Francisco Tongio Liongson (18691919)

Francisco Tongio Liongson belonged to a generation of Philippine colonial subjects who struggled to evolve a national identity for their homeland in the fringes of the Spanish Empire. Late in the 18th century, the concept of being a Filipino was still nebulous and infantile. The name did not even originally apply to all the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago, but to a small group of Spaniards born there. Motivated by the injustices prevalent in the Philippines, small colonies of native expatriate students in Europe involved themselves in the Propaganda Movement with the purpose of exposing these abuses and in the process began to assume a consciousness articulating reforms of a national interest that was consequently distinct from Spain. Dr. Liongson was one of these Filipino students in Madrid. He walked among peers who would one day become Philippine National Heroes.

The Early Years

Scion of the Philippine sugar gentry, Dr. Liongson was born in Pampangas ancient capital, Villa de Bacolor to Emigdio Liongson and Eulalia Tongio. It was an exciting time in colonial Philippines. The Suez Canal opened a month earlier on November 17, 1869 establishing a regular steamship service between the Philippines and Europe. The implementation of the Education Decree of 1863 saw the establishment of a primary school for boys and girls in each town of the country. The resulting boom in trade and influx of new ideas gave rise to an emerging educated and moneyed elite. Ilustrados in Madrid (Circa 1890): Francisco Tongio Liongson, standing sixth from left.After completing his primary education in Bacolor, Dr. Liongson studied at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila and earned his diplomas in Bachiller en Artes (1887), Titulo de Profesor en Segundo Enseasa (1888) and Titulo de Agrimensor y Perito Tasador de Tierras (1889).He arrived in Spain on August 24, 1889 on board the mail steamer Santo Domingoto study medicine at the Universidad Central de Madrid where he obtained his Licenciado en Medicina y Cirujia in June 1894 and his Doctorado en Medicina y Cirujia on October 19, 1895.To broaden his medical knowledge further, he trained in different hospitals in Paris while studying at the famous Institut Pasteur. During his sojourn in Spain, Dr. Liongson was actively involved with the Filipino colony in Madrid interracting with fellow paisanos like his hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. The death of La Solidaridad's Jose Maria Panganiban affected him deeply. In a eulogy to the propagandist, he wrote, From this tombstone, which safely guards your remains, will spring happy memories for a page in our history.He became a member of the Grande Oriente Espaol Masonic Lodge Solidaridad No. 53 of Madrid under Marcelo H. Del Pilar as the Venerable Master.His love interest in the Spanish capital was centered on Maria Dolores Alonso y Castro, a native of Badajos whom he married in the chic Madrid parish of San Martin on August 28, 1895.

Pedro Tongio Liongson

Pedro Tongio Liongson was a member of the Malolos Congress which wrote the constitution of the First Philippine Republic in 1899 and served as Judge Advocate General in the Republic's army during the Philippine-American War 1899-1901. A trained lawyer and judge, Col. Liongson figured in and left his mark on a number of historic events in the Philippines.

Early Years
He was born to Emigdio Liongson and Eulalia Tongio on the feast day of Saint Peter Nolasco in Pampangas ancient capital Villa de Bacolor.He was the eldest son and second among eight siblings. His family belonged to the towns principalia. Pedro completed his primary education in Bacolor. His parents sent him and his younger brother, Francisco Tongio Liongson, to Colegio de San Juan de Letran as interns to complete their studies. Pedro completed his Bachiller en Artes at Letran in 1886 and continued his studies in law and jurisprudence at the University of Santo Tomas where he completed Licentiates in Law and in Jurisprudence in 1892. Having completed his University education, Pedro was appointed to the position of Bacolors Justice of the Peace. The municipal court was among the reforms instituted by the Maura Law to make the justice system more readily available to the grassroots. Pedro also served as interim judge of the provincial Court of First Instance in Pampangas capital. By 1899, Pedro Tongio Liongson was one of 259 lawyers in a country of 8 million people. The discovery of the Katipunan on August 19, 1896 triggered the Philippine Revolution soon after. Pedro Liongson met with Pampango liberals Aurelio Tolentino, Andres Serrano, Modesto Joaquin, and Felix Galura in the abode of Tiburcio Hilario which became a center of revolutionary activity.

