VILMA SANTOS-RECTO
She may always be Batangas province's brightest star, but the rest of the nation had her first. Such is reason why no one can fault Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto — multi-awarded three-term mayor of Lipa, three-term governor of Batangas and three-term representative of the province's second district — if, after 24 consecutive years in public service, she decides to linger longer and revel in the bright lights of show business anew rather than heed a rousing call to run for the senate or perhaps even higher office.