Office           	:      Representative
                                 Lone District, Southern Leyte, SW 111, House of Representatives  Batasang Pambansa 
                                 Complex,  Q.C. 931-6624; 931-5001 loc. 7212

                                 AGS Group of Companies:

• Saludo Fernandez Aquino & Taleon Law Offices

• South Park Realty Corp.

• The Philend Company Inc.

• Ruru Courier Systems Inc.

• Ruru Global Recruitment Services Inc.

• Saludo Ice Plant and Cold Storage Corp.

• Kalayaan Integrated Printing Press Inc.

• Royal Care Agricultural Development Inc.

• Frosty Kid Frozen Delights

    Parents           :      ANICETO MONTEDERAMOS SALUDO, SR.
                                CRISPINA KANGLEON GALDO

 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

    Elementary    	:      ST. BERNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (1950)
                                 St. Bernard, Southern Leyte (Valedictorian)
    High School  	:      ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE, 1954 Maasin, Southern Leyte (Valedictorian)
                                 (TOP of his class from Primary School to High School)
     College         	:      UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
                                 Diliman, Quezon City
                                             * Associate in Arts (A.A.), 1956
                                             * Bachelor of Science in Jurisprudence (B.S.J.), 1960
                                             * Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 1960
                                             * Patent Lawyer

 HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

    CHAIRMAN               	Committee on Accounts (Commission on Appointments)

    VICE CHAIRMAN  	House Contingent to the Commission Appointments
 
     MEMBER         		Committee on Appropriations
                           	Committee on Foreign Affairs
                           	Committee on Agriculture and Food
                           	Committee on National Defense
                           	Committee on Legislative Franchises
                           	Committee on Transportation and Communications 

EXPERIENCES 

        Active Law Practice for 40 years;

        FOUNDING PARTNER AND MANAGING PARTNER, Ledesma, Saludo & Associates Law Office

        PROFESSOR, Tourism Laws, Asian Institute of Tourism

        PAST PROFESSORIAL LECTURER in Business and Commercial Laws, University of the Philippines,  
         College ofBusiness Administration;]

        PAST LECTURER, U.P. Master in Business Administration Program;

        PAST LECTURER, Development Academy of the Philippines;

        PAST LEGAL CONSULTANT and LEGAL COUNSEL:
              * Ministry of Budget & Management 
              * Ministry of Education, Culture & Sports
              * Central Bank of the Philippines

        PAST SPECIAL CONSULTANT:
              * Office of the President; University of the Philippines
              * (Pres. Edgardo J. Angara, Past President of the Senate of thePhilippines)
              * Office of the Chairman, Securities & Exchange Commission
              * (Chairman, Manuel G. Abello)

        PAST CPA REVIEWER in Business and Commercial Laws;

        PAST DIRECTOR, Asian Institute of Tourism Foundation, Inc.

        MEMBER, Advisory Board
               * World Intellectual Property Report, published in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

        LEGAL COUNSEL, 1988 Joint Legislative Mission to Japan headed by Senator Edgardo J. Angara

        MEMBER of the Philippine Delegation to Tokyo to the 16th Joint Meeting of the Economic 
        Cooperation Committees of Japan and the Philippines.

        LEGAL CONSULTANT and ADVISER TO THE FOLLOWING FOREIGN EMBASSIES

                * United Arab Emirates
                * Republic of Turkey
                * People Republic of Libya
                * Republic of Kuwait
                * Canadian Embassy
                * Embassy of the Republic of Egypt
                * British Embassy
                * Embassy of Japan
                * Embassy of Qatar
                * Embassy of India
                * Embassy of Pakistan
                * Embassy of Bangladesh
                * Embassy of New Zealand
                * Embassy of Denmark
                * Embassy of the European Union
                * Embassy of Mexico 

BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL/CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS

        FOUNDING PRESIDENT, Patent Attorneys Association  of the Philippines (PAAP)

        FOUNDING CHAIRMAN, Intellectual Property Association of the Philippines (IPAP)

        PAST VICE-PRESIDENT (First and Only Filipino), Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)

        PAST DIRECTOR and CHARTER MEMBER, Licensing Executive Society (LES-Philippine Chapter)

        PAST DIRECTOR, Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Southern Leyte Chapter

        PAST DIRECTOR, U.P. Law Alumni Foundation (UPLAF)

        PAST PRESIDENT, U.P. Law Alumni Association (UPLAA)

        PAST PRESIDENT, Manila (Host) Lions Club, the Host Club of the Philippine Lions

        PAST VICE-CHAIRMAN, Board of Trustees, Manila Lions Club Foundation,Inc.

