Secretary's Corner
HON.
VICTOR A. DOMINGO
Profile
His outstanding work accomplishments as Presidential
Adviser on New Government Centers and his vast experience as a real
estate developer
has made President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo decide to
appoint him as Secretary of Public Works and Highways after
accepting the resignation of Secretary Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr.
Who is Secretary Domingo? He
was born on May 14, 1941 to Atty. Andres Domingo, a
former City Judge and Mayor of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte and
Magdalena Asis, a former Assistant Superintendent of Schools in
Laoag City.
He is a Certified Public Accountant who has acquired
his managerial skills from the company he has established – the San
Gerardo Green Meadows Realty Corporation. He earned his Masters in
Business Administration (MBA) in 1970 and his Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration (major in Accounting) degree in 1961, both
from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
He is currently the President and CEO of San Gerardo
Green Meadows Realty. Since he
established and
developed the groundwork of providing a first class subdivision for
the people of Leyte and Samar back in 1992. Thus the San Gerardo
Heights Subdivision was developed. It covers an area of 50 hectares
of rolling land in Barangay Nulatula and is just four (4) kilometers
away from the commercial area of downtown Tacloban City.
He was a former
Regional Director the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) from
1987 to 1992 and director of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes
Office in Eastern Visayas. He was also the Dean, College of Commerce
of the Holy Infant College in Tacloban City from 1972 to 1976. He
was also a professor/lecturer for MBA course of the University of
the Philippines and Leyte Colleges, both in Tacloban City, from 1971
to 1979. He was a Bank Examiner of the Central Bank of the
Philippines from 1964 to 1971. He was the Finance and Supply Officer
of the Ilocos Norte E.E.A. from 1962 to 1964.
Among his civic and professional affiliations
includes President, Leyte Chamber of commerce and Industry
(1998-2001); Consultant for Region 8 – Office of the Vice President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1998-2001); Co-chairman of the Regional
Development Council for Region 8 (1998-2000); President of the YMCA-Leyte
Chapter (1998-2000); President of the Rotary Club of San Juanico
(1995-1996); and Vice President of the CREBA-Leyte Chapter; among
others.
He was a former National Vice-President of the YMCA
Philippines; a 5-time member, National Board of YMCA Philippines;
Past President of Region Eight Administrator’s League (R.E.A.L.);
Past Very Worshipful Master of the Tacloban Masonic Lodge No. 221;
Board Member of the San Juanico Golf Club; and Past President of the
Tacloban City Tennis Club.
Secretary Domingo has attended international conferences like the
Rotary International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987;
Seminar on Small and Medium Enterprise in Seoul, Korea in 1987;
Member of the YMCA Philippines delegation to the Asia YMCA Leaders
Conference in Hong Kong in 1986; and Member of the YMCA Philippines
delegation, YMCA World Alliance Convention in Estes Park in
Colorado, USA in 1981.
He
has also attended the International Trade Fairs and Investment
Missions, as head of the delegation of the Leyte Chamber of Commerce
and Industry: Singapore (1999), Toronto Canada (1998), and Xiamen,
China (1997).
He is happily married to Pricilla Villasin-Domingo
with whom he has three successful children namely Geraldine, Gerard
Andre and Victor Emmanuelle.
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