Jose Pimentel Ejercito, better known as Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a former film actor and a current Senator in the Philippines. He was born to former President Joseph Estrada and former senator Luisa Estrada. He is the half brother of incumbent San Juan City, Mayor Joseph V. Ejercito.
He was born in Manila, where he attended elementary and high school at the Ateneo de Manila University, and studied briefly in the University of the Philippines before formally transferring to the Lyceum of the Philippines where he studied Economics. He was mayor of San Juan from 1992 until 2001. He was elected to the Senate in 2004, where his term is set to expire in 2010. Estrada married Presentacion Vitug in 1989.
Jose de Venecia III is son of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. Jose "Joey" P. de Venecia III is son of Jose de Venecia, Jr.. He was born in 1963, first marriage to Victoria Perez, the daughter of Eugenio Perez, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1953. He is the youngest of 4 children and the siblings are: Alexandra (Sandra), Leslie and Vivian. Their marriage, ended in a divorce, and Perez now lives in Albany, New York. He is married to businesswoman Karen de Venecia.
His school years were spent at the Ateneo de Manila and La Salle Greenhills. After which, he continued his studies in the USA and earned a College degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Finance from the Fordham University as a full scholar. While at Fordham, Joey also taught accounting to MBA students.
Juan "Manong/Manong Johnny" Ponce Enrile is a political figure in the Philippines. Originally a protege of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos he later became one of the leaders (along with then General Fidel V. Ramos) in the 1986 People Power Movement that drove President Ferdinand Marcos from power. Enrile has been the President of the Senate of the Philippines since November 2008.
Ponce Enrile was born as Juanito Furuganan in Gonzaga, Cagayan to Petra Furuganan, the daughter of a poor fisherman. He was born out of wedlock–his father was the already married powerful regional politician and renowned lawyer Alfonso Ponce Enrile. He was reunited with his father by the time he reached his high school years.
