Educational Attainment

• Bachelor of Arts, Major in History
  and Government — Ateneo de
  Manila University
• Bachelor of Laws — University of the
  Philippines

Professional/Public Service Record

• Senator — 2004-Present
• Secretary, Department of Tourism
  (DOT) — 2001-2004
• Founding Chairman and
  Administrator, Subic Bay
  Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) — 1992-1998
• Mayor, Olongapo City — 1980-1986,
  1988-1996
• Lawyer

Significant Achievements

• Senator Gordon is credited for transforming
  Olongapo’s “Sin City” image into a model
  city. This he achieved through innovative
  yet simple programs involving an active
  citizenry in solving crime, ensuring police
  accountability, efficient garbage collection,
  proper health and sanitation and orderly
  public transport and traffic. He also
  transformed the moribund Philippine
  tourism campaign with his campaign:
  “WOW Philippines! More than the usual!”
• He is the recipient of many awards in public
  service such as the Silver Humanitarian
  Award of the Philippine National Red
  Cross and the Ten Outstanding Young Men
  (TOYM) Award.
• He is an active volunteer of the Red Cross
  for the last 25 years and has recently been
  elected member of the Governing Board
  of the International Federation of the Red
  Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He
  personally led numerous relief, rescue and
  rehabilitation operations. The senator also
  initiated the creation of an Asian Disaster
  Training and Logistics Center in Subic Bay
  to help plan, prepare for and to mitigate
  calamities and disasters in the region.

Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other Major Advocacies

• Senator Gordon authored the Election
  Automation Act of 1997. He co-authored the
  Biofuels Act of 2006 and the Magna Carta of
  Women of 2009. He voted for the Comprehensive
  Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reform
  (CARPER).
• Senator Gordon opposed the unconstitutional
  People’s Initiative and was one of the triumphant
  parties in the case of Lambino and Aumentado
  vs. COMELEC.
• In his website, Senator Gordon declares that:
  
  “he will prioritize education as the key to national
  development to compete and lead in the new
  global economy,
  that there must be adequate access to health
  care for all people, especially the needy,
  that jobs be created for the people so that
  they will not need to seek their fortunes abroad
  but rather devote their talents directly to their
  country and their families,
  that we must assist our people in securing decent
  homes to live in and land to work and build on,
  so they can be dignified and productive citizens,
  that we must strengthen and reinforce the family
  as the foundation of our nation to develop
  proper values and virtues in individuals and build
  solid character and
  that we must protect and preserve the
  environment for our posterity.”
  
• He proposes to have a bill of duties and
  obligations wherein the citizens should also have
  an obligation to the government and to his or
  her country.
• On economic development in Mindanao, fixing
  the moral, legal and the physical infrastructure
  is the solution. This can be done by removing
  corrupt officials, enforcing the law and change
  the perception that Mindanao is a war zone.
• According to him, making the country look good
  to foreign investment will generate and increase
  job opportunities. A predictable investment
  climate should be established.
• Regarding raising taxes he responded that we
  need to make sacrifices if we want progress and
  development. It would be a lie to promise that
  taxes will not be raised.
Visit his website: www.dickgordon2010.com