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Diokno
Diokno is a Filipino surname that originated from the Taal, Batangas area. It was changed to a more Filipino surname from the original Hispanized surname, "Diocno". Ángel Diokno is the oldest known patriarch of the family. Although family members are primarily prevalent in the Philippines, there are significant numbers of people with this surname in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other countries. Through marriages the Diokno clan is also interrelated with multiple historical figures, such as public servants Justice Francis Garchitorena and Governor-General Félix Berenguer de Marquina y Fitzgerald, who is the namesake of Marikina. Family of Ananías Diokno Because of the Irish ancestry of Berenguer de Marquina coming from the noble Fitzgerald clan, he descends from some Norman French or English, and European nobles such as Saint Begga of Belgium by forty degrees. St. Begga is the great-great grandmother of King Charlemagne and daughter-in-law to St. Arnulf of Metz, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jose Manuel Diokno
Jose Manuel Tadeo "Chel" Icasiano Diokno (, born February 23, 1961) is a Filipino lawyer, educator, and human rights advocate. He serves as chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), the founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law (now Tañada-Diokno College of Law), and the chairman of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. He has served as a special counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Early life and education Diokno was born on February 23, 1961 in Pasay City as the eighth of the ten children of human rights lawyer Jose W. Diokno, who would later become Senator, and Carmen "Nena" Icasiano. He is the great-grandson of Ananías Diokno, the leader of the Visayans during the Philippine–American War, and the grandson of Ramón Diokno, a nationalist who served as Senator and Supreme Court Associate Justice. Diokno completed his elementary and secondary education at La Salle Green Hills. He was student council leader and was a member of the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Diokno
Benjamin Estoista Diokno (born March 31, 1948) is a Filipino economist currently serving as the 32nd Secretary of Finance under the administration of President Ferdinand "Bong Bong" Marcos Jr. since June 30, 2022. He previously served as Secretary of Budget and Management under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2019, and under President Joseph Estrada from 1998 until the latter's ouster in 2001.Benjamin Diokno curriculum vitae He also served as the of the |
Maris Diokno
Maria Serena Encarnacion Icasiano Diokno, also known as Maris, is a Filipino historian, academic, and former government official best known for having served as chair of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and as a high-ranking official of the University of the Philippines (UP) system. She graduated UP magna cum laude and earned a PhD in African and Oriental studies at the University of London in 1983. Diokno succeeded fellow historian Ambeth Ocampo as chairperson of the NHCP on April 7, 2011. She resigned from her position on November 29, 2016 in response to the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig, Metro Manila. She is the daughter of Filipino nationalist figure and legislator Sen. Jose W. Diokno, who is the father of human rights. She is also the older sister of human rights advocate Atty. Chel Diokno and the aunt of Chel's son, the independent filmmaker Pepe Diokno. She aided her father at the Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diokno
Diokno is a Filipino surname that originated from the Taal, Batangas area. It was changed to a more Filipino surname from the original Hispanized surname, "Diocno". Ángel Diokno is the oldest known patriarch of the family. Although family members are primarily prevalent in the Philippines, there are significant numbers of people with this surname in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other countries. Through marriages the Diokno clan is also interrelated with multiple historical figures, such as public servants Justice Francis Garchitorena and Governor-General Félix Berenguer de Marquina y Fitzgerald, who is the namesake of Marikina. Family of Ananías Diokno Because of the Irish ancestry of Berenguer de Marquina coming from the noble Fitzgerald clan, he descends from some Norman French or English, and European nobles such as Saint Begga of Belgium by forty degrees. St. Begga is the great-great grandmother of King Charlemagne and daughter-in-law to St. Arnulf of Metz, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Diokno (director)
Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Diokno III (born August 13, 1987) is a Filipino film director, producer, and screenwriter. His debut film, '' Engkwentro'' premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival and received the Lion of the Future ("Luigi de Laurentiis") Award for Best Debut Film, as well as the Orizzonti Prize. He has since produced feature films, including ''Above the Clouds'' and ''Kapatiran''. Early life and career Diokno was born in Manila, the first of six children of Chel Diokno, a lawyer and the founding dean of the De La Salle University (DLSU) College of Law, and Divina Aromin, a writer. He was named after his grandfather, the late Philippine senator and freedom fighter, Jose W. Diokno, the father of human rights and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), who died six months before he was born. Pepe's great-great-grandfather is Gen. Ananías Diokno, leader of the Visayan forces during the 1896 Revolution and war against the United States. Diokno attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananías Diokno
Ananías Diokno y Noblejas (January 22, 1860 – November 2, 1922) was reputedly the only Philippine Revolutionary Army general to lead a full-scale military expedition to the Visayas against the Spanish forces. Also known as ''General of the Seas'', his successful landing in Bicol and the Visayas were considered one of the first missions of the Philippine Navy. He is the father of anti-American nationalist Sen. Ramón Diokno and the grandfather of Sen. Jose W. Diokno, the intellectual leader of the opposition against the Marcos administration and the father of human rights in the nation. Early life He was born in Taal, Batangas, Philippines on January 22, 1860, to Ángel Diokno and María Andrea Noblejas y Sauza. There are no records regarding his boyhood and early career. Philippine Revolution In 1895, Diokno, along with Felipe Agoncillo, were prosecuted by civil and ecclesiastical authorities for obstruction of functions of the government. On August 29, 1896, Don Fernan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Diokno
