Bam Aquino to push for reforms in PH education

Mary May A. Abellon

DIPOLOG CITY, April 5 (PIA) - - Mary Fatima Timi Gomez Aquino visited
the city recently to serve as guest speaker during the Womens Month
celebration and to speak for her husband, Bam Aquino, who is running for
the senate in the May 2013 midterm elections.
Timi told the local media in a press conference that her husband deserves to
be elected, as he is not just theoretical but practical as well.
Claiming as her husbands cheer leader, Mrs. Aquino enumerated Bams
achievements and accomplishments from his childhood days till today.
Bams life was in public service. When he was about six to eight years old,
he was already the speaker of the family in rallies during the time of People
Power Revolution or EDSA I, Timi said.
He also excelled both in school and in his work, having graduated
valedictorian in his elementary and secondary education at the Ateneo de
Manila University, finishing Summa cum laude at the same school in
Management Engineering degree in 1999, and was appointed chairman of
the National Youth Commission at the age of 25.
He once joined the ABS-CBN Foundation and hosted the Y Speak in Studio
23, a youth-oriented debate show.
While serving at NYC, Bam and his team devised two remarkable projects to
be implemented yearly, namely, the Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations
Search (TAYO) and the Presidential Youth Fellowship Program (PYFP).
Bam received multiple national and international awards such as one of the
Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 2012, Asian Social
Entrepreneur of the Year, United Nations Project Inspire Grand Prize awards
for the HaPinoy Program, Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines
GoNegosyo Inspiring Young Entrepreneur, and many more, Timi disclosed.
This is the perfect time for Bam to run for public office with his three key
points namely: his childhood, his involvement in public service and
motivation, she added.
In summing up the Aquinos, Timi said: Ninoy may be an advocate for
Kalayaan (freedom), Cory an icon of democracy, PNoy a firm crusader for
good governance, and Bam would be the number one promoter of trabaho
(work) to curb poverty.
If given a chance, Timi said, Bam will make our education system geared
towards job placement, as he is planning to enact Go Trabaho Act and
initiate a national internship program. (FPG/MAA/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)