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= DRAFT = =Dante Simbulan Sr.= Dante C. Simbulan Sr., Ph.D. (b. 3 May 1930) is a Filipino educator, author, and former military officer best known for his influential role as a voice of social conscience for the generation of cadets who studied at the Philippine Military Academy in the days just prior to the beginning of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos - an influence and reputation which led to his being held by the Marcos regime as a political prisoner at Camp Bonifacio and Camp Crame for more than two years without charges.

A World War II veteran who had resigned his commission and his Military Academy teaching post in the leadup to Martial Law, he went into exile for the rest of the Marcos administration. During his time as Military Academy instructor he became a strong influence on a number of cadets who would later play significant roles in Philippine history, including Victor Corpus and Crispin Tagamolila, who would later defect to the New People's Army; Rodolfo Biazon who would become Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff and later a two-term Philippine Senator.

He is the author of several books, most notable of which are his memoir "Whose Side are We On?," which details the events leading up to the declaration of Martial Law from the perspective of a Philippine Military Academy insider; and his 2005 book "The modern principalia: the historical evolution of the Philippine ruling oligarchy."

= Pablo Fernandez (activist soldier) =

Pablo Fernandez (Pre-med student ca. late 1960s) – Student leader and UPROTC Corps Commander honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani; commissioned after graduation as an army reserve 2nd Lieutenant of the UP ROTC, but refusing to be assigned to Mindanao, instead founded the Federation of Ilonggo Students (FIST) and the Makabayang Samahan ng mga Propesyunal (MasangProp) to protest the abuses of the Marcos dictatorship. Captured, tortured, and bled to death by the Marcos regime in January 1973.

= List of Notable Philippine Military Academy classes = Several Philippine Military Academy classes have achieved notability, either due to highly decorated class members, significant changes in the PMA curriculum, or due to a high proportion of officers elevated to the highest ranks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine National Police. These include:

"Magiting" Class of 1970 - the first class with a recorded formal name; included Zambales Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Roy Cimatu and former Col. Irwin Ver, son of the late AFP Chief of Staff Fabian Ver.

"Matatag" Class of 1971 - PMA Class '71, of course, is best remembered for being the core group of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), the backbone of the military revolt that eventually led to the People Power Revolution of 1986 that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos. included Senators Gregorio Honasan and Panfilo Lacson. Also with them was detained former Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, who has been implicated in a military fund scandal.

“Dimalupig” Class of 1981 - Known for having many of its mistahs appointed to high military ranks during the term of President Benigno Aquino III. Four members of the class have been elevated to a four-star rank: AFP chief General Gregorio Catapang Jr; PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima; Retired AFP chief General Emmanuel Bautista; and the class valedictorian, Thai Thawip Poonsiri Netniyom, who would become General the Royal Thai Armed Forces.

"Sinagtala" Class of 1986 - was the first to graduate from the PMA after the restoration of Philippine democracy in 1986, and the first batch of new military officers to serve the administration of the late President Corazon Aquino. During the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, most of the heads of the PNP were drawn from the members of this class - Ronald dela Rosa, Oscar Albayalde, Francisco Gamboa, and Camilo Cascolan.

"Maalab" Class of 1993 - Batch of Philip Pestaño. Last PMA class to graduate before the inclusion of women

"Kalasag-lahi" Class of 1997 - First batch of women graduates

"Marilag" Class of 1995 - First to undergo a the new tri-service curriculum - The batch of many of Magdalo group during the oakwood mutiny - Trillanes but also Simon

=DRAFT= =CRC= The CRC is a consultancy firm and think tank in the Philippines best known for being one of the earliest Philippine think-tanks, with expertise in business, economics, international relations, and education,  as well as more recently food and agribusiness, energy, data science, analytics, and transportation and logistics,

Associated with the University of Asia and the Pacific, which evolved in the 1990s out of the educational initiatives it had undertaken since its inception, many of its consultants have held government policy-making posts, or been tapped to advise the Philippine government on economic policy while also teaching at the university.

It was very influential in the 1970s, when it was one of the few institutions publishing foundational textbooks on economics through its subsidiary, sinag-tala publishers. The graduate degree programs it established in 1989 were later spun off to become the University of Asia and the Pacific in 1995, with many CRC consultants concurrently handling academic duties as professors.

Establishment
The CRC was established as a think tank in 1967 by economists Bernardo M. Villegas and Jesus Estanislao, who were among the Philippines' young postwar generation academics able to study at Harvard. Their intent was to create an institution which catered the demand for business economy research needed by the Philippines' growing business sector.

Resarch areas
Aside from its regular business consultancy work, CRC's linkages with UA&P over the years have allowed it to partner with corporations and foundations with interests in the areas of Policy Research, Social Economics, Migration and Overseas Filipino Work, Family and Youth Education to establish institutional research work.

CRC made research on social economics a major part of its agenda beginning in 2013, initially partnering with UA&P and Asiapro Multi-Purpose Cooperative, with the agenda defined as "how economics and business can–without losing their predominant concerns on getting the maximum material benefits from relatively scarce resources." Much of CRC's work in this area has focused on cooperatives, with one major initiative being the gathering of stakeholder inputs for the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Philippines' Cooperative Development Authority Charter of 2019 (Republic Act 11364).

In 2014, CRC also established a research chair specifically focused on Migration and Overseas Filipino Work, initially in partnership with the BPI Foundation. Its notable research in the area concerns the support system needs of OFWs, on their reintegratrion experiences upon returning to the Philippines, and an influential 2022 study on OFWs physical and mental health needs which was later awarded the inaugural APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize by the APEC Forum on Women and the Economy in 2019.

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=Odette Quesada= Odette Quesada is a Filipino singer songwriter known for her contributions to Original Pilipino music, notably hits such as "Till I met you", "Give Me a Chance" and "Friend of Mine". which have become Karaoke staples in the Philippines.

In January 2024 she received the Parangal Levi Celerio Lifetime Achievement Award at the 15th Star Awards for Music

She was previously married to fellow OPM singer songwriter Bodjie Dasig, who died in 2012.

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