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Orlando "Orly" Sanchez Mercado ( Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈsɐntʃes mɛɾˈkadɔ], born Orlando Mercado y Sanchez; April 26, 1946) is a Filipino politician and broadcast journalist best known for having served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1998, Secretary of Defense from 1998 to 2001, and for his long career as a broadcast journalist, m...
As an educator, Orly was associate professor and head of the Communication Arts Department of Miriam College and University of Santo Tomas. Orly was elected on his first try at national politics to the First Regular Batasang Pambansa as an opposition member of Parliament in Quezon City.
Jul 4, 2019 · MANILA, Philippines — A son of a public schoolteacher from Dagami, Leyte, veteran broadcaster-educator Orlando Mercado, or Orly as he is called, grew up near a railway station in Paco, Manila...
Nov 1, 2023 · WATCH: Orly Mercado on how BRP Sierra Madre ended up in Ayungin Shoal. Nov 1, 2023 3:55 PM PHT. Bea Cupin. INFO. Today, the BRP Sierra Madre serves as the country’s outpost in Ayungin Shoal or...
Aug 14, 2023 · Headstart: Karen Davila talks to former Philippine Defense Secretary Orly Mercado for his insights on the timeline and developments on the maritime dispute b...
Orlando "Orly" Sanchez Mercado is a Filipino politician and broadcast journalist best known for having served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1998, Secretary of Defense from 1998 to 2001, and for his long career as a broadcast journalist, most famously for hosting the television program Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko.
Feb 28, 2020 · Orlando Mercado, who was head of the Department of National Defense during the Estrada administration, said he met with the officers last Thursday in the course of a meeting of the advisory board of the military’s Education, Training and Doctrine Command Unit. “The military, in our meeting yesterday, truly realizes the need for the VFA,” he said.
Apr 1, 2015 · When asked how it feels that Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko (KKMK), the Philippines’ longest-running public service program, is celebrating its 39th year, Dr. Orly Mercado says in jest, “We feel old!”.
Mar 7, 2023 · ORLANDO “Orly” Mercado, one of the few journalists who made a name for himself in politics, brings his rich and varied experience in media, government, diplomacy and the academe to his new calling as a columnist for The Manila Times. His first column appears today, March 7, 2023.
Mar 11, 2009 · MANILA, Philippines - Newly named ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Orlando Mercado took his oath before President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang Wednesday.
