Philip Juico
Philip Ella Juico is a Filipino sports official. He is the chairman emeritus of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA), the NSA for athletics in the Philippines. He was president of PATAFA from 2015 to 2022. Juico served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform from 1987 to 1989. He was Dean of the Graduate School of Business of De La Salle Professional Schools in the Philippines from 2002 to 2008. Education Philip Juico studied at De La Salle University. He finished his elementary and high school studies in De La Salle in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He obtained his AB-BSC degree from the same institution in 1970. In his high school years, he was a sports writer for the official high school student publication, The LaSallite, while during his college years, he was part of The LaSallian, serving as its Sports section editor from 1969 to 1970, and serving its associate editor throughout 1970. De La Salle University inducted Juico into its Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 for his contribution to Philippine sports. Career Business For much of his early career Juico was a consultant to Philippine AgriBusiness. 1986–1987: Deputy Minister, Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1986–1987: Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Food 1987–1992: concurrent positions as a director of the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Development Bank of the Philippines, as a member of the board of the Development Academy of the Philippines, National Economic Development Authority and Population Commission; and as chairman of the National Agribusiness Corporation and the National Social Action Council. 1987–1992: Chairman, Cabinet Cluster on Rural Development and as Cabinet Officer for Regional Development (CORD) for the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). Government On July 22, 1987, President Corazon Aquino signed Proclamation No. 131 which instituted the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) as a major program of the government. It provided for a special fund known as the Agrarian Reform Fund (ARF), with an initial amount of Php50 billion to cover the estimated cost of the program from 1987 to 1992. Juico was appointed by Aquino to lead the CARP program. Juico served as Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform from 1987 to 1989 under President Corazon Aquino. Juico resigned in 1989 after the Garchitorena land scam, which undermined Aquino's agrarian reform program and prompted an investigation of government officials allegedly involved in the scam. Juico had been accused of violating an anti-corruption law by signing a land-purchase agreement that would have cost the government about $2.7 million. The 4,660 acres of largely non-arable, hilly land in Garchitorena, Camarines Sur was purchased for about $142,600 by a private firm, which then tried to sell it to the government less than a year later for nearly $2.9 million. Juico was exonerated in the case by the Sandiganbayan, a special anti-graft court, on July 16, 1992. The court found there was no proof that Juico took part in any "willful attempt to defraud the government." and he was not obliged "to