2. Rachel del Mar
• Rachel Marguerite "Cutie" Borromeo del Mar (born November 3,
1966) is a Filipina politician. She served as the representative for
the 1st district of Cebu City from 2010 to 2013.
3. Early life and education
• A native of Cebu City, del Mar spent her elementary years at
the Cebu International School, and went to high school at Saint
Theresa's College of Cebu. She began collegiate studies at
the University of the Philippines Cebu, majoring in hotel and
restaurant management, and eventually earned her B.A. in mass
communications, cum laude, at the University of San Jose-
Recoletos. She is currently working towards a master's degree in
public management at the Ateneo de Manila University.
4. Early career
• In 2007, then president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed del Mar
to the board of directors of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
That same year, she was also named as one of the board members
of the Movie and Television Review and Classification
Board (MTRCB).[2] Her tenure with both institutions lasted until
November 2009.
5. • Del Mar started co-hosting the talk show "She Said, She Said" in
August 2008 with Jackie Aquino-Gavino, a TV personality and a
first cousin of then president Benigno Aquino III.[3] Aside from this,
she has also performed with the theater group Repertory
Philippines, has done both runway and commercial modeling, and
has played bit parts in both local and foreign films shot in the
Philippines.
6. • Her most recent position prior to taking her congressional seat was
as chief of staff to her father, former Congressman and Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives Raul del Mar.[1] She held
this post from July 2008 to November 2009 to which she then
resigned to begin her electoral campaign.
7. Political career
• As his father wrapped up his third and last term as congressman,
the younger del Mar was selected to run in his place. In the 2010
elections, her closest rival was then Lahug barangay captain Mary
Ann de los Santos.[5] She defeated de los Santos by close to
40,000 votes.
8. • Del Mar previously served as the vice chairperson of
the Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy, as
well of the Committee on Public Information. She was also a
member of the committees on Appropriations, Games and
Amusements, Legislative Franchises, and Tourism.
9. • During the 15th Congress, del Mar sponsored several bills such as
House Bill 00023, "An Act Providing for a Magna Carta of the Poor",
House Bill 00372, "An Act Requiring the Mandatory Pre-Audit of
Government Disbursements and Uses of Funds", HB00559, "An
Act to Include Entrepreneurial and Financial Literacy Education for
Secondary School Students", among many others. She has also
co-authored or co-sponsored to well over 200 bills.[7] She was also
noted for her perfect record of attendance while Congress was in
session.
10. Committee assignments
• Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy
• Committee on Public Information
• Committee on Appropriations
• Committee on Games and Amusements
• Committee on Legislative Franchises
• Committee on Tourism
12. Electoral history
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Rachel Marguerite del Mar 98,501 58.49
Nacionalista Mary Ann de los Santos 58,492 34.73
PGRP Jacinto Del Mar 5,555 3.30
Independent Isabelo Osmeña Sr. 2,405 1.43
Independent Francisco Ashley Acedillo 2,052 1.22
Independent Florencio Villarin 1,082 0.64
Independent Juan Arenasa 179 0.11
Independent Miguel Selim 151 0.09
Total votes 168,417 100.00
Margin of victory 40,009 23.76