Pampanga Joins The Revolution

By August 1897, the Spanish military forces under Governor-General of the Philippines Fernando Primo de Rivera drove General Emilio Aguinaldos revolutionaries to the hills of Biak-na-Bato, Bulacan. Pressured by the need to divert military resources to the Cuban War of Independence because of a threatened intervention by the United States, Primo de Rivera resorted to peaceful negotiations and the mobilization of a non-Tagalog people local militia, Voluntarios Locales, in the event the negotiations failed. The enthusiastic response to the formation of the Voluntarios Locales de Bacolor on November 17, 1897 foreshadowed the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 14, 1897. Commissioned a first lieutenant, Pedro Liongson together with Felix Galura joined the Voluntarios Locales.The Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 witnessed the destruction of the Spanish fleet by the United States naval forces headed by Admiral George Dewey and signaled the return of General Emilio Aguinaldo from his exile in Hongkong on May 19. Four days later, a battalion of Pampango volunteers sent to confront Aguinaldo abandoned their post and crossed over to join him.

Joseller "Yeng" Guiao (March 19, 1959)

Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in the early 1990s. He is a former Philippine Basketball League commissioner from 1997-2000. He is also the Vice Governor of the Province of Pampanga.

Early Life
Guiao is the son of former Pampanga Governor, the late Bren Z. Guiao. He was an alumnus of La Salle Green Hills and studied at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he was a member of the senior men's varsity basketball team. He entered the coaching ranks in the 1980s.

First Coaching Stint

Prior to his PBA coaching career, Guiao was the head coach of the Swift franchise in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League with Alvin Patrimonio as one of its top stars. The RFM franchise entered the PBA in 1990, as Pop Cola, joining market rival Pepsi. Guiao was the team's first head coach and led the renamed Diet Sarsi to its first finals appearance, losing to the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the 1991 All-Filipino Finals. In the 1992 Reinforced Conference, he led Swift to their first championship with a 4-0 sweep of 7-Up in the championship. It was also Guiao's first championship in the PBA. He would also led the Mighty Meaties squad to two finals appearances in 1993 and 1994, losing to San Miguel and Alaska. In 1995, Guiao and then-Pepsi mentor Derrick Pumaren were involved in rare coach for coach trade. While Pumaren led the rechristened Sunkist Orange Juicers to two championships that year, Guiao had two forgettable seasons with Pepsi and then-renamed as Mobiline before leaving his coaching position in 1996.

Political career
In 2001, Guiao became a board member in the province of Pampanga, after serving in numerous local positions in his home town. Guiao had plans to have Pampanga host several sports for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games but was later scrapped. In 2004, he won the Vice Governor position of the province in the local elections which he currently serves. Guiao, the son of former Pampanga Governor Bren Z. Guiao, had been critical about the leadership of former Pampanga Governor Mark Lapid, who was his former ally, so he switched sides and aligned himself to Lilia Pineda. In 2005, he asked Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to investigate Gov. Lapid and his father Senator Lito Lapid of plunder charges. He ran for re-election as Vice Governor and won as a running mate of Senior Provincial Board Member Baby Pineda, the wife of alleged-Jueteng lord Bong Pineda, under the KAMPI banner (KAMPI is the mother party of Arroyo).

Regidor de la Rosa (November 12, 1916 November 10, 1986)

Regidor de la Rosa better known as Rogelio de la Rosa, was one of the most popular Filipino matinee idols of the 20th century. He is also remembered for his statesmanship, in particular his accomplishments as a diplomat. Elected to the Philippine Senate from 1957 to 1963, he also was the first Filipino film actor who was able to parlay his fame into a substantial political career, paving the way for other than future Filipino entertainers-turned-politicians such as Senators Eddie Ilarde, Ramon Revilla, Sr., Tito Sotto, Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.,Jinggoy Estrada, Lito Lapid and President Joseph Estrada.

