In recent news about the development of the state of the Reproductive Health Bill in the country, twenty Philippine senators signed an approval of the said bill. This signing of an approval means a great development for the RH Bill for it means that the bill is actually going somewhere and not neglected totally. In a previous blog entry, I listed down the name of the Senators who signed the said approval. In the next few blog entries, I will be discussing the profiles of these Senators and probably state why they signed the approval. For today, we will be looking at Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
Born on September 13, 1957, Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Romualdez Marcos, Jr. is the only son of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos and Imelda Romualdez-Marcos. He, like his father, is into politics, being a senator of the 15th congress. Before that, he was a representative and governor of his hometown of Ilocos Norte.
Bong Bong Marcos attended La Salle Greenhills from pre-school to first year high school. He finished his secondary schooling at Worth School in England. He then studied at the Oxford University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He continued studying at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration.
Bong Bong Marcos is married to Louise Araneta-Marcos, with whom he has three sons: Ferdinand Alexander Marcos; Joseph Simon Marcos; and William Vincent Marcos.
Bong Bong Marcos has been into politics for over twenty years now. From 1980 to 1983, he was the Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte. From 1983 to 1986, he became the Governor. In 1992, he ran and was elected as Representative of the 2nd District of Ilocos Norte, serving until 1995. He was then elected again in 1998, but this time for the position of Governor. This went on until 2007 for he was elected and served for three consecutive terms. From 2007 to 2010, he served again as the Representative of the 2nd District of Ilocos Norte, assuming the position his sister, Imee Marcos, previously held. In the 2010 elections, he ran for a senatorial seat and won, having earned the 7th highest number of votes.
Bong Bong Marcos came from one of the most popular, and probably infamous, families in the Philippines. His father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, may have been remembered to have done some very bad things to our country, but he also did some things that contributed to the development of the Philippines. He has witnessed the ups and downs the country has experienced and should base from that his view on how the Reproductive Health Bill can help in our country’s development. He should help in spreading the word that the RH Bill can help alleviate the country’s problem of overpopulation and probably bring back our country’s heyday. The charisma his father had, that I hope he has too, that helped in the country’s development before should also be used here to help enlighten the minds of the Filipino.
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