“Huwag n'yong galitin ang Lola ninyo.” Full Name: Miriam Palma Defensor SantiagoDate of Birth: June 15, 1945 Place of Birth: Iloilo City, Iloilo Father: District Judge Benjamin A. Defensor Mother: Dimpna Palma Defensor (college dean) Siblings: Benjamin Jr., Matias Defensor and Arthur Defensor Spouse: Narciso Y. Santiago, Jr. (once an undersecretary for Interior and Local Governments and currently a presidential adviser for revenue enhancement) Children: [2 sons] Narciso III and Alexander Robert (committed suicide on 23th day of November 2003)[1][2][3] ASIAN REGIONAL AWARDS:[4] Magsaysay Award for government service 1988 Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize, Magsaysay Awards Foundation For bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency NATIONAL AWARDS:[4] TOYM Award for law 1985 (The Outstanding Young Men) Opened to women 1984, Philippine Jaycees TOWNS Award for law 1986 (The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service) Philippine Lions Gold Vision Triangle Award for government service, 1988 YMCA Philippines Republic Anniversary Award for law enforcement, 1988 Civic Assembly of Women of the Philippines Golden Jubilee Achievement Award for public service, 1990 Girl Scouts of the Philippines Celebrity Mother Award, 1991 Gintong Ina Awards Foundation UNIVERSITY AWARDS:[4] Diamond Award for excellence in the legal profession University of the Philippines Portia Sorority 1993 Professional Award in law 1988 University of the Philippines Alumni Association Most Outstanding Alumna Award 1997 University of the Philippines Visayas Outstanding Alumna Award 1995 Iloilo High School Alumni Association, Inc Most Outstanding Alumna 1991 La Paz Elementary School Iloilo City People's Service Award 1990 University of the East College of Law Student Government Achievement Award 1989 Angeles University Foundation Award of Achievement 1988 Centro Escolar University Graduate School Alumni Association Award of Outstanding Recognition 1988 Iloilo National High School Brown Visiting Fellow Award 1988 Trinity College of Quezon City. GOVERNMENT AWARDS:[4] Award of Recognition for Best Agency Productivity 1988 Government Productivity Improvement Program Council Outstanding Ilongo Award 1989 for good government Iloilo provincial government Leadership Award 1988 Philippine Ports Authority Distinguished Achievement Award 1986 National Police Commission Outstanding Young Woman of Iloilo Award for law 1984 Ilang-Ilang Jaycees and Iloilo provincial government MEDIA AWARDS:[4] The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, The Australian magazine, 1996 (http:// wisdom.psinet.au/~lani/100mpw.html) Public Service Award 1991 Pambansang Unyon ng Mamamahayag sa Medya News Personality of the Year 1988 ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:[4] Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Research Center for International Law, 1999 Cambridge University Paris - Geneva Summer Program in International Law, 1998. Sponsored by American University. Summer Program in Law at Oxford University, 1997. Sponsored by Florida State University. Summer Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard University, 1996. Graduate, California Judicial College, University of California at Berkeley, 1985. In the practical courtroom test, American judges gave her the highest grade of 33 out of 35. Fellow, Seminar on judicial writing and caseflow management in the trial courts, Institute of Judicial Administration, Quezon City, 1984. Topnotcher of examination in judicial writing. Fellow, U.N./UNITAR Programme in International Law, The Hague, Holland, and Brussels, Belgium, 1978. Fellow, External Session of The Hague Academy of International Law, Tokyo, Japan, 1978. Fellow, Academy of American and International Law, Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1972. PAPERS DELIVERED:[4] Guidelines for Reporting by Governments on the Implementation of the Global Program of Action, on the Progress Achieved in Meeting the Goals and Targets for the Years 2003 and 2008, 42nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, 17 March 1999. Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, 53rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 12 November 1998. Philippine Intellectual Property Laws, A Review in Light of the GATT, Conference on International Economic Transactions, sponsored by the Indonesian Bar Association, Jakarta, 24 April 1996. Women Business Lawyers: Meeting the New Political and Economic Challenges in Asia, Conference of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (Women Business Lawyers' Group), Singapore, 4 December 1995. The 'Gap' in the International Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Victims of Conflicts, International Congress on Respect for International Humanitarian Law, San Remo Italy, 7 September 1995 Toward Radical Humanism in a Meta-Technological Society, Global Convention on the Restoration of Morality and Humanity, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 5 September 1995. Asian Perspective: The Promotion of International Refugee Law as a Factor in Conflict Prevention, 19th Roundtable on Current Problems of International Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy, 31 August 1994. What Does the Law Say?, Symposium on Equipping Southeast Asian Women Managers for the 90's, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6 March 1991. Corruption Prevention Strategies in Developing Countries, Keynote Speaker, Fourth International Anti-Corruption Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13 November 1989. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:[4] Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society Integrated Bar of the Philippines U.P. Law Alumni Association U.P. Women Lawyers' Circle Philippine Society of International Law Fellows of the Asia Foundation California Judicial College Alumni Association Association of TOWNS Awardees Alumni Association of the Academy of American International Law Honorary member, Zonta International of Makati Honorary member, Manila Lakambini Lions Club Honorary member, Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association, Inc. Agenda:[5] Aims for:EDUCATION
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