Early life
He was born in Lubao, Pampanga, the son of an arnis champion. Lubao was also the hometown of Diosdado Macapagal, six years his senior and a future political opponent and brother-in-law. Macapagal's first wife, Purita, was de la Rosa's sister. He has Spanish and Chinese ancestry. While in high school, de la Rosa, along with Macapagal would regularly perform in zarzuelas as a villain. As a teenager, he was cast by his uncle, a film director, in a starring role in the silent film Ligaw na Bulaklak opposite Rosa del Rosario. The film's director, Jos Nepomuceno, gave him the screen name "Rogelio de la Rosa".However, the young actor did not then engage in a regular film career, opting instead to attend college at the Far Eastern University in Manila. He had also lived in San Nicols. His house still stands to this day. He was an excellent collegiate athlete and debater in the years from 1932 to 1934. In 1933, de la Rosa won the Claro M. Recto Gold Medal in a national oratorical contest.

Randolf "Randy" S. David

Randolf "Randy" S. David is a Filipino journalist, television host and a sociologist. He currently pens a weekly newspaper column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Biography
Randy David hails from Pampanga and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, major in Sociology, from the University of the Philippines in 1965. He also pursued doctoral studies at the University of Manchester, though he opted not to complete them and chose instead to remain in the Philippines during the martial law government of President Ferdinand Marcos. A longtime professor in the Department of Sociology of the University of the Philippines, David first came into widespread prominence in 1986, when he accepted an offer by the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation to host a public affairs talk show on IBC-13. The show, named Public Forum, was notable as the only public affairs talk show during its time that was conducted in Filipino, rather than English. David later joined the newly re-established Associated Broadcasting Company as a newscaster and the host of a new talk show, Public Life with Randy David. After leaving the network in 1995, David hosted Public Life for GMA Network, and until 2003, Off the Record (with Katrina Legarda) for ABS-CBN, his last regular hosting stint to date. Since 1995, his newspaper column, Public Lives, has appeared every Sunday on the pages of the Philippine Daily Inquirer On February 25, 2006, David was arrested in Santolan, Quezon City while celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first People Power Revolution. The reason for the arrest was the lack of permit to rally, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo having revoked all permits after she declared a state of national emergency just a few hours earlier. He was later released with all charges dropped. In May, 2006, the Supreme Court declared that the arrests of David and his co-detainees were invalid. David expressed interest in running for a congressional seat in Pampanga should Gloria Macapagal Arroyo run for Congressman in the 2010 general elections, a fight that has been dubbed by several Senators and mediamen as "David vs. Gloriath". David later chose not to run, and Arroyo was elected to the seat in May 2010.

Juan Crisostomo Soto

Juan Crisostomo Soto was born in Santa Ines, Bacolor, Pampanga. He was called the Father of Kapampangan Literature. Remarkable efficiency in dispute its poetic language Kapampangan so the contention poetic language is called Crisotan Kapampangan equivalent of poetic language Tagalog. He is a writer, poet, playwright and editor Kapampangan language. As a playwright, he wrote Moro-moro and sarsuela. Fruits of his pen sarsuelang Pearl Quing Burac and red and Caucasian. The moro-moro The Sultana, Perla, and Ruby is Zapre he wrote in the last years of the Spanish period. He used the pseudonym as Crisot, Rubi, Belen Natis Vitaliano and his poetry. Julio Septiembre and Lacan also marked his articles. He also wrote a table based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Julieta and Mete titled ING Pamanguisama Ning (The Marriage of the Dead). Friction is the best of his works. It was when he wrote in prison. He has also written for English-Spanish Dictionary-Pampango Joaquin Modesto's help. The Regard God namukud-only sarswela Crisostomo Soto who hast him money. It presented Zorilla Theater. The table iisahing period comedy titled Male Cu Tong Nanu the final she has written to him bedridden illness. Deprived him of life on July 12, 1918 due to heart disease.

