Presentation

1. SENATORS OF THE
PHILIPPINES
NANCY BINAY

2. NANCY BINAY
• Maria Lourdes "Nancy" Sombillo Binay-
Angeles[1] (born May 12, 1973)[2] is a Filipina politician
serving as a Senator since 2013. She is the daughter of
former Vice President Jejomar Binay. Without any prior
experience in government, Binay placed a bid for a seat
in the Senate in the 2013 elections and won, placing
fifth overall. After being elected, Binay chaired both the
Cultural Communities and the Tourism committees of
the Senate in the 17th Congress. Binay was re-elected
in the 2019 elections for a second consecutive term.

3. Education
• Binay pursued her elementary and secondary
education at St. Scholastica's College,
Manila.[3] She entered the University of the
Philippines Diliman in June 1991, where she
initially studied economics before earning a
Bachelor of Science in Tourism degree,
graduating in 1997.

4. Political career
• Nancy Binay is the eldest daughter of the former vice president of
the Philippines, Jejomar C. Binay[4][5][6][7] and Dr. Elenita Binay.
Nancy Binay is also the older sister of Abigail Binay, the current
mayor of Makati, and Jejomar Binay, Jr., former mayor of Makati.[1][4]
• Between 1998 and 2001, Binay performed administrative duties as a
personal assistant to her mother,[5][7] liaising between the Mayor's
office and other governmental departments and offices as well as
with the private sector. From 2010 she functioned as personal
assistant to her father,[1][4][5][7] who was the vice president at the time.
In this role, she liaised between the Office of the Vice President and
the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, as well
as with other local government offices. In 2012, she was listed as
one of the top 20 potential senatorial candidates for the UNA.

5. Senate
• On October 5, 2012 Binay replaced Joey de Venecia to
run for senator in the 2013 elections.[1][4][5][8] De Venecia
had earlier withdrawn his candidacy from the UNA's
ticket.[9][4] Binay is a member of the same party, which
was also her father's coalition,[9] and she became the
party's Deputy Secretary General.[10] Leading up to her
selection as a senatorial candidate for the alliance,
Binay consistently ranked in the top 12 in the Pulse
Asia November 2012 survey, which ranked the
popularity of potential candidates.

6. • Binay is a child advocate. The charitable foundations with which
she has been involved are geared towards caring for
abandoned children and providing educational opportunities for
the less fortunate. Her main platform for the 2013 Senate
elections was for improving the outlook for pregnant women,
particularly those of poor economic status, as a means of
improving infant mortality and health.[13]
• Binay did not attend any of the public debates for the senatorial
candidates, noted pundit Prospero De Vera, "preferring to
engage in debate when she's already in the Senate."[14]
• She was selected as the 12th senatorial nominee for the United
Nationalist Alliance (UNA) for the 2013 senatorial race. She won
and became a senator in the 16th Congress.

7. 16th Congress
• Binay won in the 2013 senatorial elections, placing 5th place. She has
been criticized for her silence on controversial issues regarding her father
from 2013 to 2016, when her father Jejomar Binay, was the vice president
of the Philippines, and her opposition to the anti-political dynasty bill as
she is part of a political dynasty in Makati, where her father, mother, and
brother have become mayors. During the 16th Congress, she filed 119 bills
and 151 resolutions advocating the interests of women and children, the
youth, the elderly, and housing for the poor. Among her bills that passed
into law were An Act Repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage under
Article 251 of the Revised Penal Code (R.A. 10655), Sugarcane Industry
Development Act of 2015 (R.A. 10659), and An Act Expanding the Benefits
and Privileges of Persons with Disability (R.A. 10754). She also sponsored
the passage of the Centenarians Act of 2016 (R.A. 10868).[16] She aided in
the presidential bid of her father during the 2016 Philippine presidential
race. Her father, who initially placed 1st, eventually lost and placed 4th on
election day.[17] Binay has been cyber-bullied by numerous Filipino social
media comedic accounts due to her fashion sense during the
annual SONA and her natural Filipino skin color, to a point that she has
been compared with the Black Nazarene. She retaliated stating, 'I was
born this way. We should just accept who we are'.

8. 17th Congress
• In the 17th Congress, Binay supported the Anti-discrimination bill based on
SOGIE[19] which protected the rights of Filipino LGBT citizens, the Mental
Health Act[20] which establishes a nationwide mental health campaign and
inputting of mental health education in the Filipino educational system,
the Department of Culture bill[21] which aims to establish a holistic culture
department, and the Free Higher Education Law[22] which provides free
education in all public colleges and universities in the Philippines. She was
co-sponsor of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law of 2017 (SB No. 1305)
which grants 120-day maternity leave to female workers regardless of civil
status, and The Filipino Sign Language Act (SB No. 1455), which declares
the Filipino Sign Language as the national sign language of the Filipino
deaf and the official sign language of the government in all transactions
with the deaf. She also advocated for the Expanded NIPAS Act of
2017 (SB No. 1444) which enlarged the cover of protected areas in the
Philippines, the First 1000 Days of Life Bill (SB 1145), and the amendment
to the Local Government Act providing for permanent positions to tourism
officers (SB 1565). She was against the re-imposition of the death
penalty,[23] the 1,000 peso budget of the Commission on Human
Rights,[24] and amending of the 1987 Constitution via a constitutional
assembly. Binay favors a constitutional convention over a constitutional
assembly.

9. • In the 17th Congress, Binay supported the Anti-discrimination bill based on
SOGIE[19] which protected the rights of Filipino LGBT citizens, the Mental
Health Act[20] which establishes a nationwide mental health campaign and
inputting of mental health education in the Filipino educational system,
the Department of Culture bill[21] which aims to establish a holistic culture
department, and the Free Higher Education Law[22] which provides free
education in all public colleges and universities in the Philippines. She was
co-sponsor of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law of 2017 (SB No. 1305)
which grants 120-day maternity leave to female workers regardless of civil
status, and The Filipino Sign Language Act (SB No. 1455), which declares
the Filipino Sign Language as the national sign language of the Filipino
deaf and the official sign language of the government in all transactions
with the deaf. She also advocated for the Expanded NIPAS Act of
2017 (SB No. 1444) which enlarged the cover of protected areas in the
Philippines, the First 1000 Days of Life Bill (SB 1145), and the amendment
to the Local Government Act providing for permanent positions to tourism
officers (SB 1565). She was against the re-imposition of the death
penalty,[23] the 1,000 peso budget of the Commission on Human
Rights,[24] and amending of the 1987 Constitution via a constitutional
assembly. Binay favors a constitutional convention over a constitutional
assembly.

10. Personal life
•Nancy Binay is married to Jose Benjamin
Angeles,[1] a construction and real estate
businessman with whom she has four
children. They reside in Barangay San
Antonio, Makati.