Mar, 1974 – An Ateneo Freshman. Being classmates, having a mutual fondness for basketball, as well as coming from the same region (we’re both Ilonggos), we immediately became friends. He was one of the boys, in spite of coming from the “royal blood” Roxas-Araneta lineage. There was no gap between him being wealthy and me being ordinary.
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Fritz Gaston - Owner, Fritz Beverage
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From a Supporter since 2007. I have been supporting Mar since 2007 and blogged in support of his 2010 presidential run. He is clean, intelligent, honest and articulate. But when he gave way to the people’s clamor for Noynoy Aquino…
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Kevin Ray Chua - Student, Cebu City
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Statesman. Mar is a politician who's evolved into a statesman on his own terms, tracing a lineage of service but forging his own path ahead, one that all Filipinos can learn... Read More
Quintin Pastrana - Cambridge Grad Student
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The Traffic Police. I’m sure you’re familiar with Mar directing traffic during the SONA of 2009. Knowing how he works, how he is, and how he likes fixing things… I was hardly surprised.
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Clare Amador - Writer
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Kag Indi Gid Corrupt. He’s an honest and trustworthy person kag indi gid corrupt. I pray that another son of Capiz in the person of Mar will bring pride and honor to our beloved Province as Vice President of the Philippines in 2010. Good luck and God Bless Mar Roxas.
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Corazon Balgos Tiangco - from Banica, Roxas City
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Capizeno. He is a man who wants to turn the Philippines not just into a strong republic but a country with a clean and good government as well.
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Bryan Belo - Student
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Reluctant Actor. Mar isn’t your typical people pleaser. If I know him, he’d rather avoid crowds and spend the time relaxed at home with family and friends. Being in politics robs him of that choice.
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Donna Garcia - Rice Communications (Singapore)
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Free Market and the Individual. MAR: “True, I’m for a free market. But more importantly, I am for fairness. I am for equal opportunity for all. So the free market must work for those principles and under those principles.”
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Francis Capistrano - Deputy Communications Head
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