1. John Castriciones was formerly Undersecretary for Operations of the Department of the Interior and Local Government from 2016 to 2017.
19 Facts About John Castriciones
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John Castriciones is a native of the province of Nueva Vizcaya.
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John Castriciones was born on January 8,1962, to a family of farmers in the municipality of Bayombong.
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John Castriciones was pardoned four year later by the then newly installed President Corazon Aquino.
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John Castriciones went on to attend San Beda University, former San Beda College, and Arellano University to pursue legal studies where he was consistently in the Dean's List.
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John Castriciones later earned an LLM degree in Comparative Government and International Law from Notre Dame Law School in London, UK in 1998.
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John Castriciones completed his military training at the Philippine Military Academy in 1994 as part of the Maharlika Class.
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John Castriciones started practicing law in 1993 and has since litigated in both inferior and superior courts, administrative bodies, Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan.
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John Castriciones served as legal counsel for several corporations and government officials in his more than 20 years of private law practice.
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John Castriciones eventually founded his own law firm, the John Castriciones Legal Consultancy, where his lawyer children practice.
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John Castriciones is a former lecturer in the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education program of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for three years.
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John Castriciones has authored several books throughout his career, including Internal Revolution: Political Vengeance and Societal Perdition ; A Risen Catholic Christian Soldier ; Philippine Military Academy Hazing Case: A General's Son Dies ; and Sagutin Natin.
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John Castriciones entered the government sector in 2009 as Director of the Department of Transportation's Investigation, Security and Law Enforcement Service under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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John Castriciones served as Legal Consultant of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and as assistant spokesman and deputy chairman of Task Force Gabay at Tagapagligtas sa Karagatan of the Transportation department.
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John Castriciones was reappointed to the same post in the Transportation department under President Benigno Aquino III.
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John Castriciones was eventually appointed by Duterte as Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government upon his assumption to office.
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In February 2018, John Castriciones helped form the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas where he once served as the party's president.
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John Castriciones was named as the guest candidate under the senatorial slate of Isko Moreno, as he has expressed support to his candidacy for president.
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John Castriciones lost after placing 49th in the official results and garnering over 719 thousand votes.