Angara to tackle RP education in 6th JVO lecture

Sen. Edgardo Angara, public servant, legislator, lawyer, environmentalist and patron of the arts, will speak on education and the future of our country at the 6th Jaime V. Ongpin Annual Memorial Lecture on Public Service in Business and Government. The lecture will be on Jan. 16, 2008 at the Veritas, Ateneo Professional Schools, Rockwell Center.

The panel of reactors will be composed of Dr. Mahar Mangahas, president of Social Weather Stations, Ambeth Ocampo, chairman of the National Historical Institute, and Manuel L. Quezon III, newspaper columnist.

The JVO Annual Memorial Lecture was conceived to help raise the awareness of the business sector about national development issues so that the business community can actively participate as a partner in nation building. The lecture helps to keep alive the spirit which characterized the life of Jimmy Ongpin. In all his endeavors, as public servant and business leader, the former finance minister showed his willingness to risk comfort and safety, wealth and personal security for the sake of freedom and democracy, and the greater good of our people and country.