        PAST DEPUTY GOVERNOR, District 301-A1, Lions Club International

        PAST GENERAL COUNSEL, District 301-A1, Lions Club International

        PAST FACULTY ADVISER, Sigma Rho Fraternity, Exclusive Law Fraternity of the U.P. College of Law, 
        University of the Philippines.

        CHARTER MEMBER and VICE-PRESIDENT, San Juan Jaycees

        PAST CORPORATE SECRETARY, Manila Polo Club 1986-1987

        PAST FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, Manila Polo Club 1987-1988

        PAST DIRECTOR & PAST VICE-PRESIDENT, Manila Polo Club of Manila

        PRESIDENT, Rotary Club of Manila Medico-Surgical Mission Foundation, Inc.

        PRESIDENT, Rotary Club of Manila (RY-1995-1996) The first and largest in Asia

        MEMBER BOARD OF GOVERNORS & SECRETARY-GENERAL, Citizens' Legal Aid Society of the 
        Philippines (CLASP)

        CO-CHAIRMAN with Senate President Edgardo J. Angara, CLASP, National Fund Campaign, 
        Professional Division

        PAST CHAIRMAN, Civic Professional Groups, Manila Police Trust Fund

        MEMBER, Board of Trustees, Leyte Kalipayan Cultural Foundation, Inc.

        MEMBER, Board of Trustees-Philippine Band of Mercy

        PAST MEMBER, Board of Governors, Bel-air Village Association

        DIRECTOR, Monarch Insurance, Inc.

        DIRECTOR, Platinum Plans, Inc.

        DIRECTOR, Finman Group of Companies

        DIRECTOR & CORPORATE SECRETARY, Cheese Club of the Philippines

        PRESIDENT, Doña Crispina Condominium Corporation

        PRESIDENT, Hitachi Transport Corporation

        CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT, Saludo Ice Plant & Storage Corporation

        CHAIRMAN  & PRESIDENT, Doña Crispina Galdo Saludo Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

        CHAIRMAN, ASJ Financing Corporation

        CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT, First Premium Realty Corporation

        CHAIRMAN, Valued Travel Corporation

        MEMBER
                * Association International Pour La Protection de la Propriete
                * Industrielle (AIPPI)
                * Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association
                * United States Trademark Association (USTA)
                * Philippine Society of International Law
                * ASEAN Law Association
                * Legal Management Council of the Philippines
                * Valle Verde Sports Club
                * Green Valley Sports Club
                * Casino Epsilon (Cebu City)
                * Sigma Rho Fraternity Council
                * Advisory Council, Community Chest & Council of the
                * Philippines, Inc.
                * University of the Philippines Council
                * University of the Philippines College of Law Council
                * German Club (Makati, Legaspi Village)
                * Manila Polo Club
                * Philippine - British Society in the Philippines
                * Philippine - Japan Friendship Society
                * Philippine - Japan Economic Cooperation Committee
                * Canadian Chamber of Commerce
                * European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines
                * Philippine - Mexico Business Council, Inc.
                * American Chamber of Commerce
                * Philippine Cancer Society
 

Congressman Saludo was at the top of his class all throughout his academic years. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1961, worked as Patent and Trademark Attorney in 1966 and co-founded Saludo, Agpalo, Fernandez & Aquino Law Office and Ledesma, Saludo, Agpalo & Associates Law Office soon after.

