32-444: Robredo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Álvaro Robredo (born 1993), Spanish cyclist Jesse Robredo (1958–2012), Filipino politician Leni Robredo (born 1965), Filipina lawyer and social activist Tommy Robredo (born 1982), Spanish tennis player See also [ edit ] Robledo (name) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
64-595: A total of 19 years as mayor of Naga before being appointed as secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government on July 9, 2010. Robredo's appointment was met with political opposition. Two politicians from Bicol, Luis Agregado Ortega and Luis Villafuerte , expressed opposition to Robredo's confirmation by the Commission on Appointments of which Villafuerte himself was a member. In March 2012,
96-641: Is a private Catholic Jesuit basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus in Naga City , Camarines Sur , Philippines . It was established in 1940 when the Jesuits took over the administration of the diocesan school, Camarines Sur Catholic Academy . The Jesuits renamed the school Ateneo de Naga after taking control. The Jesuits were naming all
128-405: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jesse Robredo Jesus "Jesse" Manalastas Robredo QSC CCLH ( Tagalog: [ˈdʒɛsi ɾɔˈbɾɛdɔ] ; Chinese : 林 炳 智 ; pinyin : Lín Bǐngzhì ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Lîm Péng-tì ; May 27, 1958 – August 18, 2012) was a Filipino politician who served as 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in
160-849: The University of the Philippines, Diliman as a scholar and was named the Graduate School and Faculty Organization awardee for scholarly excellence. He was later accepted as an Edward Mason Fellow and graduated with a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1999. The Far Eastern University bestowed Robredo with a Doctorate in Humanities, honoris causa , during its 80th commencement exercise on April 4, 2008, in recognition of his efforts to develop Naga. In 1986, Robredo returned to Naga, where he became program director of
192-444: The surname Robredo . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robredo&oldid=1214065876 " Categories : Surnames Spanish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
224-615: The AdNU in its list of 18 excellent universities and colleges. The University has 7 colleges, namely: Since 2005 the Ateneo has a publishing house for university research work and for outside manuscripts. While its daily operations are managed by the university press director, all publications receive final approval of the university president, upon the recommendation of the University Press Board. The following Jesuits have
256-672: The Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP), an agency tasked to undertake integrated area development planning in the three provinces of the Bicol region. While working at the BRBDP, he met fellow Nagueño Leni Gerona , whom he would marry the following year. In 1988, Robredo was elected mayor of Naga at age 29. In 1995, Robredo was elected president of the League of Cities of the Philippines and chaired
288-585: The Cabinet of President Aquino in July 2010. Robredo died on August 18, 2012, when the light aircraft he was traveling in crashed off the shore of Masbate Island , after suffering an engine failure. Jesse Manalastas Robredo was born on May 27, 1958, in Naga to José Chan Robredo Sr. and Marcelina Manalastas-Robredo. Jesse is of Chinese descent through his paternal grandfather, Lim Pay Co, who immigrated to
320-602: The College of Nursing. In the first semester of the academic year 2017-2018, the university opened the College of Law. The law school offers a four-year program leading to the Juris Doctor (JD) degree. Recently, in 2022, the Architecture program was opened under the College of Science, Engineering and Architecture, which was previously known as the College of Science and Engineering. With these separations and additions,
352-696: The Commission on Appointments bypassed Robredo's nomination. His nomination was bypassed again in June 2012. Another confirmation hearing had reportedly been set on August 29, 2012, eleven days after Robredo's sudden death. During his time as the secretary of DILG, Robredo focused on relocating thousands of residents in Manila's slums into housing projects to clear Metro Manila's waterways and make way for flood mitigation projects and other development. As head of an inter-agency body for relocation, Robredo pushed for
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#1732780819083384-706: The Eternal Gardens Memorial Park in Naga. Following Robredo's death, August 18 was declared "Jesse Robredo Day". President Benigno Aquino III conferred the Philippine Legion of Honor with the rank of Chief Commander upon Robredo on August 28, 2012, just before the state funeral. In addition, two roads were named in his honor, Sec. Jesse Robredo Avenue in Naga and Jesse M. Robredo Boulevard in Masbate City . The Naga City Coliseum
