CONGRESSMAN - LONE DISTRICT OF AURORA

Born: July 15, 1972
Nickname: Sonny
Family: Married with two(2) children;
Father is Senator Edgardo J. Angara; 
Mother is Gloria Manalang, teacher and former chairperson, Cultural Center of the Philippines

Occupation: Congressman/Lawyer 

EDUCATION:

2002-2003        Master of Laws (LL.M.)
                       HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
                       Cambridge Massachusetts, USA

1995-2000        Bachelor of Laws
                       UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (UP) College of Law
                  
1991-1994        Bachelor of Science, Economics (International Relations)
                       Second Class Honors, Upper Division
                       LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), London, England

1989-1991        A-Level, DOUAI School, England
                       Grade School and High School (Graduated Honorable Mention)
                       Xavier School, San Juan Metro Manila

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2004-Present    Member, House of Representatives for the Lone District of Aurora
                       Currently Deputy Majority Leader and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules

                       E-officio member, All Standing and Special Committees in Congress

                       Principally Authored the following Laws:
                       a)  RA 9344-Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006
                       b)  RA 9441-An Act Establishing the Marine Research and Breeding Center in the Municipality of Baler, Aurora
                       c)  RA 9490- Aurora Special Economic Zone Act
                       d)  RA 9500-The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008
                       e)  RA 9505-Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Act of 2008
                       f)   RA 9504-An Act Amending Section 22,24,34,35,51 & 79 of RA 8424, as amended, otherwise known as the 
                            National Internal Revenue Code of 1997
                       g)  RA 9510-The Credit Information System Act
                       h)  RA 9497-Civil Aviation Act of 2008

                       Also filed over 100 bills pending in Congress:

                       a)  HB101 "School Modernization and Innovation Act of 2007"
                       b)  HB194 "Access to Information Bill"
                       c)  HB111 "Pre-School Development Act of 2007"
                       d)  HB124 "The Political PArty Development Act of 2007"
                       e) HB129 "An Act Instituting Mechanisms for the Establishment of a Children's Health Insurance Program"
                       f)  HB132 "Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Act of 2007"
                       g) HB156 "n Act Exempting from the Expanded Value AddedTax the Sale of Goods and Services to Senior Citizen"
                       h) HB161 "Overseas Workers Credit Assistance Act of 2007"
                       i)  HB164 "The Magna Carta Act of 2007"
                       j)  HB3118 "The Magna Carta for Public School Children"
                       k) HB3732 "Access to Information System"

                       -With his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), funded construction of over 130 classrooms, libraries and job training centers 
                       province-wide and computer for all public schools.

                       -Has partnered with various academic and socio-civic groups such as Gawad Kalinga, University of Asia and the Pacific, 
                       various colleges of the University of the Philippines, GILAS-Ayala Foundation, Rotary Clubs, Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of 
                       Commerce and Industry to meet various needs in the Province.

Associate Attorney, Litigation and Corporate Special Projects Department
ANGARA BELLO CONCEPCION REGALA & CRUZ (ACCRA) LAW OFFICE;
and brief stint as Campaign Staff & Legislative Researcher, Senate, Office of the Senator Edgardo Angara;

Member and Delegation,PHILIPPINE MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK;

News Reporter, Business Section, THE PHILIPPINE STAR and Trainee, METROPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST CO.

AFFILIATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT:

Integrated Bar of the Philippines
Philippine Bar Association
Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc. (PLCPD)
Philippine Law Journal
Order of the Purple Feather Honor Society
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
UP Law Alumni Association
UP ALumni Association
National Movement for Free Election (NAMFREL)
South East Asian Parlamentarians Against Corruption (SEAPAC)
Government Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) 
Museum Foundation of the Philippines
Harvard Law Alumni Association

PAPERS WRITTEN

"From Blue Sky to Best World: Towards an New Securities Code"
February 2000, Paper Submitted to Professor Carlota in fulfillment of Legal Research Requirement; shortlisted for Best Paper and Campus prize for Best Paper in Commercial Law.