He is a well-respected member of the Academe having been a Professor and Head of the Law Department at the Asian Institute of Tourism; past professorial lecturer in Business and Commercial Laws at the College of Business Administration in the University of the Philippines, and Head of its Law Department. He was also a past lecturer of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and a CPA Reviewer in Commercial Laws. His career milestones include being the Advisory Board Member of the World Intellectual Property Report, USA and Founding President & Chairman Patent Attorneys Association of the Philippines. He is also the legal counsel and adviser to 20 foreign embassies.

Active in business-civic organizations, he was at one time a Charter Vice President of San Juan Jaycees. He became the youngest President of the Manila Host Lions Club, the first in Asia. Subsequently, he was appointed Deputy Governor and General Counsel of the Lions Club International.

He was also the Corporate Secretary and first Vice President of the Manila Polo Club.

In July 1995, after serving as director and subsequently Vice President, he assumed the presidency of the Rotary Club of Manila, the first and largest in Asia and the country's premiere and most prestigious Rotary Club. He holds the singular distinction of the only man in the Philippines to have occupied the presidency of the two most prestigious clubs in the world.

Realizing that he should redirect his energies to the province of his birth, Saludo became involved as member of the Board of Trustees of the Leyte Kalipayan Cultural Foundation, Inc. Later he formed the Doña Crispina Galdo Saludo Scholarship Foundation, Inc. to honor the memory of his mother, who dedicated her entire life to teaching. The foundation gives annual awards in cash, gold medal and certificates to all High School Valedictorians from both public and private schools. To firm up his commitment to the education of the youth of Southern Leyte, Saludo vowed to donate his salary as Congressman to this Foundation in order to help educate the poor but deserving students of the province.

Congressman Saludo is currently a member of the House contingent to the Commission on Appointments and sits as the Majority Floor Leader. He also holds the chairmanship in the Commission's Committee on Accounts. He is a member of three committees namely: Committee on Legislative Franchises, Committee on Transportation and Communications and Committee on National Defense.

To date, Congressman Saludo has authored and co-authored numerous bills that address various issues such as the environment, education, domestic violence, and youth empowerment, among others.

Saludo filed a landmark bill on dual citizenship which aims tackle the problems experienced by millions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who have acquired foreign citizenship in their host countries but have remained loyal to the Philippines and have maintained close links with their relatives in the country.

He initiated the investigation of the purchase deal that a foreign-owned telecommunications company has been trying to work out to acquire a mass media company. Saludo stood firm in his belief that such transaction is a blatant violation of the Constitution and filed a resolution in the House of Representatives to investigate any action that will pursue said illegal transaction. Saludo fought to protect the Constitution despite the numerous attempts made to stop the investigation.

Congressman Saludo is a staunch advocate of press freedom and responsible journalism. Saludo keenly criticized several media practitioners for their hasty efforts to sell their news to the public even if it violated basic tenets of the Code of Ethical and Professional Journalism. He believed that there is nothing worse in the media industry than producing reports that will deliberately misinform the public.

Advocate of Proactive and Progressive Politics

Awarded as "The Most Outstanding Congressman for the Year 2001" by the Gawad International award-giving body, and one of the "Most Outstanding First Term Congressmen of the Eleventh Congress" by the Congress Magazine and Makati Graduate School, Congressman Aniceto G. Saludo, Jr. has made the distinction of dedicating his services to the advancement of life in the Lone District of Southern Leyte.

Economy

Congressman Saludo is the father of the Citihood of Maasin. The conversion of the capital town of Maasin into Maasin City has proven to be beneficial not only to Maasinhons but to the entire province as well. Investments started pouring in as the province's economy started to expand. It opened greater job opportunities to the people and reinvigorated economic activities in Maasin and in the nearby towns.

Through his painstaking efforts to bring government services to his constituents, provincial branches of the Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) have opened their doors to more than 20,000 members in the province of Southern Leyte. Transactions became easier and less costly for them.

Believing that he could offer more for his people, Congressman Saludo is currently working for the establishment of local branches of the Board of Pardon and Parole, the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in the province.

