Antonio Tinio
Antonio "Tonchi" Luansing Tinio is a Filipino activist and former member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for ACT Teachers Partylist from 2010 to 2019 and served as Deputy Minority Leader in the 15th congress. He also served as the national chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from 2002 to 2012.[1][2]
Antonio Tinio | |
|---|---|
| House Deputy Minority Leader | |
| In office July 26, 2010 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for ACT Teachers | |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019 Serving with France Castro (2016–2019) | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | ACT Teachers |
Early and personal life edit
Before his stint in Congress, Tinio was a University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) professor from 1991 to 2010.[3][4] He is the son of playwright, movie actor, and director Rolando Tinio and theater actress Ella Luansing.
Political career edit
As legislator, he was the principal author of Republic Act 10653, which broadened the tax exemptions for the 13th month pay (mandatory year-end bonus amounting to a month of salary) of both public and private sector employees in the Philippines,[3] and the staunchest legislator-advocate of salary hikes for public school teachers.[5]
References edit
- ^ "WHAT IS ACT-PHILIPPINES?". ACT Philippines. December 12, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "Leadership is a performing art". philstar.com. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ a b "REP. ANTONIO L. TINIO". ACT Teachers Party-list. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "Teachers commemorate World Teachers' Day with a protest action calling for higher salaries for teachers and rank-and-file government employees". Arkibongbayan. 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ "SSL hurdles final reading at lower house". cnn. Retrieved May 19, 2016.