List of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila people
Since its formal opening in 1967, the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, one of the Philippines' most prestigious universities, has produced thousands of graduates from its different academic divisions.
The following is the list of outstanding people associated with the PLM education system, including graduates, former students, administrators and faculty, and even honorary graduates.
Alumni and students
The table presents the partial list of outstanding alumni (also known as the PLMayers) and students of PLM.
Name |
Known as |
Relationship to the PLM |
|---|---|---|
Adolf Alix |
Director and scriptwriter |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Ali Atienza |
Chairperson of Manila’s Inner-City Development Committee, Sports Council and Green Campaign; Presidential Assistant on Youth and Sports; Gold medalist in the Asian Taekwondo Championships |
M.A. Government Management |
Carlito Balita, RN, MAN |
Educator; Vice-President of the Quezon City Chamber of Commerce; Radio commentator at DZMM 630 |
M.A. Nursing |
Filmmaker |
B.S. Mass Communication |
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Manuel Buising |
Writer; Official screenplay writer of the late Fernado Poe Jr.; Episode writer of "Anghel na Walang Langit," an ABS-CBN TV drama; Recipient of the Carlos Palanca Hall of Fame for 2005 |
B.S. Education |
Winner of Eat Bulaga’s "She’s Got The Look" in the early ‘90s; Winner of Miss Metro Manila; Semi-finalist in Binibining Pilipinas 1994; Semi-finalist in Mutya ng Pilipinas 1994; First runner-up in the Queen of Clubs International 1994; First runner-up in Miss Intercontinental 1995 in Germany; First runner-up in Binibining Pilipinas 1996 |
A.B. Mass Communication |
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Chief Superintendent of theWestern Police District |
M.A. Government Management |
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Anthony Cailao |
Composer; Recipient of the Best Pop Vocalist for Praise Music award in Katha Music Awards; the voice behind the commercial jingle of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO); Back-up singer of Gary Valenciano and Lani Misalucha |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Governor of Misamis Oriental |
M.A. Government Management |
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Ces Campos |
Performing artist; played Kim in Miss Saigon |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Rustica Carpio |
Author |
M.A. Mass Communication |
Gil de Castro |
Senior Superintendent and Chief of the Manila Traffic Bureau |
A.B. Public Administration |
Atty. Berteni Causing |
News Editor of People’s Journal Tonight and Managing Editor of Kabayan |
Law |
Congressman of the 1st District of Bohol |
M.A. Government Management |
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Richardus Eko Indrajit |
Researcher and Lecturer at the Bina Nusantara University |
Doctor of Business Administration |
Conrado E. Iñigo, Jr. |
Educator and Assistant Vice President for Information Technology at the Centro Escolar University |
B.S. Business Administration |
Roberto Juanchito T. Dispo |
Financial Management Expert; Philippine Deputy Treasurer; Senior Vice President of First Metro Investment Corporation, a wholly-owned Investment Bank subsidiary of Metrobank |
B.S. Accountancy |
Dr. Luz Faeconi-Escobido |
Distinguished Toastmaster, Toastmasters International |
A.B. Psychology |
Congressman of the 2nd District of Samar |
M.A. Government Management |
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Alfredo Gabot |
Commissioner of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts |
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Romel Gacho |
Director of Starstruck |
B.S. Mass Communication |
Wilma Galvante |
Senior Vice President for Entertainment at GMA Network |
A.B. Mass Communication |
US Navy Air Traffic Controller; Organizer/Chief Coordinator of the Fil-Am Veterans Rondalla |
B.S. Computer Engineering |
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Kenneth Elrod Gomez |
Winner of Circle of Ten: Image Model Search 2007 |
B.S. Accountancy |
Jason Gutierrez |
Journalist; Winner of Asia Human Rights press awards, an award-giving body organized by the Amnesty International and the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong; Reporter for Agence France Presse (AFP) |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Liliosa Hilao |
Political Activist and Distinguished Martyr of the Marcos Regime (Along with Lean Alejandro and other distinguished heroes who opposed such dictatorship) |
A. B. Mass Communication |
Roy Iglesias |
Creative Consultant of the GMA Network |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Mon Isberto |
Head of Public Affairs for Smart Communications and TV host at GMA Network |
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Jerry Isla |