Aurelio Valenzuela Tolentino (October 13, 1867 July 5, 1915)

Aurelio Valenzuela Tolentino was a Filipino playwright and dramatist whose works at the turn of the 20th century depict his desire to see Philippine independence from its colonizers. Born in Santo Cristo, Guagua, Pampanga, he was the third and youngest child of Leonardo Tolentino and Patrona Valenzuela. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and read law at the University of Santo Tomas. Later in his life, Aurelio moved to Tondo, Manila where he became a court desk official. In Tondo he met Andres Bonifacio, one of the founders of the Katipunan, which he would eventually become a member of. He helped Bonifacio in his search for a secret headquarters in the mountains of Rizal in preparation for the start of the Philippine Revolution. He was arrested shortly after the start of the war and was detained for nine months. He continued to support the cause for Philippine sovereignty after his release and even became one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence in 1898. When Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States, Tolentino formed Junta de Amigos, a secret organization composed of former Katipuneros to fight for independence from the Americans. Later, he attempted to re-organize the Revolutionary Army, but was unsuccessful in part due to the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo. This led Tolentino to shift his focus from warfare to propaganda. He edited several anti-US newspapers in Tagalog and Kapampangan, some of which were closed down by the American authorities. On May 14, 1903 his now famous verse drama, Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas, premiered at Manila's Teatro Libertad. The script called for tearing of the American flag, which was seen by some Americans in the audience. After the show, he was promptly arrested for sedition and rebellion. He was pardoned in 1912 by Governor General W. Cameron Forbes partly due to pressure from Washington. After his release, he continued to write for theater; among his later works included "Ang Bagong Cristo", a proletariat interpretation of the story of Christ. He also founded the first worker's cooperative in the Philippines, Samahang Hanapbuhay ng Mahihirap, as well as El Parnaso Filipino, a school for the promotion of Tagalog literature. He died on July 5, 1915 in Manila. He was buried in the city's North Cemetery. His remains were transferred to his hometown in Guagua in 1921, where it is interred under a commemorative monument. The Little Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines was named after him.

Alejandro Turla Quiboloy (May 3, 1909 - January 10, 1990)

Alejandro Turla Quiboloy Kapampangan educator, public servant, veteran, and protestant minsiter. The life of the late Alejandro T. Quiboloy is a brief but faithful sketch of his biography. Coming from a life more abject than that of common men, Quiboloy rose from the ranks and may well serve as a source of inspiration and emulation to many a youth.

Early Life
Quiboloy was born in Lubao, Pampanga on May 3, 1909 to Dioniso and Anastacia Quiboloy. His parents were married in a simple and quiet wedding in the town of their birth. Out of their wedlock were born eight children - Jose, Emilio, Alejandro, Delfin, Constantino, Eden, Angeles and Marcela. Quiboloy grew up in Pampanga and inherited from his father a sound perception of purpose, lucid reasoning ability, and a strong, indomitable will. From his mother he acquired a sense of genuine love for others, self-possession, and a courage to defend the right.

Personal Life
He was an active member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Rizal, Boy Scouts of the Philippines, Husband and Wife Club, Santa Catalina Rural Improvement Association, United Church Men, and many other civic and religious organizations. In 1960, Quiboloy helped his father-in-law Bishop Roberto P. Songco to organize and establish The Children's Training for Christian Growth and Adult Education Center in Lubao. The Center began with a few pupils, with six teachers who were paid "gratis et amore", its faculty counts on competent, experienced former and present public and private school teachers, with Bishop Songco as director and chaplain. His wife Consuelo Songco Quiboloy, a reliable housewife and deaconess died in 1977 at the age of 54, leaving him with two sons and two daughters. Elmore, Edwin, Eden Jocelyn and Erlene Rose. She spent 20 years of her life as a deaconess and 10 years as teacher at the Children's Training for Christian Growth and Adult Education Center. With painstaking planning and labor, the family of Alejandro Quiboloy accomplished some projects which are as follows: 1. Yearly donations for Philippine/American Bible Society, Philippine National Red Cross, Far East Broadcasting Company and other non-profit institutions. 2. Voluntary aid to deserving sick and indigent persons. 3. Scholarship to 10 deserving students from high school to college. 4. Community development projects.

