Ex-lawmaker begins opinion column

FORMER ABAKADA-Guro Party-list Rep. Jonathan de la Cruz begins his opinion column today with Manila Standard. “Crossroads” will appear every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

De la Cruz has over 30 years experience as workers’ advocate, diplomat, journalist, management consultant and organizer.

A product of the public school system in his earlier years, De la Cruz served as president of the student council of Ateneo de Manila University, and concurrently as editor-in-chief of the school paper, Pandayan in 1972.

In 1981, he was a Ten Outstanding Young Men awardee for Employment and Workers’ Welfare.