Chairman and Senior Partner, Isla Lipana & Co., a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers |
M.A. Business Administration–Top Executive Program |
April Love Jordan |
2nd runner-up in Mutya ng Pilipinas 2006; Finalist in Miss Philippines-Earth 2006; Philippine Representative and Miss Secret Charm awardee in Miss Tourism Queen of the Year in Malaysia |
B.S. Tourism, Hotel & Travel Industry Management |
Panfilo Lacson |
Philippine Senator |
M.A. Government Management |
Paolo Joseph L. Lising |
Central Bank and Markets Reporter for BusinessWorld; Energy Beat Reporter of the Year; Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines-Globe Telecom Awards 2003 Finalist and Jaime Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2007 |
A. B. Mass Communication |
Rey Malonzo |
Mayor of Caloocan City; Actor |
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Ma Cecilia K. Mercado, MD |
Member, Section of Neonatology at Columbus Children’s Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Ohio State University College of Medicine; Resident Physician in the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York; Fellow in the Albert Einstein Medical Center at Temple University |
Doctor of Medicine |
Marlon Miguel |
Recipient of the Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature 2007 and Founder of Magwayen Creative Scholars' Guild of the PLM |
A. B. Mass Communication |
Vice Mayor of Manila; Actor |
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Manuel Mogato |
President of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines and Reporter for Asahi Shimbun |
A.B. Mass Communications, M.A. Mass Communications |
Jun Nardo |
Entertainment columnist |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Antonio Eduardo Nachura |
Associate Justice of Supreme Court of the Philippines; Solicitor-General of the Philippines; President of the Government Security Insurance Insurance System (GSIS); Congressman of the 2nd District of Samar |
Doctor of Public Management |
Ariel Padilla |
Illustrator |
B.S. Business Administration, major in Banking & Finance |
Fe Tibayan-Palile |
Commissioner of the Social Security System; Governor and Treasurer of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) |
M.A. in Business Administration |
Alexis V. Pardo |
Vice Governor of Camarines Norte |
M.A. in Business Administration |
President of Smart Broadband; Head of Network Services Division at Smart Communications |
B.S. Electronics and Communications Engineering |
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Congressman and Councilor of Manila; an official of the National Housing Authority |
A.B. Public Administration |
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Dr. Maria Luisa Quiñones |
Superintendent of Division of City Schools-Manila |
B.S. Education |
David Ramos, Jr. |
TV Reporter |
B.S. Mass Communication |
Eugenio B. Reyes, MD |
Outstanding Council Chairman of the Council on Preventive Cardiology; the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) Most Outstanding Cardiology Fellow of the Year 1995; Recipient of the PHA Gatmaitan Award of Excellence in Research for 1995 |
Doctor of Medicine |
Edith Del Rosario |
Vice President of RPN 9 |
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Roberto del Rosario |
Vice President for Operations at the IBC 13 |
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Aicelle Santos |
Winner of Astana Song Festival 2006 in Kazakhstan, 1st Runner-Up in Pinoy Pop Superstar 2; TV personality and Recording artist at GMA Network |
B.S. Psychology |
Julius Segovia |
TV Reporter for GMA Network |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Jose G. Solis |
Congressman of the 2nd District of Sorsogon |
M.A. Business Administration |
Atty. Bernard S. Gregorio |
Associate Counsel Fortun Narvasa & Salazar Law Offices, Reporter, 1996-2001 DZRH Radio Station-Manila Broadcasting Company |
LLB, Bachelor of Mass Communication |
April Tanhueco |
Winner of Miss Manila 2003 and multimedia commercial talent |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Michael V. |
Comedian and TV host at GMA Network |
A.B. Mass Communication |
Giovanni Paolo Yazon |
"Pageantologist," Entertainment and Lifestyle Journalist at Manila Standard Today |
A. B. Mass Communication |
|Christopher S. Capulso||Anchorman, headwriter, DZRH Radio Station Manila Broadcasting Company||B. S Mass Communication
Alumni in fiction
The following is a partial list of fictional characters that are associated with the PLM.
Name |
Known as |
Relationship to the PLM |
|---|---|---|
Melinda Santiago |
A fictional character (played by Alessandra de Rossi) in the internationally-acclaimed film, Mga Munting Tinig |
B.S. Education |
Claudia |
A fictional character (played by Nora Aunor) in the internationally-acclaimed film, Care Home The Movie |
Ph.D. History |
Administrators and faculty
The table presents a list of administrators, officials, professors and lecturers that are affiliated with the PLM.