Zoilo J. Hilary
Zoilo J. Hilary was born in San Juan, San Fernando, Pampanga on June 27, 1891. He is identified as a famous Kapampangan writer and Spanish language. He is a poet, historian and legislator. given the honor of poet laureate in the province of Pampanga in 1917 in his poem Alma _ Espaola. The next year will be re-gained fame as poet laureate also for his poem Jardin and Epicureans. The first book of poems published in 1911 o Hilario is titled Adelfas. He became editor and publisher of the journal New Day. The Bayung Sunis (New Simponiya) the book huhng Printed n1 Hilario with of 150 selected poems Kapampangan. He also became a member of the board of the National Commission on History of the Philippines until his death in the year 1963.

Joey Marquez October 7, 1957

Joey Marquez (Joey, Tsong), hail from Mabalacat, Pampanga, is a Filipino actor and politician. His parents are Artemio Marquez, Sr. and Teresita Esguera Perez. His siblings include Via Hoffman, Melanie Marquez and Babes Marquez. He was mayor of Paranaque City, Philippines from 1995 to 2004, and ran but lost the congressional race in May 2004. Marquez will run again as Mayor of Paranaque City for 2010 elections, but he lost again as city Mayor in Paranaque. He is a contract Artist of ABS-CBN (Joey, Tsong), born on October 7, 1957 (Mabalacat, Pampanga), is a Filipino actor and politician. His parents are Artemio Marquez, Sr. and Teresita Esguera Perez. His siblings include Via Hoffman, Melanie Marquez and Babes Marquez. He was mayor of Paranaque City, Philippines from 1995 to 2004, and ran but lost the congressional race in May 2004. Marquez will run again as Mayor of Paranaque City for 2010 elections, but he lost again as city Mayor in Paranaque. He is a contract Artist of ABS-CBN.

TV Life
Joey was one of the 1986 cast of seven in Palibhasa Lalake, the longest running sitcom on Philippine Television (spanning 12 successful years), with Richard Gomez, Gloria Romero, Cynthia Patag, Amy Perez, Carmina Villaroel and Apa Ongpin. Marquez was included in the S-Files roster of hosts after he successfully pinch-hit for Paolo Bediones when Paolo went to the US to interview some famous Hollywood celebrities to be featured on the show.

Educational Background
College- Angeles University, BSC- Accounting, 1985 High School- Arellano University, Secondary Education, 1981 Grade School- Holy Trinity, Elementary Education, 1975

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy is the founder and leader of the Philippines-based Restorationist Christian church, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, Inc. He has made claims that he is the "Appointed Son of God".

Early years
Quiboloy was born on April 25, 1950 in a small village in the foothills of Mt. Apo in Tamayong, Calinan, Davao City, Philippines, and is the youngest of nine children of Kapampangans Jos Quiboloy and Mara Carreon. Both natives of Lubao, Pampanga, his parents had migrated to Davao just after World War II to find better jobs.

Church
Quiboloy is the religious leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, Inc founded on September 1, 1985. He started to preach in the slums of Villamor, Agdao, Davao City with only 15 members. His church is located along Buhangin road in Davao City. He owns a large mansion, referred to as "New Jerusalem". Quiboloys sect has a television channel, the ACQ-Kingdom Broadcasting Network and 17 radio stations in the Philippines. The sect also has two newspapers: Pinas and Sikat. Pinas is internationally circulated weekly for followers in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. His followers refer to their community as a Kingdom Nation. They claim about 2 million Kingdom citizens abroad and 4 million in the Philippines.On weekdays, members hold bible sessions and prayer services. On Sundays, a Global Worship is held at the Kingdoms Cathedral in Buhangin District. Members pay tithes representing 10 percent of their incomes. In 2000, Quiboloy founded Jose Maria College, named after his parents. He has received critical responses to his claims of being the "Appointed Son of God"

Edgardo L. Ocampo (October 5, 19381992)

