Name: Herrera, Ernesto F.

Nickname: Boy

Age: 58

Party: LAKAS-NUCD-People Power Coalition

Present Occupation: Congressman (Representative 1st District Bohol)

Educational Background:

• University of the Visayas, Ll. B., 1966
• Lyceum of the Philippines, Master's degree (summa cum laude) in Public Administration, 1995; Fiscal Studies, 1998
• His thesis: comparative analysis of the tax systems of the ASEAN countries and Hong Kong.
• His Ph.D. dissertation was on the issues and problems of legislative control of the national budget.
• He was conferred honorary doctorates in humanities by the University of the Visayas in 1994 and the University of Bohol in 1998.

Professional Background:

• General Secretary of Trade Union Congress in the Philippines
• Member, Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Brussels, Belgium, from 1988-1992
• A consultant on employment and wokers' education of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Head of the Worker's Delegation to the 75th Session of the ILO where he delivered a major address on human rights.
• First Asian, and only 2nd individual, to receive the George Meany International Human Rights Award of Honor by the International Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association in New York, U.S.A., in 1991.
• Worker's representative in the National Wages Council, the Social Security Commission and the National Manpower and Youth Council.
• The founding chairman of the Citizens' DrugWatch Foundation, Inc.
• President of both the Carlos P. Garcia Foundation, Inc. and the University of the Visayas Alumni Association.
• 1992 Gintong Ama ng Bayan Award (the highest award given by the Gintong Ama/Ina Foundation of the Philippines.
• Member, the Agrava Fact-Finding Board that investigated the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Political Background:

• 1st elected in the Senate in 1987.
• 1992: 2nd senate term, ranking 2nd among the re-electionist senators.
• Chairman, Committees on Ways and Means, Finance, Public Services, Labor, Tourism and Illegal Drugs,
• Member, Commissions on Appointments, chairman of its committee on Constituional Offices
• Member, Congressional Commissions on Education (Edcom, 1990) that reviewed and assessed the Philippine educational system and on Health (1992). In the Edcom, he was responsible for landmark reforms in vocational education and training tht resulted in the establishment of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TEDSA).
• He also sat on the Executive-Legislative National Water Crisis Commission.
• Member, Congressional Commission on Health and was responsible for the Philippine Health Insurance System.
• In the Commission on Appointments, he chaired the committees on Accounts, Constitutional Bodies and Science and Technology.
• Memeber, Congressional Commission on Labor.
• He has 34 laws to his credit, one of the highest achievements in the 8th, 9th, 19th and the on-going, 11th Congresses.
• He was one of the 3 complainants that became the basis of the Articles of Impeachment against Joseph Estrada.