He finished his secondary education from Jose Rizal Institute, High School with highest honors.
[1] He then graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1947, but not after his law studies were interrupted by World War II when he became part of the guerrilla movement in his hometown against the Japanese occupying forces.
[4] He was also appointed Chairman of the Presidential Fact-Finding and Policy Advisory Commission for the Protection of Overseas Filipinos in 1995 (also known as the Gancayco Commission), a Vice Chairman for PhilTrust Bank, a Former President and Director of the YMCA of the Philippines.
[4] On January 5, 1987, President Aquino appointed him Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
He was assigned to sit in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.