Education & Arts

To strengthen basic education and to instill among the youth in Southern Leyte its necessity and importance, Congressman Saludo wasted no time in facilitating the passage of the San Juan National High School and the Sogod National High School. With the enactment of these laws, the apparent lack of sufficient space, teaching facilities and personnel in the existing secondary institutions in the municipalities of Sogod and San Juan were addressed.

Currently, Cong. Saludo is closely coordinating with the House Committee on Appropriations for the immediate release of the funds for Nava National High School. Said school has been enacted in 1996 but is yet to receive its budgetary allocations. He is working for the establishment of more secondary schools in the province. Through his efforts, eighty-four (84) elementary and high schools benefited from the classroom project of the Department of Education (DECS) and the Third Elementary Education Program (TEEP). Fifty-eight (58) classrooms were constructed and fifty-four (54) classrooms were repaired under the TEEP, while fifty-five classrooms were either rehabilitated or constructed through DECS.

Congressman Saludo is working for the integration of five state colleges into the Southern Leyte State University eSystem, patterned after the University of the Philippines (UP) System, by filing House Bill 418 in Congress. He aims to advance the quality of education in the province through specialization and reengineering of courses offered to students. The bill is now being deliberated in Committee on Higher Education.

To further advocate the significance of education, Saludo is now coordinating with various organizations and government agencies to work for the distribution of educational facilities and equipment such as encyclopedia and personal computer sets. He is also planning to sponsor art festivals to showcase the different talents that young Southern Leyteños possess. Essay writing contests and debates will also be scheduled in different schools soon.

Health

Congressman Saludo worked for the upgrading of the Provincial Hospital by requesting the Department of Health to deliver medical equipment and facilities to the province. He also pioneered various dental and medical missions in the entire province to reach out to his constituents who could not afford to visit physicians. It is also through his efforts that various medicines continued to flow to indigents.

For the first quarter of 2002, Cong. Saludo allotted P2.75M worth of medicines to his district. He is also working for the delivery of two (2) container vans of medical equipment, supplies and medicines through his international networks, being in the international law practice, from the World Medical Relief Inc.

Membership of 10, 000 families to the Philhealth to provide free medical services is also being secured.

Congressman Saludo has undertaken a joint project with Senator Jun Magsaysay for the installation of an efficient watersystem in various schools to provide students with potable and flowing water to improve hygiene and sanitation.

He is also working for the establishment of a Senior Citizens Center to attend to the needs of his aged constituents. On the other hand, he closely coordinated with the office of Senator Manny Villar to facilitate the establishment of 150 day care centers in various barangays in Southern Leyte.

In the 11th congress, Cong. Saludo distributed P5M worth of sporting goods to the youth to encourage them to indulge in sports activities and eventually get rid of the drug menace.

Livelihood

Tewelve (12) multi-purpose cooperatives were established in the Lone District of Southern Leyte because of Cong. Saludo's efforts. Also, many abaca growers benefited from the abaca stripping facilities that he helped secure from the government.

eLivelihood assistance was also delivered to more than thirty-five (35) cooperatives by working closely with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA). Infrastructure

The recent improvement in infrastructures in Southern Leyte is now evident in after Cong. Saludo took his seat as the Representative of the province in Congress. Roads and bridges, waterworks systems and other multipurpose buildings started and continued to sprout.

The Agas-agas Bridge is among the biggest infrastructure projects that was ever undertaken in Southern Leyte. The bridge will address the perennial occurrence of landslides that pose great dangers to motorists along the Agas-agas Road. The project, which costs P324 million, commenced after Cong. Saludo was able to convince representatives of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) that the project is urgently needed in the area.

Ten (10) ports in various municipalities were rehabilitated, roads were repaired and constructed, and the delivery of agricultural goods to commercial centers has never been more efficient after the construction and repair of thirty-eight (38) farm-to-market roads.

Forty-three water systems have also been built to help different barangays and municipalities in their need to have potable water in their locality.

He was also instrumental in the establishment of the new Justice Hall in the municipality of Sogod.

