Personal Information

Birthdate: March 27, 1972

Age on election day: 53 years old

Birthplace: Manito, Albay

Residence: Barangay Claro, Quezon City, Metro Manila

Civil status: married

Spouse: Nadine Lynn Labayo

Profession/occupation (as stated in COC): labor leader

Other info:

• eldest of five siblings
• hails from Ligao, Albay

Education

• Adonis wasn’t able to finish high school because he had to become a breadwinner at a young age.

Career

• started working when he was 16 years old; worked in construction and at a carton factory
• worked at PNO Electro-Industrial Corporation, a semiconductor factory in Pasay City
• became a bus conductor at Pasvil-Pascual Liner Inc. in 1992
• unionist with over two decades of organizing and leadership experience among the Filipino working class

Affiliations

• Pasvil-Pascual Liner Inc. Workers Union which went on strike in 1995
• Kilusang Mayo Uno (since 2002)
  • organized conductors and drivers in bus lines and jeepneys
  • organized harbor workers at the Manila Port Area) for 11 years
  • began training as a mass leader for the workers in 2013
  • secretary general (since 2015)
• Second deputy secretary, International League of People’s Struggle (elected in 2024)

Candidacy in the 2025 Philippine elections

Position sought: Senator

Party: Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan)

Period of residence in the Philippines up to the day before May 12, 2025: 53 years 01 month
Registered voter of: Barangay 176, Caloocan City, Metro Manila

Official website/ social media platforms:

• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/JeromeAdonisSaSenado
• Instagram: @jeromeadonis_
• X: @JeromeAdonis_
• TikTok: @jerome_adonis
• YouTube: @Jerome-Adonis

Campaign platform (verbatim)

Abot-kamay ang disenteng pamumuhay!

Dagdag-sahod para sa lahat ng manggagawa sa buong bansa!

• Nakabubuhay na sahod na P1,200 minimum wage kada araw, at P33,000 kada buwan sa public sector
• Buwagin ang Regional Wage Boards, wakasan na ang pagkakaroon ng “provincial rate”
• Ibalik ang pambansang minimum na sahod o ang National Minimum Wage

Oras na para wakasan ang kontraktwalisasyon! 

• Gawing regular ang lahat ng manggagawa sa public at private sector

Nagtataguyod ng karapatan sa paggawa!

• Protektahan ang karapatan sa pag-uunyon
• Pantay na karapatan para sa mga manggagawang kababaihan at LGBTQI+
• Ligtas na lugar paggawa, at kondisyon sa pagtatrabaho
• Benepisyo at proteksyon para sa lahat anuman ang employment status

Ibababa ang presyo ng mga bilihin! 

• Tanggalin ang Value Added Tax (VAT) sa langis, pagkain, at utilidad

Sulong tungong pambansang industriyalisasyon!

• Itaguyod ang ekonomyang maka-Pilipino at nagsasarili
• Tunay na reporma sa lupa at modernisadong agrikultura

Sources:
Personal Information
Sources: 2025 COC, candidate’s bio

Education
Source: candidate’s bio

Career
Source: candidate’s bio

Candidacy in Eleksyon 2025
Sources: 2025 COC, Comelec, jeromeadonis.com