Edgardo L. Ocampo also known as Ed Ocampo and Eddie Ocampo, was a former Filipino basketball player and head coach. Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines. He played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila University, where he led the team to two championships in 1957 and 1958. Later, he played for the YCO AC Painters in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association, the top basketball league of the Philippines at that time. Ocampo was a regular member of the Philippines' national basketball team, where he represented the country in the Olympics four times. In later years, Ocampo coached the San Miguel Beermen, the Toyota Tamaraws and the Pepsi Bottlers of the Philippine Basketball Association. He won a total of 4 championships as a coach. Basketball and football caught the young Ocampos fancy almost at the same time while enrolled at the Ateneo Grade School. He tried out for the schools midget basketball team but did not pass the height requirement. Instead, he made it to the football squad where his brilliance in the field became much apparent. By age 17, Ed was acclaimed by sportswriters as Mr. Football. Ed qualified for the Philippine national football team that toured Korea and Spain in 1956. But in that same year, Ed broke his clavicle during a rough game, promoting doctors to advise him to take off from the sports for half a year. But even before those six months were up, Ed was back in school, joining the basketball tryout for the schools NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics Association) team. This time, he made it after several Blue Eagles dropped out from the squad. Ed first played in the second round of the 1957 NCAA series. At five feet seven inches and 157 pounds, Ed was certainly not considered tall enough in the sports where height is might. But his stamina,power, speed and quick reflexes made him the man to watch on the court. He managed to captain the Blue Eagles to two NCAA championships in 1957 and 1958.

Sheena Halili (January 16, 1986)

Sheena Halili (born Sheena Yvette Castro Halili on January 16, 1986 in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. She became popular when she played the role of Monica in the 2007 series, MariMar. She also became a Regal contract star because of Marimar.

Career
She entered Philippine show business through the first wave of StarStruck, the reality-based star search of GMA Network. She was one of finalists, dubbed as the Final 14.[2] Halili, together with those who were eliminated during the course of the show, are now known as Starstruck Batch 1 Avengers. She was linked with her co-survivor Rainier Castillo but it was later confirmed that they really dated after the show. She also starred in a commercial for Head & Shoulders where she was partnered with Alvin Aragon. She considers her role in the show MariMar as her biggest break on television.[3] She also appeared as Cynthia in Ako si Kim Sam Soon and in LaLola as Vicky. She was also seen in the action show Zorro. After working on Zorro, her next project was Rosalinda wherein she played Becky, Rosalinda's best friend. Halili got her first lead role as Pepper in SRO Cinemaserye: Reunion with Jennica Garcia. She was also reunited with ex boyfriend Rainier Castillo in Prime time via Full House. Sheena had her 1st Christian Telemovie "Tanikala: Ang Ikalawang Libro" with co-star & former StarStruck Alumni Mike Tan which was aired on GMA Channel 7, and was co-produced by CBN Asia, Inc.. It was featured during Holy Week 2010. Sheena is also one of the news anchors in a new comedy news program, May Tamang Balita which airs every Thursday nights on GMA News TV (Formerly QTV 11). She also plays one of the major supporting characters in Amaya.

Carlos Velasco Badion (born August 16, 1935-June 20, 2002)