Public Service

Because of his commitment to sincerely serve his people, Congressman Saludo has extended assistance to his constituents in various ways.

Congressman Saludo intervened in the controversial case filed against Pastor Telen who was sentenced to life imprisonment for cutting down two trees in his backyard. The congressman persistently coordinated with concerned agencies to facilitate his immediate release after receiving an unjust verdict from a local court.

Through his intervention, two overseas contract workers who were in distress while in foreign lands were helped. Tiburcio Espina, who was jailed for illegal possession of gold bars while in India, was immediately released from prison through Congressman Saludo's assistance.

Marcelina Evero, an OCW who left the country in 1996 and fell victim to an employer who refused to pay her salaries of four years while in Kuwait, was also assisted.

Congressman Saludo coordinated with officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Embassy to Kuwait to locate Evero and facilitated her immediate and safe return to the Philippines. Career Milestone Congressman Saludo was at the top of his class all throughout his academic years. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1961, worked as Patent and Trademark Attorney in 1966 and co-founded Saludo, Agpalo, Fernandez & Aquino Law Office and Ledesma, Saludo, Agpalo & Associates Law Office soon Eafter.

He is a well-respected member of the Academe having been a Professor and Head of the Law Department at the Asian Institute of Tourism; past professorial lecturer in Business and Commercial Laws at the College of Business Administration in the University of the Philippines, and Head of its Law Department. He was also a past lecturer of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and a CPA Reviewer in Commercial Laws. His career milestone include being the Advisory Board Member of the World Intellectual Property Report, USA and Founding President & Chairman Patent Attorneys Association of the Philippines. He is also the legal counsel and adviser to 20 foreign embassies.

Active in business-civic organizations, he was at one time a Charter Vice President of San Juan Jaycees. He became the youngest President of the Manila Host Lions Club, the first in Asia. Subsequently, he was appointed Deputy Governor and General Counsel of the Lions Club International. He was a director and past Vice President of the Rotary Club of Manila and Corporate Secretary and first Vice President of the Manila Polo Club.

In July 1995, he assumed the presidency of the Rotary Club of Manila, the first and largest in Asia and the country's premiere and most prestigious Rotary Club. He holds the singular distinction of the only man in the Philippines to have occupied the presidency of the two most prestigious clubs in the world.

Realizing that he should redirect his energies to the province of his birth, Saludo became involved as member of the Board of Trustees of the Leyte Kalipayan Cultural Foundation, Inc. Later he formed the Doña Crispina Galdo Saludo Scholarship Foundation, Inc. to honor the memory of his mother, who dedicated her entire life to teaching. The foundation gives annual awards in cash, gold medal and certificates to all High School Valedictorians from both public and private schools. To firm up his commitment to the education of the youth of Southern Leyte, Saludo vowed to donate his salary as Congressman to this Foundation in order to help educate the poor but deserving students of the province.

           1.   RI President Herbert Brown Award for most number of new members in District 3810, 
              RY 1995-96
        2.   Global Award for a world breaking record by a club of 84 Paul Harris Fellows in a single 
              RY 1995-1996
        3.   Most Outstanding Alumnus, St. Joseph College
        4.   Most Outstanding Lions Club President, 1979-1980 District 301-A
        5.   Most Outstanding Rotary President, 1995-1996
        6.   Gold Medallist for Excellence in Oratory and Debate U.P. College of Law and Saint Joseph College
        7.   Calgary Challenge Crystal Award for Membership Growth  (International Award)
        8.   Gold Medal for outstanding performance during the First National Youth Congress of the Philippines
        9.   One of the Ten Most Outstanding Delegates (Out of 1,000 delegates) 0f the First National Youth 
              Congress of the Philippines
        10. One of the Ten Most Outstanding Delegates (Out of 500 delegates)  to the 51st National College 
              Students Conference, Baguio City
        11.  Most outstanding Congressman, Gawad International, 2001
        12. One of the Most Outstanding First Term Congressman of the 11th Congress, Congress Magazine and Makati Graduate School, 2002