Rodolfo Valera Cabado

Background

Cabado, Rodolfo Valera was born on April 17, 1953 in Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines. Son of Placido Cabrias Cabado and Eumelia Sarrosa Valera.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Central Philippine University, 1976. Bachelor of Laws summa cum laude, Central Philippine University, 1980.

Career

Associate Enojas, Defensor & Associates, Iloilo City, 1981—1985. Partner Enojas, Defensor, Teodosio & Cabado, 1987—1991. Legal officer Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Region 6, 1988—1991.

Provincial legal officer Province South Cotabato, Koronadal, 1992—1993. Executive director League Municipalities, Quezon City, Philippines, 1993—1994. Provincial board directors Province of Iloilo, Iloilo City, Philippines, 1986—1987, Philippines, 1995—2001, Philippines, 2004—2007, Philippines, since 2007.

Partner Bedona, Bedona, Cabado, Alim & Endonila, Philippines, since 1994. Professor law Central Philippine University, since 1981, director public relations, 2003—2004. Consultant cultural affairs office of governor Province of Iloilo, Iloilo City, 1989—1991, provincial board member, 1995—2001, since 2004.

Chairman Iloilo Provincial Council for Culture, Arts, History and Tourism, Iloilo City, 1995—2001. Regional chairman Western Visayas Regional Tourism Council, Iloilo City, 1996—1998. Member national board National Tourism Council of the Philippines, Manila, 1996—1998.

Founding president Iloilo Theatre Company, 1998.

Achievements

• Rodolfo Valera Cabado has been listed as a notable lawyer, artist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Leon Heritage Foundation, Philippines, 1998—2004, Central Philippine University Alumi Association Inc., Philippines, since 1996, Arts Council of Iloilo Foundation, Inc., Iloilo City, Philippines, 1995—2004. Volunteer lawyer Free Legal Assistance Group, Philippines, 1981—1992. Legal counsel Task Force Detainees, Philippines, 1984—1986.

Member of Integrated Bar Philippines.

Interests

• Creative writing, theater, music, visual arts.

Connections

Father:

Placido Cabrias Cabado

Mother:

Eumelia Sarrosa Valera