416-658: The La Salle Institute of Governance into the Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance. Robredo married pro bono lawyer and future congresswoman and vice president Leni Gerona on June 27, 1987. They had three daughters named: Jessica Marie "Aika", Janine Patricia "Tricia" , and Jillian Therese. National Honors Ateneo de Naga University Ateneo de Naga University ( Central Bikol : Unibersidad kan Ateneo sa Naga ) and ( Filipino : Pamantasang Ateneo de Naga ) also referred to by its acronym AdNU ,
448-535: The Metro Naga Development Council." His three terms as mayor ended on June 30, 1998, and was succeeded by Robredo's endorsed candidate Sulpicio S. Roco, Jr. In 1999, Asiaweek Magazine credited Robredo with transforming Naga into one of the "Most Improved" cities in Asia. He re-elected as city mayor in 2001 and again served for three consecutive terms until June 30, 2010. He served for
480-877: The Philippines from Fujian province at the beginning of the 20th century and adopted the surname of the priest who baptized him, thus becoming Juan Lim Robredo. Jesse's Hokkien Chinese name is Lim Pieng Ti. He has one brother and three sisters. Robredo finished elementary at the Naga Parochial School and entered high school at the Ateneo de Naga University in 1970. Robredo obtained his undergraduate degrees in Industrial Management Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at De La Salle University . In 1985, Robredo finished his Masters in Business Administration at
512-606: The administration of President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 until his death in 2012. Robredo was a member of the Liberal Party . Beginning in 1988, Robredo served six terms as Mayor of Naga in Camarines Sur . In recognition of his achievements as Naga mayor, Robredo was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000, the first Filipino mayor so honored. He was appointed to
544-645: The building of in-city tenement housing units for thousands of informal settler families living in identified "danger zones" such as estuaries, riverbanks, waterways, railroad tracks, garbage dumps and similar areas. These contrasted with earlier government housing efforts, which relocated informal settlers to areas away from the city which deprived residents from their usual livelihoods. Robredo's opposition to forced evictions were met with resistance from some local government officials, notably Makati mayor Junjun Binay , who argued that such arrangements broke long-standing agreements with private land owners and undermined
576-505: The city government's authority. Robredo died on August 18, 2012, when the Piper PA-34 Seneca light aircraft he was traveling in crashed off the coast of Masbate Island . He was flying to Naga to assist in his daughter's swimming competition. The plane suffered an engine failure en route from Cebu City , and was attempting an emergency landing at Masbate Airport . Robredo's aide, Police Chief Inspector June Paolo Abrazado,
608-593: The designation of the College of Education as a Center of Excellence in Teacher Education. The College of Computer Studies was also recognized as a CHED Center of Excellence in Information Technology in 2016. As of 2020, Ateneo de Naga is the only autonomous and institutionally accredited university in the Bicol region . In 1991 the then- Department of Education, Culture and Sports placed
640-597: The early 2000s, a ten-hectare land in Barangay Pacol, Naga City, was donated to AdNU. With the availability of a spacious new satellite campus, it was decided to transfer the high school from the Bagumbayan campus to this new campus to decongest the former. This new property, named the Bonoan Campus, became the new home of the high school in the summer of 2003 and is also where the newly opened grade school
672-675: The four pillars. These buildings were intended to be turned over to the Jesuits on December 15, 1941. However, this plan was thwarted when the Pacific war broke out. During its first year of operation, it included intermediate grades 4 to 6 in elementary school. In 1941, however, the elementary school students were transferred to the nearby school run by the Daughters of Charity , and the Ateneo became an all-boys high school. The college department opened on June 5, 1947, and admitted its first female students on October 26, 1953. On September 16, 1996,
