Magnolia Antonino ( Welborn; December 14, 1915 – July 22, 2010) was a Senator of the

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. The daughter of George Welborn and Hipolita Rodriguez, she was married to Gaudencio Antonino, also a Senator. She was born in

Balaoan, La Union Balaoan, officially the Municipality of Balaoan ( ilo, Ili ti Balaoan; fil, Bayan ng Balaoan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,339. Geography Balaoan ...

Early life

Senator Magnolia Antonino was born in

, on December 14, 1915 to George Welborn and Hipolita Rodriguez.

Personal life

She was married to the Senator Gaudencio Antonino of

Jaen, Nueva Ecija Jaen, officially the Municipality of Jaen ( tl, Bayan ng Jaen), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 79,189 people. History During the Spanish Era, the muni ...

. The couple had four children, including Nueva Ecija Congressman Rodolfo "Rody" Antonino.

Education

She graduated from the Balaoan public schools and La Union High school and completed combined normal courses from the

Philippine Normal School The Philippine Normal University (PNU; fil, Pamantasang Normal ng Pilipinas) is a public coeducational teacher education and research university in the Philippines. It was established in 1901 through Act No. 74 of the Philippine Commission '' ...

in 1934. She started as a home economics teacher in La Union then became principal at the Balaoan Elementary School.

Political career

She was elected in the House of Representatives as an independent candidate for the first district of La Union in 1965. She ran and won as senator in lieu of her husband who died on the eve of the 1967 senatorial election. During her term as senator from 1968 to 1972, Antonino worked for the passage of laws including Republic Act 6124 (Providing for the Fixing of the Maximum Selling Prices of Essential Articles or Commodities and Creating the Price Control Council); RA 6235 (Prohibiting Explosives and Flammables, Corrosive or Poisonous Substances or Material in Passenger Aircraft and Regulating the Loading thereof in Cargo Aircraft); and RA 6395 which consolidated and revised the Charter of the National Power Corporation. She also helped enact laws that benefited women and children, farmers through increased production of rice and corn, and people from the government and education sectors. She was treasurer of the Antonino Construction Enterprises (1946–1953); secretary-treasurer, then manager, Western Mindanao Lumber Co.; general manager, G. E. Antonio, Inc., treasurer, Polytechnic Colleges of the Philippines; director, Philippine Commercial and Industrial Bank and Luzon Cement Corporation. She was an officer and member of various social and civic organizations, including Inner Wheel Club of Manila, WYCA, Manila Girl Scouts Council, Philippine Band of Mercy, Philippine Garden Club. Antonino is also grandmother to former Representative

Darlene Antonino-Custodio Darlene Magnolia Ricasa Antonino-Custodio (born December 26, 1973) is a politician from the province of South Cotabato, Philippines. She previously served as the representative of the first district of South Cotabato and mayor of General Santos. ...

of the 1st district of South Cotabato.

Death

Antonino died July 22, 2010 at the age of 94.

References

External links

Senate of the Philippines - Manolia Antonio
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