About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Municipalities of Capiz, People from Capiz, Schools in Roxas City, Mar Roxas, Manuel Roxas, Roxas, Capiz, Panitan, Capiz, St. Pius X Seminary, Barbie Almalbis, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center, Cornelio Villareal, Filamer Christian University, St. Anthony College, Pedro Gil, Pilar, Capiz, Pierre F. Patricio, Sancta Maria, Mater et Regina, Seminarium, Capiz State University, Sapi-an, Capiz, O, Capiz, Pueblo de Panay, Tapaz, Capiz, Antonio Del Rosario, Roxas Airport, Trinidad Roxas, Dean Alberto Villarruz College, Mambusao, Capiz, Panay, Capiz, Ivisan, Capiz, Fredenil Castro, Dumarao, Capiz, President Roxas, Capiz, Dao, Capiz, Ma-ayon, Capiz, Pontevedra, Capiz, Jamindan, Capiz, Cuartero, Capiz, Sigma, Capiz, Dumalag, Capiz. Excerpt: Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II (born May 13, 1957) is a former Senator of the Philippines. He is the son of former Senator Gerry Roxas, and the grandson of former President Manuel Roxas and industrialist J. Amado Araneta. A graduate of the Wharton School of Economics, Roxas worked as an investment banker, mobilizing venture capital funds for small and medium enterprises. He served as the Representative of the 1st District of Capiz from 1993 to 2000. His stint as Congressman was cut short after he was appointed by President Joseph Estrada as Secretary of Trade and Industry. He resigned from the position at the height of the EDSA Revolution of 2001 and was later re-appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her new Cabinet. He resigned again to run for a Senate seat in the 2004 Philippine election. He was elected as Senator with 19 million votes and the highest ever garnered by a national candidate in any Philippine election and co-author of Expanded Value Added Tax Law (E-Vat). Initially one of the leading contenders in the Philippine presidential election, 2010, he has slid d...
