2012 R - 086 - A RESOLUTION OF UNITY AND SOBRIETY WITH THE FILIPINO NATION IN MOURNING OVER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HONORABLE JESSE MANALASTAS ROBREDO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND EXPRESSING OLONGAPO CITY’S DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS BEREAVED FAMILY

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF OLONGAPO, HELD ON AUGUST 22, 2012 AT THE CITY HALL.

PRESENT:

Hon. Rolen C. Paulino - City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

Hon. Rodel S. Cerezo - City Councilor

Hon. Eyrma Yvette Marzan-Estrella - “        “

Hon. Aquilino Y. Cortez, Jr. - “        “

Hon. James G. Delos Reyes -  “        “

Hon. Elena C. Dabu - -“        “

Hon. Eduardo J. Piano - - “        “

Hon. Edna A. Elane - -   “        “

Hon. Noel Y. Atienza - - -  “        “

Hon. Sarah Lugerna Lipumano-Garcia -  - “        “

Hon. Dolly Mae M. Ramos - -SK Federation President

ABSENT:

Hon. Gina Gulanes-Perez -  City Councilor

Hon. Carlito A. Baloy - - - President, Liga ng mga Barangay

RESOLUTION NO. 86

(Series of 2012)

A RESOLUTION OF UNITY AND SOBRIETY WITH THE FILIPINO NATION IN MOURNING OVER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HONORABLE JESSE MANALASTAS ROBREDO, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND EXPRESSING OLONGAPO CITY’S DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO HIS BEREAVED FAMILY

 WHEREAS, Honorable Jesse Manalastas Robredo was appointed by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III as Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government in 2010 and faithfully performed his tasks until his untimely demise;

WHEREAS, prior to his appointment to the Cabinet, he served six terms as Mayor of Naga City, Camarines Sur starting I988 and hailed as one of the youngest Local Chief Executive at the age of twenty-nine (29);

WHEREAS, Secretary Robredo obtained his undergraduate degrees in Industrial Management Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the De La Salle University. He was an Edward Mason Fellow and a graduate of Masters of Public Administration at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1999. In 1985, he finished his Masters in Business Administration at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, as a scholar and was named the Graduate School and Faculty Organization awardee for scholarly excellence;

WHEREAS, Secretary Jesse Manalastas Robredo was conferred an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree by the Far Eastern University in Manila and was a recipient of various commendations and awards for being a catalyst of good governance and an advocate of Liberal Democracy as follows: “Dangal ng Bayan” Award of the Civil Service Commission in March 2008; Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service (known to be Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize) in 2000; Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence as Most Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines in 1998; Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) Honoree in 1994; Junior Chamber of the Philippines (JCI- Philippines ) The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM) in 1990;

WHEREAS, he was not just a good public servant but also a dedicated and exceptional family man. He was married to Atty. Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo and blessed with three daughters namely: Patricia, Jessica and Jillian;

WHEREAS, Secretary Jesse Manalastas Robredo encountered his untimely demise in an accident during his flight home-bound to Naga City through a Piper Seneca (RPC-4431) after making an engagement in the National Summit of Volunteers working with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) at Cebu International Convention Center;

WHEREAS, the Filipino People, Olongapo city citizens in particular, is at present in a state of mourning over his death;

NOW, THEREFORE, with the unanimous accord of the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present,

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled to approve, as it hereby approves, A Resolution of Unity and Sobriety with the Filipino Nation in Mourning over the Sudden Death of Honorable Jesse Manalastas Robredo, Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Expressing Olongapo City’s Deepest Sympathies to His Bereaved Family.

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished Attorney Maria Leonor Gerona-Robredo and family and the Department of the Interior and Local Government for posterity.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, August 22, 2012.