Our Beloved Governor

 PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full name: Enrique Tuason Garcia, Jr.
Date of Birth: September 13, 1940
Place of Birth: Pasay City
Civil Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Victoria S. Garcia
Name of Children: Anna, Abet, Gila, Joet, Francis
Office Address: 2nd Floor Capitol Bldg., Capitol Drive, Balanga City, Bataan
Telephone Nos.:             (047) -791-4759      , 237-1066, 237-2413, 791-1784, 237-1058, 237-3488,791-7955
Telefax No.: (047) 237-2413

EDUCATION

Elementary: Balanga Elementary School (1947-1953)
Secondary: Bataan High School(1953-1957)
Tertiary: De La Salle College - AB-Economics, AB-Accounting (1957-1963)
EMSI, New Jersey, USA - Linear Programming (1970)


  Experience
 Governor Bataan 2004-Present
 Congressman 2nd District, Bataan 1995-2004
 Governor Bataan 1992-1994
 Congressman 2nd District, Bataan 1987-1992
 Senior Partner Garcia, Lava & Associates 1983-1987
 Executive Assistant Bureau of Internal Revenue 1980-1982
 President VICGAR trading 1974-1979
 Marketing Economist &
 Resident Manager ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1971-1973
 Executive Trainee Humble Oil - Texas, USA 1970
 Executive Trainee ESSO Standard Eastern, New York, USA 1969
 Assistant Marketing
 EconomicManager ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1968
 Senior Financial Analyst ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1967
 Senior Auditor ESSO Philippines, Inc. 1965-1966

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Crusaded single-handedly against the Taiwanese Luzon Petrochemical Company and Shell Philippines that wanted to illegally and arbitrarily transfer the site of the country's petrochemical industry from Bataan to Batangas;

Crusaded against the unconstitutional monopoly/cartel and overpricing of the Big 3 in the oil deregulation case;

Crusading for the establishment of an Oil Exchange or OileEx that would allow oil refineries all over the world to participate in the public bidding for the supply of our country's total oil requirements from the lowest qualified bidder from more than 40 oil refineries all over the world.;

Crusading to protect and preserve Bataan's ownership of BASECO properties legally acquired through auction sale for tax delinquencies against BASECO and PCGG;

Succeeded in legislating the re-nationalization of the Bataan Provincial Hospital into a tertiary hospital, now known as Bataan General Hospital;

Succeeded in converting Bataan National School of Arts and Trade (BNSAT), Bataan Colleges, and the Orani School for Filipino Craftsmen into a nationally funded Bataan Polytechnic State College (BPSC);

 Succeeded in converting the Municipality of Balanga into a component city;

Succeeded in preventing the dumping in Bataan of millions of tons of rotting garbage from Metro Manila;

Crusading for the immediate scrapping of the Value Added Tax (VAT), which is causing the government staggering revenue losses.