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🌟 PAGBATI NG MALIGAYANG PISTA NG IMMACULATE CONCEPTION! 🌟

Mahal na mga kaibigan at kapatid sa pananampalataya,

Ngayong ika-8 ng Disyembre, nagdiriwang tayo ng maligayang Pista ng Immaculate Conception! Isang diwa ng kalinisan at biyaya ang bumabalot sa araw na ito, sapagkat iniuukit natin ang kahalagahan ng pagiging walang kasalanan ng ating Ina, si Maria.

Sa kanyang walang-hanggang kababaang-loob at masiglang pananampalataya, naging daan si Maria sa pagtatanglaw sa landas ng kabanalan. Bilang birheng iniligtas mula sa orihinal na kasalanan, siya ay nagiging inspirasyon sa atin na sundan ang mga yapak niya sa pagsunod sa Diyos.

Sa panahon ng Advent, ito ay isang pagpapala at paalala sa atin na handaing puspusan ang puso at diwa para sa pagdating ng ating Panginoon. Sa kanyang pagsilang, tayo'y inaanyayahan na gayahin ang kalinisan at kababaang-loob na ipinakita ni Maria.

🙏 Isang panalangin para sa araw na ito:
O Mahal na Inang Maria, ipanalangin mo kami na maging malinis sa puso at isipan, tulad ng iyong walang kasalanan. Gabayan mo kami sa aming mga hakbang patungo sa Diyos at ituro mo sa amin ang landas ng kabanalan. Amen. 🌹

Nawa'y maging masaya at makabuluhan ang ating pagdiriwang ngayong Pista ng Immaculate Conception! 🌺

08/12/2023

Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aguirre Aquino IV (Tagalog pronunciation: [bɛˈnignoʔ aˈɡirɛ aˈkino], born May 7, 1977) is a Filipino politician and social entrepreneur. He served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2013 to 2019. During his stint as senator, he has advocated for the passage of bills focusing on entrepreneurship, culture and arts, and education and science and technology.

Biography
Family
Further information: Aquino family
Bam Aquino was born on May 7, 1977 in Manila. He is the son of Paul Aquino, a son of Benigno Aquino Sr., and Melanie Aguirre Aquino. His grandfather, Benigno Sr., served as a congressman from Tarlac's 2nd District (1919–28), a senator from the 3rd District (1928–34) Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-puppet state of the Philippines from 1943 to 1944. Went on trial for Treason after the world war II for collaborating with the Japanese, and eventually became the 6th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1943–44). Under President Ferdinand Marcos' regime, his uncle Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., a former senator (1967–72), was exiled in the United States from 1980 until 1983 when he returned to the Philippines and was assassinated at the Manila International Airport.[1][2] In 1986, Marcos fled into exile and Ninoy's wife, Corazon Aquino, became the first female President of the Philippines. His uncle Butz and aunt Teresa also served as senators. His cousin, Benigno Aquino III, was elected the 15th President of the Philippines in 2010, which he served until 2016.[3]

Education
Aquino was a consistent honor student in Ateneo de Manila, Quezon City from grade school to college. During his grade school graduation, Aquino delivered the valedictory speech and graduated with first honors. He also graduated as the class valedictorian in High School in 1995. He continued to serve when he joined the Ateneo Catechetical Instructional League, where he spent three years teaching catechism at nearby public schools.[4]

In 1999, Aquino graduated summa cm laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering. He took an Executive Education Program on Leadership and Public Policy, at the Kennedy School of Government in the Harvard University in 2008.[4]

Aquino, as one of the founding members, became the Constitutional Chairman of the National Union of Catholic Student Councils, an association of student councils and governments of various Catholic universities and colleges in the Philippines. In that same year, he was the Student Council President at the Ateneo de Manila University.[4]

After his graduation, Aquino joined the special projects group of the ABS-CBN Foundation. He was involved with rehabilitation centers for abused and neglected children, disaster management and relief operations, and volunteer recruitment. In 2001 he was appointed as NYC's commissioner-at-large.[5]

TV and film
Aquino was also one of the hosts of the TV show Breakfast, a youth-oriented morning talk show at Studio 23. In 2006, Aquino hosted the youth-oriented debate show Y Speak in Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports & Action Ch. 23).

In 2009, Aquino played the role of his uncle Ninoy Aquino, in the documentary film The Last Journey of Ninoy. The film premiered on August 21, 2009 in commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the assassination of Ninoy. It was directed by Jun Reyes.[6]

Career
Before becoming a senator, Aquino became the President of MicroVentures, Inc., a social enterprise company that manages the Hapinoy Program which provides micro-financing, training and access to new business opportunities for women micro-entrepreneurs.[7][8]

The project has helped 10,000 sari-sari stores to become successful and lifted thousands of poor families from poverty. The program bagged the UN's Project Inspire Award in 2011, besting over 400 enterprises all over the world.[7][8]

For his efforts, Aquino was named as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in the category of Social Enterprise and Community Development. He was also chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 2012.[7][8]

