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Philippine House Of Representatives Elections In Western Visayas, 2010
2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Elections were held in Western Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10, 2010. The candidate with the First past the post, most votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines. Summary Aklan Incumbent Florencio Miraflores is running unopposed. Antique Incumbent Exequiel Javier is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection; his son Paolo Javier Javier, Paolo Javier is his party's nominee for the district's seat. Bacolod Incumbent Monico Puentevella is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection; he will run as mayor of Bacolod as Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated Ricardo Tan in his place. He will face former Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Golez Jr. running under the Nationalist People's Coalition. Capiz 1st District Antonio Del Rosario is the incumbent. 2nd Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Visayas
Western Visayas ( hil, Kabisay-an Nakatundan; tl, Kanlurang Kabisayaan or ''Kanlurang Visayas'') is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental) and two highly urbanized cities (Bacolod and Iloilo City). The regional center is Iloilo City. The region is dominated by the native speakers of four Visayan languages: Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a, Aklanon and Capiznon. The land area of the region is , and with a population of 7,954,723 inhabitants, it is the second most populous region in the Visayas after Central Visayas. On May 29, 2015, the region was realigned, when Western Visayas (Region VI) lost both the province of Negros Occidental and the highly urbanized city of Bacolod to the newly formed Negros Island Region. However, the region was dissolved, resulting in the return of Negros Occidental and Bacolod to Western Visayas Region on August 9, 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
