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Province: Ilocos Sur
Date of Birth: June 21, 1941
Place of Birth: no data
ADDRESS
Provincial:
Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Civil Status: separated
Spouse: Evelyn Crisologo
Position: no data
Office: no data
Educational
Attainment
ELEMENTARY
Level School Year Graduated
Elementary education no data no data
HIGH SCHOOL
Level
School Year Graduated
Secondary education no data no data
COLLEGE
Degree School Year Graduated
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Career History
Position Office Years
Governor Ilocos Sur 1992-2001
Governor Singson
was born on June 21, 1941 in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur.
He is
the second among the seven children of José Singson and
Caridad
Crisólogo.
His other siblings, aside from Titong, are Bernardo (deceased),
Fernando
(Dodoy), Maria
Livia (Honeygirl), Jerry, Germelina (Germy) and Bonito.
Singson's growing-up years were spent in Vigan, where he led a
normal
childhood "with a very liberal upbringing and a lot of opportunity to
play
and make friends." He apparently
got his own fondness for mahjong from
his
mother who loved the game. Despite their prominence in the province, it
was
not always a life of wealth for the Singsons. At one point, the family
had
to sell their appliances. Singson
learned how difficult life was
without
money. That taught him to be street-smart. Singson's character was
strengthened
especially with the seemingly unending family squabbles
and
political dynasties of his youth, the tobacco industry
in Ilocos and
how the
Singsons got into tobacco growing and trading. The family brought the
first
redrying
plant to Ilocos in the '60s.
[edit] Career
Gov. Singson started out as a businessman. He then entered politics,
becoming
a political kingpin in his province for 28 years, and later
playing
a significant role in Philippine politics and
democracy. He is
currently the
Governor of Ilocos Sur [1] a position he has held for 22 years.
Singson currently
lives in his home, called Baluarte, in Vigan City. He
is a
former close friend and gambling and drinking buddy of
President
Estrada.
Singson was married to Evelyn Crisologo on May 3, 1962. Now separated,
the
couple had seven
children.
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