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FVR book launching on Feb. 15

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On  Feb. 15, 2017, a week before the 31st anniversary of the first day of the Edsa People Power Revolution, the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation (RPDEV) and Media Touchstone Ventures Inc. (MTVi) will launch a book on former President Fidel V. Ramos at the Hexagon Lounge, 4th floor, RCBC Plaza, Makati City. The book, FVR XYZ Files: An Anthology of Controversies & Issues, Anecdotes & Trivia about Fidel Valdez Ramos, is a companion book of A Continuing Voyage for Enduring Peace and Sustainable Development, which will be launched in March to coincide with RPDEV’s 16th anniversary.

Consisting of 372 pages, FVR XYZ is divided into three chapters: Trivia, Issues and Controversies, and Anecdotes. The chapter on Trivia contains sections on the different stages in the life of the 12th President of the Philippines—from his childhood, his life in the uniformed service, his Presidency and on to his role as senior Statesman and Kuya to over 100-million Filipinos. The chapter gathers bits of interesting information to make Filipinos understand the person who led the country from 1992 to 1998 to become one of the fastest-growing economies in the region. This enlightening chapter reveals a leader imbued with wit and a sense of humor despite his rigid military training from the US Military Academy.

Former President Fidel V. Ramos flashes his signature thumbs-up sign during a pre-book launching event. He is joined by his official biographer Melandrew Velasco. 

The chapter issues and Controversies presents the real narrative and account behind every issue and controversy thrown at the former president.  Issues, long answered during his incumbency but which again came around as critics try to connect him to the failure of those who succeeded him to lead the country, are responded to straightforwardly. These include the alleged role of the United States in the 1986 Edsa People Revolution, the AFP Modernization Program, Flor Contemplacion Case, and the inefficient MRT, among other issues that impinged upon good governance, peace and order, economic development and social welfare.

A collection of anecdotes comprises the last chapter of the book. Former members of the Ramos Cabinet, journalists and those who have come in close contact with FVR relate their unique experiences with the man who established and steers the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation after turning over the Presidency to his successor. 

The book is authored by Melandrew T. Velasco, biographer of the Ramos family and president of MTVi. He has authored several books for the Ramos family and FVR’s RPDEV Foundation including Teamwork for Enduring Peace and Sustainable Development, the 10th year commemorative book of RPDEV.   According to Velasco, while other former Chiefs of State write their memoirs and then fade into the sunset, no so with FVR. “Even in his octogenarian years, FVR has never failed to carry on what he has started, always a good soldier who likes to say that he would rather die serving his country with his boots on rather than sit idly to enjoy his retirement. He continues to inspire and stimulate, stir and enthuse, define and redefine, challenge and defy,” says Velasco.

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