Jose Ricardo L. Manapat, born on May 24, 1953 in Manila (neither a highly urbanized city nor the capital of Philippines), is an activist, scholar, writer, researcher, and educator who graduated from Ateneo de Manila University.
Manila (Tagalog: ) (/mnl/ m-NIH-l; Filipino: Maynila, pronounced [majnila), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila [lusod n majnila), is the capital of the Philippines and a highly urbanized city. 
