JOEL CALDERON  2009 Padyak Pinoy Champion	A farmer by day and a tricycle by night, the unassuming Joel Calderon of Guimba, Nueva Ecija rode the final stage of the 2009 Padyak Pinoy Tour of Champions on a borrowed bike and with the loyal support of Novo Ecijano riders led by fellow Guimbanian Oscar Rindole to become the second Novo Ecijano to be national tour champion since San Jose City’s Armando Catalan in 1988.
LAUREN MARK LIBUNAO Indigenous Visual Artist	For Mark Lawrence Libunao, garlic is not just an everyday cooking item in their small noodle restaurant but also a medium in expressing his deep artistic talent as a painter.His paintings in garlic oil were first showcased in GMA 7’s “Jessica Soho Report” then by “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” and are now nationally recognized pieces of art.
EDMUNDO M. PAEZ 2006 GAWAD OSCAR M. FLORENDO Awardee	A 68 years old and a retired gov’t employee since 2005 from BFAR and Paez (a former municipal treasurer Salvador Esguerra son of the late of the town) Luzona Mateo, born in 1942 at Bunol, was a national GAWAD OSCAR M.FLORENDO awardee thru his info-material FOTO DIKIT in 2002 as regional info officer of the Bu. of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
AURORA M. SAMONTE	Retired Education Supervisor for Music & Arts Department of Education, Division of Nueva Ecija Certificate in Music Education – Philippine Normal University M.A in Psychology – Philippine Statesman College Trainer/Coach/Conductor – Children’s Choir, Teachers Choir Church Choir, Community Choir, Drum and Lyre Corps
F.M. Reyes Director of ABS-CBN	Hometown: Guimba, Sto. Cristo District Born: October 30, 1972 Married to Rita Avila (Aha E. Reyes) Elementary & High-School Educ. (OLSHA) Cum Laude UP Diliman Film & Audio Visual Communications 1993
Atty. Edwin P. Jacoba Politics	Was born on January 7, 1944 in Guimba, Nueva Ecija. He finished his High School in Corigidor College. He finished his of Arts in Political Science at the Unversity of the Philippines in 1963. He persued his interest at U.P. College of Law graduated in 1968 and passed the Bar the year after. In 1981, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of Kansas Lawrence, U.S.A. He served the government in difference capacities from 1964 until his death and had carved a distinction of being an excellent and respectable administrator in the field of public Service. Among the position he held in government were: Vice President of Development and Assistant Profesion in Community Development, Mindanao State University. Marawi City, 1987-1988; Secretary, Senate of the Philippines,19-1991; Executive Director, Senate of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (NAFC) 1998-1999 Director Agriculture Training Institute, 1999-march 2003. He was a project leader in implement in Various project development areas such as education, local government, and mass having with an outstanding experience in public/government and private sector. In recognition of his significant contirbution of public Service, he ws recognition by the Municipality of Guimba as its outstanding citezen, in 1990. Likewise, his dedication and commmitment to improve the quality of decation has besttowed upon him the Fraternity Award of Legal Education by the Sigma Rho Fraternity U.P. College of Law in 1987. And Guimba Association Award in Education in 1975.