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#1732780819083704-762: The high school building while the new grade school building was being constructed. The pre-school facility (the Ateneo Child Learning Center) also moved to the Bonoan campus by school year 2014–2015. The pre-school and grade school are also coeducational. In 1979, the college and high school departments were the first in Camarines Sur to be accredited by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities ( PAASCU ). They were accredited for
736-643: The same time CHED recognized its colleges. In 2007, CHED re-designated the College of Computer Studies as a Center for Development for Excellence in Information Technology Education and designated the College of Commerce as Center of Development in Business Administration and also in Entrepreneurship. In 2007 CHED identified the Graduate School as a delivering institution for its Faculty Development Program. On June 2, 2008, CHED granted Ateneo de Naga autonomous status and approved
768-494: The schools that they were opening at that time Ateneo. Ateneo de Naga was the fourth school named Ateneo by the Jesuits. Typical of universities in the Philippines, AdNU has primary (since 2014) and secondary departments, which are both coeducational. The Ateneo de Naga University was established in 1940 when American Jesuits took over the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy, a small private school under
800-538: The supervision of the Diocese of Nueva Caceres, at the invitation of Bishop (later Archbishop) Pedro P. Santos of Caceres. Classes formally started in June 1940 at the building formerly used by the Camarines Sur Catholic Academy (now Naga Parochial School) with 650 elementary and high school students. Meanwhile, Msgr. Santos initiated the construction of the Jesuit faculty house and the now iconic Ateneo de Naga building with
832-502: The third time in 1992. On May 25, 2009, the PAASCU granted institutional accreditation status to the university, a first for a private educational institution. The Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP) certified AdNU's institutional accreditation on June 22, 2009. In 2001, Ateneo de Naga was among the first 22 private higher education institutions in the Philippines granted by CHED deregulated status for five years. At
864-553: The university added more undergraduate programs, and the campus open space shrunk as seven new buildings were constructed to provide additional facilities to the growing college population. These new structures are: Christ the King University Church, Jesuit Residence, Xavier Hall, Arrupe Hall, Fernando Hall (Conference Hall), O'Brien Hall (James J. O'Brien, S.J. library), the Engineering Building. In
896-420: The university now has a total number of 7 colleges. University status was granted to the Ateneo de Naga on November 11, 1998, upon the approval by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on November 11, 1998, of Resolution No. 142-98. From 1947 to 2003, the college and high school were on the same campus, i.e., the Bagumbayan campus which became crowded when AdNU became a university. Student population grew as
928-401: The university president, Fr. Raul J. Bonoan , SJ issued a memorandum directing the separation of the various colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Commerce, and the College of Information Technology and Engineering. Almost a year after, the College of Education was created. In 2001, a College of Computer Studies was established. In school year 2004–2005, the university opened
960-508: Was also on board but survived. Robredo's body was found on August 21, 800 meters (2,600 feet) from the shore and 54 meters (177 feet) below sea level. His funeral was held at the Archbishop's Palace in Naga before it was transferred to Malacañang Palace for an official wake on August 24, 2012. His remains were later brought back to his hometown of Naga and cremated at Naga Imperial Crematory and Columbary. Robredo's ashes are entombed at
992-685: Was renamed into the Jesse Robredo Coliseum , and the Naga City Governance Institute to the Jesse M. Robredo Good Governance Center. In 2016, a major diversion road in Koronadal City was named as J.M. Robredo Avenue that was witnessed by his daughter, Tricia. In 2017, the Museo ni Jesse Robredo opened in commemoration of his fifth death anniversary. His alma mater, De La Salle University , renamed
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1024-460: Was to be located. With the availability of more land, Ateneo de Naga can now admit a bigger student population. The same year of 2003, the high school became coeducational with the enrollment of 185 female students. Up to the year 2013, Ateneo de Naga was the only Ateneo without a grade school. On June 4, 2014, AdNU opened its grade school at the Bonoan campus in Barangay Pacol, Naga City when it admitted students for Grades 1–3. Classes were held at
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