to town and city police stations to improve police efficiency

·          Tried eradicating “Kotong” culture among policemen

·          Instituted “No-Take” policy

·          Stopped ‘carnapping’ of recovered stolen vehicles by corrupt police officers

·          Founded the PNP Foundation, Inc.

·          Helped improve Asian regional police network in combating the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs in the country and in the region

Chief

Task Force Habagat, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force

1998-2001

Project officer

Special Project Alpha

1996

Chief, Task Force Habagat

Presidential Anti-Crime Commission

1992-1995

Provincial director

Laguna Police Command

1992

Commander

Cebu Metrodiscom

1989-1992

Provincial commander

Isabela Police Command

1988-1989

Member

PC-INP Anti-Carnapping Task Force

1986-1988

Member

Metrocom Intelligence and Security Group

1971-1986