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Jolo Revilla to take up leadership course in Harvard

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Leah C. Salterio

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj83wTmgSxW/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:28.194444444444443% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj83wTmgSxW/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Jolo Revilla (@jolo_revilla)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-06-13T04:16:40+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jun 12, 2018 at 9:16pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA -- Being a public servant, actor, student, father and son all at the same time is definitely not a mere walk in the park for Cavite Vice Governor Jolo Revilla. Clearly, it is tough, time-consuming, demanding, challenging and hard.</p><p>However, Revilla, who turned 30 last March, was able to juggle all those jobs at the same time and with flying colors.</p><p>Last June 14, he received a diploma after completing his legal management course in an expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) from the Lyceum of the Philippines University.</p><p>Revilla attended the graduation rites at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in his mortarboard and graduation gown, with the school’s maroon sash. Towards the end of the ceremony, he joined his fellow 2018 graduates in proudly raising their fists and celebrating their achievement.</p><p>“Together with my fellow graduates, I am taking a stand to serve our country by helping make education accessible to all,” Revilla said. “It’s an old tune, but it still holds true. Education is the only key to alleviate poverty.”</p><p>Revilla dedicated his achievement to his parents – former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. and Bacoor Mayor Lani Mercado. He also acknowledged his friends and loved ones, as well as the “people who helped me up the steps of the ladder to reach this moment.”</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj9ZCQ2gcID/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:62.5% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj9ZCQ2gcID/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Jolo Revilla (@jolo_revilla)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-06-13T09:07:28+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jun 13, 2018 at 2:07am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>“I humbly share this milestone which will always remind me that at the face of challenges, you believed that I can make it,” Revilla declared.</p><p>In Philippine political history, Revilla holds the record as the youngest vice governor elected into office. He was only 25 when he first took an oath as Cavite vice governor in 2013. He is now on his second term.</p><p>In September, Revilla is going to to Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts to take up a short course in Leadership for the 21st Century at the Harvard School of Government.</p><p>“Mahalaha ang edukasyon sa buhay ng tao,” Revilla told ABS-CBN News in an exclusive interview. “It’s not enough na street-smart ka lang. Kailangan armasan ko din ang sarili ko. I’m taking it one step at a time. I’m not planning to run for a higher position. I’m only 30 years old. The right time will come for me.</p><p>“I’m doing this for myself and not for anyone else. Of course, I do ordinances and resolutions. As a vice governor, I’m the deciding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Cavite.</p><p>“Dapat lang talaga, nag-aaral kami at patuloy kaming nag-aaral dahil ginagawa namin ito para sa taong bayan. It is a must. Kailangan continuous process ‘yan even after you graduated. Ang tao nage-evolve. Parang gadget ‘yan. Palit ng palit. Upgrade ng upgrade. Bago palagi. Dapat gawin natin kung ano ang dapat natin gawin.”</p>

<p>Last June 14, Jolo Revilla received a diploma after completing his legal management course from the Lyceum of the Philippines University.</p>

Last June 14, Jolo Revilla received a diploma after completing his legal management course from the Lyceum of the Philippines University.