Personal Information

Birthdate: October 18, 1974

Age on election day: 50 years old

Birthplace: Bacolod City, Negros Occidental

Residence: Barangay Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila

Civil status: married

Spouse: Aimee Ruth U. Espiritu

Profession/occupation (as stated in COC): lawyer


Education

• Grade school
  • La Salle Bacolod (1981-1986)
  • La Salle Greenhills (1986-1988)
• High school, Ateneo de Manila (1992)
• AB Communication, Ateneo de Manila University (1997)
• Juris Doctor, School of Law, Ateneo de Manila (2002)

Career

• Private law practitioner (2008-present)
• Affiliations
  • National executive council member, Partido Lakas ng Masa (2008-2013)
  • National president, Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reform (2015-2020)
  • Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino
    • Labor organizer (2014-present)
    • Official spokesperson (2015-2018)
    • National president (2018-present)

Candidacy in the 2025 Philippine elections

Position sought: Senator

Party: Partido Lakas ng Masa

Period of residence in the Philippines up to the day before May 12, 2025: 50 years 06 months

Registered voter of: Barangay Plainview, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila

Campaign platform (verbatim)

PRESYO

• Subsidies at price control sa pagkain at basic goods.
• Pagbasura sa EPIRA at pagsasapubliko ng murang kuryenteng nakasandig sa renewable energy.
• Progressive taxation; wealth tax; pag-alis ng Value-Added Tax at excise tax.
• Reporma sa lupa; suporta sa magsasaka at mangingisda para sa murang pagkain.

SWELDO

• Dagdag P750 legislated national minimum wage, na may automatic na umento taon-taon batay sa inflation.
• Pagbuwag sa provincial rate.
• Disenteng pasahod sa kapwa private at public sector workers.
• Basic income para sa kababaihang stay-at-home at ibang gumagampan ng trabahong pangangalaga.

SERBISYO

• Libreng healthcare para sa lahat; ayusin ang Philhealth at paganahin ang benepisyo tungo sa ospital at maintenance.
• Murang pabahay at makatarungang land rights sa maralitang lungsod at kanayunan.
• Libre at dekalidad na edukasyon sa lahat ng antas, pagpapatayo ng dagdag na classrooms at SUCs.
• Mass public transportation na mura at makatao sa lahat ng lungsod.

TRABAHO

• Kontraktwalisasyon, wakasan at buwagin ang mga manpower agencies.
• Pagpapalakas sa domestic production at industriya para sa full employment.
• Public employment guarantee sa mga di makahanap ng trabaho.
• Pagpapalakas ng suporta sa mga MSMEs at maliliit na negosyo.

Election history

ELECTION YEAR	POSITION SOUGHT	PARTY	OUTCOME
2022	Senator	Partido Lakas ng Masa	lost: ranked 34th out of 64 candidates with 3,470,550 votes

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Sources:

Personal Information
Sources: 2025 COC, candidate’s bio

Education
Source: candidate’s bio

Career
Source: candidate’s bio

Election history
Source: Comelec