He was a former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and was appointed by former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process, and later on as Cabinet Secretary, Presidential Management Staff.
Manila Bulletin reported that the Facebook survey had the most respondents, with more than 671,000, while the website survey had 15,669 respondents and the Twitter poll had 101,248.
Barin is the Executive Vice President of the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation.
He is also an Independent Director of the Philippine Trust Company Philtrust Bank.
Gaw is a Director of the Board and Corporate Secretary of Manila Bulletin Publising Corporation.
When Menzi died in 1984, Yap became chairman of the company.