University of Santo Tomas Quintin Paredes III – Civil Law Expert, member FROKS (Manila) Antonio Paredes, Jr. – legal counsel of Senator Loren Legarda, member FROKS shooting team, member FROKS (Manila) Oscar T. Castelo (HS) – Judge of Manila Court (1946), City Attorney of Quezon City Rafael del Pan (HS) – Lawyer, Nationalist, Criminologist and Reformist, Solicitor General of Philippine Islands Eugenio H. Villareal (GS 1976, HS 80) – former Chairperson, Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) (Dec 2012 – Jan 2017); Professor of Law in Evidence, Legal Philosophy, and Media & Entertainment Law Salvador Medialdea (BSC) – is a Filipino lawyer, business executive and government administrator who is the former Executive Secretary of the Philippines during the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte Men of Cloth Archbishop Artemio Casas (HS, 1930) – former Rector of Manila Cathedral (1956–1962) Archbishop Oscar Cruz, DD (GS, 1950) – Lingayen–Dagupan Archbishop Ramon Salazar, OP Archbishop Socrates Villegas (HS, 1977), member FROKS (Manila) Bishop Teodoro Bacani (HS, 1956) – Novaliches Bishop Jose Salazar, OP (HS, 1958) – Batanes Bishop Alfredo Versoza Fr. Gregorio Aglipay (AB, 1877–1881) – Co-founder of the Philippine Independent Church Fr. Rufino "Jun" Sescon, Jr. (HS, 1988) Chancellor, Arzobispado de Manila; Chaplain, Sto. Nino de Paz Chapel Writers Francisco Alonso Liongson – Filipino Playwright in Spanish Francisco Balagtas – Poet and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic, Florante at Laura, is regarded as his defining work. Jesús "Batikuling" Balmori – Renowned Filipino Poet in Spanish, Premio Zobel awardee (1926) Marcelo H. Del Pilar – Writer & Propagandist; One of the co-publisher and founder of La Solidaridad Fernando De La Concepcion – Journalist, Premio Zobel awardee (1960) Carlos De La Rosa – Journalist, Premio Zobel awardee (1984) Ermin Garcia, Sr. – Journalist, Founder of Pangasinan Newspaper "Sunday Punch" Enrique Fernandez Lumba – Spanish Journalist and Poet, Premio Zobel awardee (1954) Bienvenido Lumbera (HS, 1950) – National Artist of the Philippines; Recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative communication; Carlos Palanca Memorial Awardee Jesus T. Peralta (HS, 1951; AA-PM, 1953) – Writer, essayist and social scientist; Hall of Famer Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature Mariano Ponce (1885) – Writer & Propagandist Severino Reyes – Writer, dramatist, and playwright, highly acclaimed as one of the giants of Tagalog literature of the early 20th century.