Carlos Velasco Badion (born in Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines , 5th of 6 siblings of Clemencia Velasco and Pablo Badion) is a former Filipino basketball player. Although born in Pampanga, he grew up in Antonio Rivera Tondo, Manila where he started his checkered career playing in sandlot tournaments and for Abad Santos High. At 5'10" tall, he was first spotted in an interscholastic tournament by Valerio Lopez of Mapua where he subsequently enrolled. He eventually shone in the NCAA and the MICAA, playing for such teams as the Jacinto Rubber Shoes, Crispa (where he became one of the pioneering members of that team) and YCO. Known as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine basketball because of his unforgiving and physical defense, Badion popularized the moves that came to be known as the "bicycle drive" and the "jackknife layup," moves which young players tried to imitate during the 1950s. He starred for the Philippine national team in two Olympic tournaments and the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games where he and his teammates won the gold medal. He was also a vital cog of the national team that finished seventh in a 15-nation men's basketball tournament in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, playing alongside the likes of Carlos Loyzaga, Antonio Genato, Ramon Campos Jr., Ramon Manulat, Martin Urra and Mariano Tolentino. Voted Mr. Basketball by the Philippine Sportswriters Association eventually made a movie with the same title together with actor Bob Soler in 1957, Badion was also a mainstay of the team that won the inaugural staging of the Asian Basketball Confederation Championship held in Manila in 1960 together with Loyzaga, Kurt Bachmann, Loreto Carbonell, and Eduardo Lim. He was named to the AllStar team with Loyzaga and Most Valuable Player of the said tournament. Unfortunately, Badion suffered a serious knee injury during the Philippines first round game against Uruguay in the 1960 Rome Olympics which ultimately forced him into early retirement. He then went into a number of business ventures after retiring and even once became the customs coordinator for Elizalde and Co. He started his coaching in 1975, leading the Mapua Cardinals to the NCAA title and the UST womens basketball team to the UAAP title. He also handled the UST Glowing Goldies in the UAAP and the Army Jungle Fighters in the Philippine Basketball League. Badion died of a heart attack.

Rodolfo Fernandez (March 3, 1952 June 7, 2008)

Rodolfo "Rudy " Valentino Padilla Fernandez, screen name Rudy Fernandez, also known as "Daboy", was a multi-awarded Filipino actor and producer. He came to Career Fernandez was born in Manila, the son of film director Gregorio Fernandez. Both his parents were from Lubao, Pampanga, which he considered his hometown.He made his film debut at the age of three, appearing in Luksang Tagumpay (1956), which was directed by his father. He also appeared in another film of his father's, Emily (1960). Fernandez started his active film career while a student at the University of Santo Tomas, when he was signed to a contract by Sampaguita Pictures in 1970. He was first featured by Sampaguita Pictures in For Your Mama (1970), then paired with Connie Angeles in Sweet Matutina (1976). Fernandez spent the next few years in teenage parts until he made his breakthrough as an action star with Bitayin si Baby Ama (1976). His viability as an action star was further enhanced with the box-office success of Ang Leon, Ang Tigre at ang Alamid (1979). Beginning with ..Baby Ama, a biopic of a well-known Filipino criminal, Fernandez specialized in portraying true-to-life characters. One of his notable action films is Markang Bungo (Skull Mark), a film based on a true story, where he portrayed the well-known Baguio City police officer Bobby Ortega, was released in 1992. From this film came a signature line of Fernandez's, "Walang personalan, trabaho lang" ("All business, nothing personal"), which has since been cited as among the most memorable quotes in Philippine cinema by QTV's Ang Pinaka television program. Iligpit si Bobby Ortega, Markang Bungo 2 (Execute Bobby Ortega, Skull Mark 2) is a sequel that was released in 1995. Aside for portraying a real police officer, he was cast in the lead roles for the biopics of Filipino politicians Vincent Crisologo and Ping Lacson. In the film Lagalag: The Eddie Fernandez Story, he starred as Eddie Fernandez, a Filipino actor during the 1970s and the father of Pops Fernandez. With the decline of production of Filipino action films during the 2000s, Fernandez turned to television roles. In the short-lived GMA Network sitcom Da Boy, en Da Girl, he starred opposite Rosanna Roces. He also played as a supporting role in other TV series in GMA like Twin Hearts and Atlantika. He was also the host of the docu-drama "Kasangga".prominence as an action star in the Philippine cinema during the 1980s up to the early 1990s.

Personal life
Fernandez hometown is Lubao, Pampanga. He came from famous Padilla showbiz clan in his maternal side. Robin Padilla, Rustom Padilla, Gino Padilla, and Zsa Zsa Padilla are his cousins. He has one son, Mark Anthony Fernandez, with former partner Alma Moreno and two sons, Raphael and Renz Marion Fernandez with Lorna Tolentino, his second wife.