Jamby Madrigal was elected as a senator in the 2004 elections.
13 Facts About Jamby Madrigal
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Jamby Madrigal was born in Manila, Philippines on April 26,1958, to Antonio Madrigal-Lopez y Paterno and Amanda Abad Santos y Teopaco.
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Jamby Madrigal is the granddaughter of the former Supreme Court Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos of San Fernando, Pampanga.
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Jamby Madrigal's aunt, Pacita Madrigal-Warns, was a Senator during the Quezon and Magsaysay administrations and was the first administrator of the Social Welfare Administration, the predecessor of today's Department of Social Welfare and Development.
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Jamby Madrigal acted in a movie on the life of Luis Taruc, the Kapampangan founder of the Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon.
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Jamby Madrigal traveled nationwide coordinating the agency's feeding and educational programs.
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Jamby Madrigal became concerned over the fate of teachers and school children who were taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf terrorists in 2001.
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Jamby Madrigal was elected to the Senate in 2004 and was chairman of four Senate committees: Environment; Youth, Women and Family Relations; Peace, Unification and Reconciliation; and Cultural Communities.
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Jamby Madrigal declared her candidacy for president in the 2010 presidential election as an independent.
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Jamby Madrigal launched many allegations of corruption against fellow Senator and presidential candidate Manny Villar.
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Jamby Madrigal sought for Senate comeback in 2013 as a candidate of the Team PNoy administration coalition.
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Jamby Madrigal joined the Liberal Party and became allies with President Benigno Aquino III, her rival in the 2010 elections.
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Jamby Madrigal married Frenchman Eric Jean Claude Dudoignon Valade on December 7,2002, at the Calatagan, Batangas farm estate of her aunt, Dona Consuelo "Chito" Jamby Madrigal-Collantes.