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Dulce Quintans-Saguisag
Dulce Maramba Quintans-Saguisag, 64, was declared dead on arrival at the Ospital ng Makati after the Toyota Hi-Ace Grandia van she was riding with husband Rene Saguisag and two others was hit by an Isuzu dump truck on Osmeña Highway (formerly South Superhighway) near the corner of Arnaiz Avenue (formerly Pasay Road) in Makati on November 8, 2007.
ISSUES
- Breast cancer survivor. Dulce Saguisag had a successful breast cancer operation in 1997. “Cancer has made me patient," she told The Big C Magazine in an interview.
- Appointment as DSWD secretary. Then President Joseph Estrada appointed Saguisag as secretary of Department of Social Welfare and Development after then Vice President Gloria Arroyo resigned her DSWD post in October 12, 2000. Saguisag took her oath four days later. Saguisag tenure was supposed to depend partly on her health, but her stay in the cabinet lasted only for three months due to Estrada's ouster in January 2001. According to former Senator Rene Saguisag, Estrada had offered Dulce the DSWD portfolio at the start of his term in 1998, but Arroyo asked for the job.
- Involvement in political campaigns. She was involved in the 1985-86 presidential campaign of Corazon C. Aquino and co-managed the 1987 senatorial campaign of her husband.
- Birthday: September 5, 1943
- Spouse: Atty. Rene V. Saguisag, former senator
- Children: 5
- Master of Social Work with specialization in Community Organization and Social Planning, Boston College of Social Work (1969)
- BA Social Work, University of the Philippines (1963)
- High School, St. Scholastica's College (1959)
- Elementary, St. Scholastica's College (1954)
- Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Oct. 2000 - Jan. 2001
- Mondragon International Philippines
- Vice Chairman and Deputy CEO and VP, Mondragon Leisure & Resort Corp, May 1997 - May 1999
- EVP, Operations and Administration, Oct. 1990 - June 1995
- VP, Cosmetics Division and VP, Human Resource Development, Sept. 1984 - Sept. 1990
- AVP for Human Resource Development, Aug. 1984 - Sept. 1984
- Manager for Human Resource Development, Feb. 1984 - July 1984
Served concurrently as: - Executive in Charge, MIPI Training Business Sector, 1996 - 1997
- Chief Executive Officer, Mondragon Fashion Express, Inc. (MIPI Direct Selling Subsidiary), 1995 -1997
- Chief Operating Officer, Consumer Specialists, Inc (MIPI Manufacturing Subsidiary), 1994 -1996)
- Executive in Charge, Mondragon Foundation, Inc. (MIPI Social Development Subsidiary), 1991 - 1999
- Managing Director, Restaurant and Banquet Operations, 1991 - 1999
- Served as Member of the Board of Directors of Mondragon International Philippines and its subsidiaries
- Development Academy of the Philippines
- Director, Management and Training Development, Feb. 1981 - Jan. 1984
- Director, Human Resource Development Department, July 1980 - Jan 1981
- Fellow, Nov. 1976 - July 1980
- Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD)
- Assistant Director, Bureau of Family and Child Welfare, MSSD, Mar. 1976 - Oct. 1976
- Acting Assistant Director, Bureau of Family and Child Welfare, MSSD, Jan. 1975 - Feb. 1976
- Social Welfare Program Specialist Feb. 1971 - Dec. 1974
- Community Center Director, July 1966 - Apr. 1967
- Supervising Social Worker, June 1965 - June 1966
- Senior Social Worker, June 1964 - May 1965
OTHER INVOLVEMENTS
- Resource person for various conferences, seminars and training programs
- Served as lecturer and thesis adviser in schools of Social Work
- Service in Boards of various social and civil organizations
- Service in School PTAs (President of San Beda High School PTA for 10 consecutive years)
AFFILIATIONS
- Secretary General, Gymnasts Association of the Philippines
- President, UP Social Work Alumni Association, 1982
AWARDS AND GRANTS
- 3rd Place, National Board Examination for Social Workers, 1964
- US State Department Grantee, 1967
- Presidential Tuition Scholarship, Boston College, 1967-69
- Colombo Plan Grantee, 1979 (Australia)