Aquino's work in the Hapinoy Program gave him a first-hand view on how access to livelihood, capital, market, training, and mentoring helped lift poor families out of poverty. He was also a Board Member of Rags2Riches, Venture for Fundraising, and the Coca-Cola Foundation.[7][8]

Political career
2013 senatorial bid
Running under the Team PNoy coalition of his cousin, he won in the 2013 elections and placed 7th with 15,388,992 votes.[9]

16th and 17th Congress
Aquino chaired the Committee on Science and Technology from 2016 to 2019. He was also a member of the following committees:

Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (Blue Ribbon)[10]
Committee on Agriculture and Food[10]
Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies[10]
Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization[10]
Committee on Cooperatives[10]
Committee on Cultural Communities[10]
Committee on Education, Arts and Culture
Committee on Energy[10]
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Committee on Games, Amusement and Sports[10]
Committee on Health and Demography
Committee on Local Government
Committee on National Defense and Security
Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation
Committee on Public Information and Mass Media[10]
Committee on Rules
Committee on Science and Technology
Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development[10]
Committee on Ways and Means
Senate Electoral Tribunal[7]
He was the former chairman of the Committee on Education Culture and Arts from July 2016 until his removal from the position on February 2017 due to his opposition on a Duterte-backed legislation.[11] He was chairman of the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and Committee on Youth from July 2013 to June 2016.

Laws passed
Senator Aquino passed more than 40 laws during his first five and half years in office.[10][4]

Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
Republic Act 10929, or Free Internet Access in Public Space
Republic Act 10693, or Microfinance NGOs Act
Republic Act 10911, or Anti Age-Discrimination Act
Republic Act 10821, or Children's Emergency Relief and Protection Act
Republic Act 10863, or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA)
Republic Act 10909, or No Shortchanging Act
Republic Act 10644, or the Go Negosyo Act
Republic Act 10642, or the Philippine Lemon Law
Republic Act 10667, or the Philippine Competition Act
Republic Act 10668, or the Foreign Ships Co-Loading Act
Republic Act 10679, or the Youth Entrepreneurship Act
Under Republic Act No. 10742, or the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act
Republic Act No. 10693, or the Microfinance NGOs Act
Republic Act No. 10744, or the Credit Surety Fund Act of 2014
Republic Act No. 10756, or the Election Service Reform Act of 2014
Republic Act 10755, or the Act Authorizing The Punong Barangay to Administer the Oath of Office
Republic Act No. 10844, or the Department of Information and Communication Technology Act of 2015
Republic Act No. 10754, or the Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability
Republic Act 10905, or Closed Caption Broadcasting of Television Programs Act
Republic Act 11054, or the Bangsamoro Organic Law
Republic Act No. 11106, or the Filipino Sign Language Act
2019 re-election bid
Aquino ran as one of the Otso Diretso candidates of the Liberal Party. He failed to win in his re-election bid, placing 14th overall with 14,144,923 votes.[12] Aquino was quoted that "There are 14 million people who voted for an Aquino during the time of Duterte. That's something".[13] According to his wife, he might return to his social entrepreneurship initiatives after his term ended on June 30, 2019.[14]

On July 19, 2019, the PNP–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) filed charges against Aquino and other members of the opposition for "sedition, cyber libel, libel, estafa, harboring a criminal, and obstruction of justice".[15][16] On February 10, 2020, he was cleared of all charges.[17][18]

Personal life
He is married to Maria Fatima "Timi" Gomez. They have two daughters together, Consuelo Victoria Aquino and Anna Aurora Aquino.[19]

Awards and involvements
Panelist, “Changing the Game: Innovating Smartly in Organizations and Systems”; Panelist, “Cracking the Emerging Market Code” World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland (2014)[4]
Manila 40 Under 40 Global Development Leader, Awarded by Devex (2013)[4]
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (2012) [4]
Asian Social Entrepreneur of the Year with Mark Ruiz (World Economic Forum, 2011)[4]
United Nations Project Inspire Grand Prize (The Hapinoy Program, 2011)[4]
Awarded by MasterCard and The Singapore National Committee for UN Women[4]
Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (Community Development and Social Enterprise, 2010)[4]
GoNegosyo Inspiring Young Entrepreneur (2010)[4]
Co-Finalist, Ernst & Young (Entrepreneur of the Year 2010)
PLDT Bossing Co-Awardee (Retail Financing Category, 2010)

19/11/2023

Congratulations for landing at the Top 10 Michelle Dee! We are proud of you!

11/11/2023

Mahalin ang bayan, upang mahalin ka rin ng mamamayan... Laban Bam!

01/11/2023

Isang mapayapa at ligtas na paggunita ng Undas sa ating lahat.

Prayer for Departed Loved Ones

God our Father,
Your power brings us to birth,
Your providence guides our lives,
and by Your command, we return to dust.

Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,
their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family,
relatives and friends,
and for all the dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ,
Who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us together again in one family,
to sing Your praise forever and ever.

Amen.