Ramón Diokno y Marasigan (March 28, 1886 – April 21, 1954) was a Filipino statesman, jurist, Associate Justice, and one of the foremost nationalists of his generation. He fought the American Parity Rights Amendment and was one of four senators to be ousted so that the amendment may be ratified. He later became Associate Justice under Ramon Magsaysay but had the shortest term when he died two months and eleven days later. He is the father of former Senator Jose W. Diokno, the father of human rights and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), and grandfather of Atty. Jose Manuel Tadeo "Chel" Diokno, the dean of the De La Salle University (DLSU) Tañada-Diokno College of Law. Justice Diokno is famous for writing the ponencia in the Re: Cunanan case. Early life Diokno was born in Taal, Batangas on March 28, 1886, as the only son to Ananías Diokno, head of the Visayan forces during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War, and Paulina Maracigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Legal Assistance Group
The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. It was founded in 1974 by Sen. Jose W. Diokno, Lorenzo Tañada and Joker Arroyo during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. It is the first and largest group of human rights lawyers established in the nation. They work on countering varied abuses of human rights and civil liberties. Its current chairman is human rights attorney Chel Diokno, the founding dean of the De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno College of Law. Among their lawyers is former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te, currently representing Maria Ressa in her cyberlibel case. Founding and martial law era work FLAG was founded in 1974 by Sen. Jose W. Diokno, Sen. Lorenzo M. Tañada and Atty. Joker Arroyo - two years after the 1972 proclamation of Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Diokno had conceived the law firm right after being released from 718 days as the Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taal, Batangas
Taal (), officially the Municipality of Taal ( tgl, Bayan ng Taal), is a 3rd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,460 people. Taal is famous for its old Ancestral houses of the Philippines, ancestral houses, one particular ancestral house (now a museum) where Marcela Coronel Mariño de Agoncillo grew up in Taal, Batangas built in the 1770s by her grandparents, Don Andres Sauza Mariño and Doña Eugenia Diokno Mariño, (added by Slavstan Mariño). Its poblacion (central business district) is designated as a National Historical Landmark. The municipality is known as the Balisong (knife), Balisong and Barong Tagalog Capital of the Philippines. The town is home to hundreds of heritage structures dating from the Spanish colonial period. Scholars have been pushing for its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. History The town of Taal was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Diokno
Leopoldo Diokno is a retired Philippine Army Enlisted rank, enlisted trooper and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medal of Valor, Medal of Valor. Sergeant Diokno was part of the military operation led by Lieutenant Colonel Noel S. Buan that neutralized Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Hamsiraji Marusi Sali on 8 April 2004. Buan, commanding the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion in Basilan, Philippines, and his men figured in a firefight with Sali and six others including Sali's younger brother Sahir, also called Yashier Sali. Hamsiraji Sali was implicated in the kidnapping of an American Abu Sayyaf#Jeffrey Schilling, Jeffrey Schilling, the 2001 Dos Palmas kidnappings and had a $1M bounty on his head. All six Abu Sayyaf members were killed. Buan's troops suffered one killed and four wounded, including Buan himself. Buan and Diokno were awarded Gold Cross (Philippines), Gold Cross medals, which were later upgraded to Distinguished Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of The Philippines Medal Of Valor
The Medal of Valor (Filipino: ''Medalya ng Kagitingan'') is the Armed Forces of the Philippines' highest military honor awarded for a conspicuous deed of personal bravery or self-sacrifice above and beyond the call of duty that distinguishes the recipient from his comrades. It is defined in the Philippine Army Awards and Decorations reference material FC 1–0062, itself adapted from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Awards and Decorations Handbook, Second Edition published in 1997, as an award for "heroism in combat" and is foremost in the order of precedence of awards and decorations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The medal is awarded by the President of the Philippines to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and allied military personnel, including recognized guerrilla forces. The Medal of Valor is held in such high regard that the President is required to salute the medal and the individual wearing it. Under Philippine Republic Act No. 9049, a Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Garchitorena
Francis Xavier GarchitorenaU.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949 (January 8, 1938 - February 25, 2005) was a Filipino Sandiganbayan Presiding Judge from 1986 to 2002. Francis studied in Ateneo de Naga University and graduated from the Law School of Ateneo de Manila University in 1962. He was one of the leading lawyers during his time. He was appointed Sandigan Bayan Justice. Minita V. Chico Nazario was appointed to fill his place. In 2001, he quarreled with Associate Justice Anacleto Badoy, but engaged in dialogue. Eventually Badoy would go on leave after the tensions reached a climax. Garchitorena is the third cousin of the legendary attorney Sen. Jose W. Diokno, the father of human rights and the intellectual leader of the peaceful EDSA revolution and the Marcos opposition, similar to how Apolinario Mabini was the "brains of the Philippine Revolution" and Rizal was the brilliant leader of the Propaganda Movement. Family Garchitorena's biological father, Buenaventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
