Nickname : Aping
Date of Birth : January 16, 1929
Place of Birth : Victoria, Tarlac
Name of Spouse : Zenaida Areno-Yap
Address : Governor's Office, Capitol Bldg., Tarlac City

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

   Bachelor of Laws (LLB) - Manuel L. Quezon University, Manila
   Passed the Bar in 1951

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RECORD:

   1963-1964     Undersecretary of the Department of General Services

   1964-1965     Deputy Governor of the Land Authority

   1986-1987     Administrator of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System 
                           (MWSS).

POLITICAL RECORD:

   1951-1955     Mayor of Victoria, Tarlac (Youngest mayor elected in the Philippines 
                           at age 22)

   1965-1972     Congressman of the Second District of Tarlac

   1987-1998     Representative, Second District of Tarlac

   1998-to date   Governor, Province of Tarlac