Leticia Ramos-Shahani

Leticia Ramos-Shahani
AKA Leticia Valdez Ramos

• 1st Filipina President Pro Tempore in the Senate (1993-1995)

QUOTE

“Our individual experiences has shown that what matters in daily living is the acceptance of others on a basis of mutual trust and equitable sharing, not hatred or rejection.”

DATE OF BIRTH
September 30, 1929

BIRTHPLACE
Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippines

FATHER: Narciso Ramos
MOTHER: Angela Valdez

HUSBAND: Ranjee Shahani
Leticia and Ranjee have three children.

USEFUL LINKS

Senator Profile of Leticia R. Shahani
Sen Shahani urges peace within and without
1992-1995 Ninth Congress

Delia Domingo Albert

Delia Domingo Albert

• 1st Filipina Secretary of Foreign Affairs

QUOTE
"Knowledge will enable you to reach new heights. Education is solution to poverty."

DATE OF BIRTH
1942

BIRTHPLACE
Baguio City, Philippines

HUSBAND: Hans Albert
CHILDREN: Joy Angelika Albert

USEFUL LINKS

Secretary of Foreign Affairs Delia Domingo Albert
Speeches and Press Statements of Secretary Delia Domingo-Albert (2004)

Nene Tamayo

Nene Tamayo
AKA Jennivev Santillan Tamayo

• 1st Filipina to emerge as The Big Winner in ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother Season 1 (2005)

QUOTE
"A PMA chaplain once told me, 'Victory in battle is not determined by how many bullets you can pump into your enemy’s body; it is how you tame his heart.'"

ALIAS
"Kumander" (commander)
"Kumander Nene" (Commander Nene)
"Nenegizer"

DATE OF BIRTH
September 27, 1981

BIRTHPLACE
Romblon, Philippines

FATHER: Geny Tamayo
MOTHER:

USEFUL LINKS

Revealing Nene
Wikipedia Article on Nene Tamayo
Nene: 'Pinoy Big Brother' changed my life

Dr. Aleli Guzman-Quirino

USEFUL LINKS

The First Ladies of Philippine Medicine
List of PCS Accredited Hospitals

Camellia Posoncuy

Camellia Posoncuy

• 1st Filipina Neurosurgeon

DATE OF BIRTH
September 19, 1938

BIRTHPLACE
Carigara, Leyte, Philippines

FATHER: Ralph Julius Posoncuy
MOTHER: Concordia Nierras

USEFUL LINKS

Camellia Posoncuy: First Filipino Woman Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgery at the Philippine General Hospital Through Decades of Change

Virginia Guiang

Virginia G. Guiang

• 1st Filipina-Canadian provincial representative to the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada (1986-1988)
• 1st Filipina-Canadian to receive the Citation for Canadian Citizenship and the Order of Manitoba (1976)
• Founder and adviser of the Filipino Domestic Workers Association of Manitoba

USEFUL LINKS

Eleven Manitobans to receive Order of Manitoba
Government of Canada Announces Appointment to Board of Directors of Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Santanina Rasul

Santanina Rasul
AKA Santanina Tillah-Rasul

• 1st Filipina Muslim Senator (1987)

QUOTE

“We must continue to destroy the prejudices of the past and begin to remake the history of the Filipino people without the social barriers that tend to divide us.”



DATE OF BIRTH
September 14, 1930

BIRTHPLACE
Siasi, Sulu, Philippines


HUSBAND: Abraham Rasul
Santanina and Abraham have six children.

USEFUL LINKS

Senator Profile of Santanina Rasul
The Legacy of Islam in the Philippines

Weena Lim

Weena Lim
AKA Amparo Lim

• 1st Filipina Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist (with doubles partner Kennevic Asuncion as the 1st Filipino SEA Games bronze medalist, 1997)
• 1st Filipina badminton Olympian (1996 Women's Singles - Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia)
• 1st Filipina badminton player to achieve the first ever international badminton title for the Philippines (Asian Prince Junior Tournaments in Hong Kong, 1985)
• 1st Filipina to win all badminton matches at the Asian Prince Junior Tournaments in Hong Kong (1985)

QUOTE
“…I think badminton is here to stay because it is an Olympic sport and Filipinos have the potential to excel in it. It will surely peak and come down like all trends eventually do, but I believe it will continue to be popular the way it is in countries like Malaysia and India.”

ALIAS
"Weena"


DATE OF BIRTH
September 9, 1969

FATHER: Jose Lim
MOTHER: Remedios

USEFUL LINKS

Queen of the Court
Philippine Olympians
Quick Moves

Maricar Manalaysay Balagtas

Maricar Manalaysay Balagtas

• 1st Filipina crowned Miss Globe International (2001)

QUOTE

"It doesn't matter how many times you fall. What matters is how well you stand after that fall."

ALIAS
"Rica"


DATE OF BIRTH
September 8, 1982

BIRTHPLACE
Plaridel, Bulacan, Philippines

FATHER: Jose Marcelo Balagtas
MOTHER: Lilia Bigornia Manalaysay

USEFUL LINKS

Road to Binibining Pilipinas
Hope springs eternal for Maricar

Nora Lucero

Nora Lucero

• 1st Filipina General Secretary of the Philippine Bible Society (2003)
• 1st Filipina and the only female member of the United Bible Societies (UBS) Asia-Pacific Area Board

QUOTE
"...if we are serious in using God's Word as foundation for change – change in ourselves, change in our families, in our communities, in our nation – we will see a growing, blessed and transformed nation."

USEFUL LINKS

PBS appoints first female General Secretary
Bible Week celebrations prove timely in wake of tsunami