Noli de Castro
Noli Leuterio de Castro (born July 6, 1949 in Pola , Oriental Mindoro Province ) is a Filipino news presenter, politician and was Vice President of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010.
biography
Degree and television presenter
After attending Pola Central School and Pola Catholic High School in Oriental Mindoro, he studied commerce, banking and finance at the University of the East from 1967 to 1971 .
He began his professional career in 1976 as a reporter for the radio station RPN dzWW, where he was speaker and presenter from 1982 to 1986. In 1986 he switched to the TV station ABS-CBN , where he was initially one of the presenters of the program "Good Morning, Philippines". In 1987 he first became the presenter of "Magandang Umaga" and in 1988 of "Overseas Limited". Between 1986 and February 2001 he was also an anchorman for the news programs "Kabayan" and "TV Patrol". He became particularly popular from 1987 to 2001 as the presenter of the news magazine "Magadang Gabi Bayan". At the same time, between 1999 and February 2001, he was not only head of the production team for "TV Patrol", but also vice-president of ABS-CBN and the radio station dzMM.
Senator and Vice President
In 2001 he began his political career when he was elected Senator .
In 2004 he was elected Vice President of the Republic of Philippines and is thus the representative of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during her term of office, which will last until May 2010.
De Castro was like Macapagal-Arroyo candidate of the so-called K4 coalition koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow) and sat in the election for Vice President with 49.80 of the vote against Senator Loren Legarda by who ran for the coalition of United Filipinos (Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino, KNP) of presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. and received 46.90 percent of the vote. Well behind, Herminio Aquino , the vice-presidential candidate for the leader of the Democratic Action (Aksyon Demokratiko), Senator Raul Roco , only got 3.24 percent of the vote, while fourth-placed Rodolfo Pajo from the Partido Isang Bansa Isang Diwa only won 0.06 percent of the vote could unite.
In addition to his work as Vice-President, he is particularly active in the field of housing construction and urban development and has therefore also become Minister of Housing and Urban Development in the Macapagal-Arroyo cabinet . As such, he is also Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Council (HUDCC), the Joint House Development Foundation (Pag-IBIG Fund), the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), the National Housing Authority, NHA), National mortgage - and finance Corporation (National Home mortgage finance Corporation, NHMFC) and Social housing finance Corporation (Social housing finance Corporation SHFC) as well as ex-officio Vice-President of Home assurance company (Home Guaranty Corporation HGC).
He is also the President's Advisor on Filipino Overseas Workers, Alternating President of the National Anti-Poverty Commission and Cabinet Member responsible for the MIMAROPA region, which includes the provinces of Occidental Mindoro , Oriental Mindoro , Marinduque , Romblon and Palawan .
In the presidential elections on May 10, 2010, he was the incumbent Vice President because of his great popularity as a possible successor to President Macapagal Arroyo.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ INQUIRER: "Survey: De Castro top choice for 2010" (January 13, 2009) ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castro, Noli de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castro, Noli Leuterio de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino politician, radio and television presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pola , Oriental Mindoro Province |