Name |
Known as |
Relationship to the PLM |
|---|---|---|
Efren R. Abueg |
Writer and winner of Carlos Palanca Awards |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Bong Austero |
Columnist and Bank Executive |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Rica Arevalo |
Filmmaker and Winner of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2005 |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Elvert de la Cruz Bañares |
Filmmaker, Visual Artist and Festival Director |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Chancellor of the University of the East in Manila |
Professor, PLM Graduate School of Management |
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Lamberto C. Castro |
Editor of the Manila Chronicle |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Aurora Cudal |
Educator |
College Secretary, PLM College of Medicine |
Anesia B. Dionisio |
Member of the Board of Nursing of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC); President of Philippine Nurses Association (PNA); Deputy Director for Nursing at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) |
Professor, PLM College of Nursing and PLM Graduate School of Health Sciences |
Roman Floresca |
Business Section Editor of The Philippine Star |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Atty. Raul Goco |
first Filipino elected president of the World Jurist Association (WJA), an organization based in Washington, D.C.; Charter Governor of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) |
Member, PLM Board of Regents |
Atty. Allan Paguia |
Legal counsel of President Joseph Estrada |
Professor, PLM College of Law |
Alito L. Malinao |
News Editor of Manila Standard; Author of Journalism for Filipinos and Campus and Community Journalism Handbook |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Eddie Nachura |
Prosecutor of the House of Representatives of the Philippines during the Impeachment Trial of President Joseph Estrada |
Professor, PLM College of Law |
Mrs. Milagros Santos-Ong |
Director of the Libraries of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
Lecturer, PLM College of Law |
Dante Liban |
Director General of TESDA |
Professor |
Roberto "Obet" Pagdanganan |
Governor of Bulacan;Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of the Philippines; Senior Executive of Unilever; Radio announcer at GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 |
Professor |
Joel P. Palacios |
Columnist of the People’s Journal and Assistant Vice President for Media Affairs at the Social Security System (SSS) |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Atty. Diosdado M. Peralta |
Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan and Assistant Solicitor General |
Professor, PLM College of Law and PLM Graduate School of Law |
Atty. Ernesto L. Pineda |
Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice and Author of the Revised Rules on Criminal Procedures |
Dean, PLM Law Center and PLM Graduate School of Law |
Roel Ramirez |
One of only few accredited practitioners in public relations |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Dr.Benito F. Reyes |
Educator; Philosophy Professor at Harvard University; Founder of the World University in Ojai, California |
President, PLM |
Atty. Andres Reyes |
Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals |
Professor, PLM College of Law |
Jojo Robles |
Editor of Manila Standard Today |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Dr. Alejandro Roces |
National Artist; Columnist at The Philippine Star; Chairman of College Assurance Plan (CAP) |
Member, PLM Board of Regents |
Dr. Ben Rodriguez |
Editor-in-Chief of the Manila Bulletin |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Atty. Jose M. Roy III |
Philippine Supreme Court Chief of Staff |
Dean, PLM College of Law and Member, PLM Board of Regents |
Atty. Edilberto Sandoval |
Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan |
Professor, PLM College of Law |
Engr. Carlos C. Sison |
Member of the Technical Committee of the Department of Health (DOH)- Bureau of Health Device & Technology |
College Secretary, PLM College of Engineering & Technology |
Atty. Adel Tamano |
Spokesperson, Genuine Opposition |
Professor, PLM College of Law |
Dr. Benjamin G. Tayabas |
First foreign recipient of the Cultural Education Award from theChristian Academy of the Arts in Seoul, Korea; Winner of the Dangal ng Pinoy for Education in RPN 9; the Jaycees Senate Outstanding Filipino in the field of Education |
President, PLM |
Melanio S. Torio |
Director of the National Printing Press |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Atty. Justo P. Torres Jr. |
Philippine Supreme Court Justice |
Professor, PLM College of Law and Member, PLM Board of Regents |
Sonny Valencia |
Veteran newsman and media affairs officer and Top executive of Coca Cola and San Miguel Corporation |
Professor, PLM College of Mass Communication |
Carlos J. Valdez |
Chairman of Carlos J. Valdes & Associates; Governor & Treasurer, Philippine International Business Council; Trustee, Philippine Women’s University, Meralco Foundation Inc., and St. Luke’s Medical Center |
Member, PLM Board of Regents |
Jose D. Villanueva |
International President of Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) (1990-1992) |
President, PLM |
Honorary graduates
Through the years, PLM has conferred the title of Doctor "honoris causa" (honorary degree) upon exemplary men and women who have contributed to the development of Philippine society through a distinct mark of excellence and leadership in their own fields of endeavor.
Name |
Known as |
Relationship to the PLM |
|---|---|---|
Corazon Aquino |
President of the Republic of the Philippines |
Doctor of Humanities |
Jose "Lito" Atienza, Jr. |
Mayor of Manila |
Doctor of Public Administration |
Josue Bellosillo |
Senior Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
Doctor of Laws |
Jacobo Clave |
Vice-Governor of Pangasinan and Ambassador of the Philippines to Italy |
Doctor of Humanities |
Daisaku Ikeda |
Founder of Soka University |
Doctor of Humanities |
Alfredo Lim |
Philippine Senator |
Doctor of Public Administration |
Linda Lingle |
Governor of Hawaii |
Doctor of Public Management |
Loren Legarda |
Philippine Senator |
Doctor of Humanities |
Andres Narvasa |
Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice |
Doctor of Laws |
Chancellor of the University of Manitoba |
Doctor of Public Management |
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Gavin Newsom |
Mayor of San Francisco, California |
Doctor of Public Management |
Author, journalist and diplomat; Head of the Instituto Cervantes |
Doctor of Humanities |
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Jovito Salonga |
Philippine Senator and Educator |
Doctor of Laws |