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• CONGRESSMAN (4th District, Quezon Province)
  July 01, 1995-June 30,1998
  July 01, 1998- to present

• SENATOR Republic of the Philippines
  July 1, 1987 - June, 30, 1995

• PRESIDENT
  Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
  1999

• CHAIRMAN
  Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
  1999

• MEMBER
  Judicial Bar Council
  1987 - 1991

• COMMISSIONER
  Bureau of Customs
  March 07, 1986 - March 06, 1987

• PARTNER
  Tanada, Vivo & Tan Law Offices
  1970 - To Present

• BAR EXAMINER
  1978

• LAW PROFFESOR
  Manuel L. Quezon University
  1964 - 1969

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• Gawad Makatao, Polytechnic Univ. of the Philippines Oct.03, 1989
• Makatao Award, Urban Poor Solidarity Week Dec. 21, 1989
• Outstanding in the field of nationalism and for being the people's conscience, Senate Reporters 1990
• Outstanding Neophyte in Congress, Congress Post Oct. 1991
• Outstanding and Fearless Leadership in Legislative Leadership (Blue Ribbon Committee and Nationalist Position in Foreign Relations), Proressive Alliance of Citizens for Democracy Jan. 06, 1991
• One of 12 Senators chosen as "MEN OF THE YEAR" (for voting against the bases treaty), Philippine Free Press January 1991.
• Garnered the highest vote among senatorial candidates during the mock elections among Senate employees May 1992
• Outstanding Senator, Graphic magazine 1992
• Outstanding Senator, Pilipino Reporter July 04, 1993
• Outstanding in the Anti-Nuclear and Anti-Bases Struggle Sept. 16, 1993
• Gawad Gomburza, Kapatirang Gomburza Feb. 17, 1994
• Most Simple, Sincere and Honest Senator, Senate Reporters June 1994
• Hall of Fame for Outstanding Economic Nationalist, National Economic Protectionism Association (NEPA) December 04, 1994
• Quezon Medalya ng Karangalan, Quezon Provncial Goverment  August 19, 1996
• Awardee, Urban Poor Solidarity Week '99, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP), December 9 1999.
• 1999 The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awardee for Goverment and Public Service by the Philippine Jaycee Senate and the Insular Life Assurance Company, Ltd., December 13, 1999.

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• LIBERAL PARTY
  Vice-President for Southern Tagalog -1998
  Past President - 1992-1993

• BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN
  Past Regional President

• RECTO FOUNDATION
  Past Chairman

• MOVEMENT OF ATTORNEYS FOR BROTHERHOOD, INTEGRITY AND NATIONALISM. (MABINI)
• CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE PHILIPPINES. (CLU)
• SOUTHERN TAGALOG ATTORNEYS FOR NATIONALISM and DEMOCRACY (STAND)
• NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES (NMCL)
• INSTITUTE FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY (IPD)
• UNIV. OF THE PHILS. CENTER FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES (UP-CWS)
• INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES
• HARVARD CLUB OF THE PHILIPPINES
• BATIS CENTER FOR WOMEN
• SUSI FOUNDATION