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2016 Bacoor Local Elections
Local elections were held in Bacoor on May 9, 2016, within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, the vice mayor, the lone district representative, the two provincial board members for Cavite, and the twelve councilors, six in each of the city's two local legislative districts. Background Incumbent Edwin "Strike" Revilla is already in his third term as mayor of Bacoor; therefore he is disqualified from running for another term for the same position despite Bacoor's change in status as a city in 2012. He will be running for representative to switch positions with his sister-in-law, Lani Mercado-Revilla. Her opponents are former municipal vice mayor and provincial board member Edwin Malvar and incumbent provincial board member Rolando "Andoy" Remulla. On the other hand, incumbent vice mayor Catherine Sariño-Evaristo will be Representative Mercado-Revilla's running mate. Her announced opponents are former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lani Mercado
Lani Mercado-Revilla (; born Jesusa Victoria Garcia Hernandez-Bautista; April 13, 1968) is a Filipino actress and politician serving as representative of Cavite's 2nd district, which comprises only the city of Bacoor, from 2010 to 2016. Personal life She married actor and incumbent Senator Bong Revilla Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (; born Jose Mari Mortel Bautista; September 25, 1966) is a Filipino actor, director, producer, television presenter and politician serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019, and previously from ..., in a civil wedding in 1986. They have seven children, namely: * Leonard Bryan Bautista (born in November 1986) * Jose Lorenzo Bautista III (Ramon "Jolo" Revilla III, born in March 1988), Representative of Cavite's 1st congressional district and Vice Governor of Cavite, married to Angelica Alita *Inah Felicia Bautista-Del Rosario (born in October 1989) married to Vince del Rosario *Maria Alexandra Bautista (1990-1991) *Ma. Vikto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strike Revilla
Strike Bautista Revilla (; born Edwin Mortel Bautista; March 2, 1970) is a Filipino politician and incumbent Representative of Cavite's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He is a member of the National Unity Party. He previously served as mayor of Bacoor and was a member of the board of directors of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) from August 2005 to March 2007. Background Born as Edwin Mortel Bautista, he is the 61st child of Jose Acuña Bautista (Ramon Bautista Revilla, Sr.) and the fifth child of Azucena Guzman Mortel Bautista. He is the younger brother of incumbent Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. He finished his elementary education at Jesus Good Shepherd School in 1983 and attended high school at San Dimas High School in Los Angeles County, California from 1983 to 1987. He finished Commerce major in Management at Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila, where he also got his master's degree in Business Administration. Prior t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacoor
Bacoor (), officially the City of Bacoor (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 664,625 people, making it the 15th most populous city in the Philippines and the second largest city in the province of Cavite after Dasmariñas. Etymology The name of Bacoor is transcribed in old sources variously as "Bacoor", "Bacor", "Bakur", etc. It was originally the name of the Bacoor Bay which separates the Cavite peninsula from the mainland. The name is believed to be originally from the Philippine Negrito languages, meaning "circle", referring to the shape of the bay. Another possible origin of the name of Bacoor is from Tagalog language, Tagalog wikt:bakood, ''bakood'' (also ''bakulod'', ''bakoor'', or ''bakuwod'', etc.) for "highlands" or "plateau" (cf. Bacolor and Bacolod). History Spanish colonization era Bacoor was one of the fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Philippine General Election
A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016, for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials. At the top of the ballot was the election for successors to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay. There were also elections for: * 12 seats to the Senate of the Philippines, Senate; * All 297 seats to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives; * All governors, vice governors, and 772 seats to provincial boards in the Philippines, provincial boards for 81 provinces of the Philippines, provinces; * All mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities in the Philippines, cities and for 1,489 municipalities of the Philippines, municipalities; * All members of the city councils in the Philippines, city councils and 11,924 seats on municipal councils in the Philippines, municipal councils; and * Governor, vice governor and al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangguniang Panglungsod
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is the local legislative body of a city government in the Philippines. The name of the legislative body comes from the Filipino words "''sanggunian''" ("council") – ultimately from the root word "''sangguni''" ("to consult") – both of Tagalog origins, with the latter word also of Kapampangan and Old Tagalog origins, and "''lungsod''" ("city") of both Tagalog ("lungsod" = "city") – but ultimately Bisayan ("lungsod" = town or municipality) – origins; "city council" is therefore often used as an equivalent term in English or Philippine English. Members of the city council are referred to as "''kagawad''"; while in mostly but not only predominantly Bisayan-speaking cities, they are called "''konsehal''" (masc.) and "''konsehala''" (fem.), or "''sehal''". The Local Government Code of 1991 governs the composition, powers and functions of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, often referred to as councilors, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Manila Times
''The Manila Times'' is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines. It is published daily by The Manila Times Publishing Corp. (formerly La Vanguardia Publishing Corporation) with editorial and administrative offices at 2/F Sitio Grande Building, 409 A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila. It was founded on October 11, 1898, shortly after news that the Treaty of Paris (1898), Treaty of Paris would be signed, ending the Spanish–American War and transferring the Philippines from Spanish to American sovereignty. It presently bills itself as having the fourth-largest circulation of the newspapers in the Philippines, beating the ''Manila Standard'', but still behind the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'', the ''Manila Bulletin'' and ''The Philippine Star''. The current publisher and president and chief executive officer (CEO) and executive editor is Dante Francis "Klink" Ang II. On May 1, 2017, its chairman emeritus Dante Ang was appointed by President Rodrigo Dutert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Philippine Star
''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, Max Soliven and Art Borjal, it is one of several Philippine newspapers founded after the 1986 People Power Revolution. Its sister publications include business newspaper '' BusinessWorld''; Cebu-based, English-language broadsheet '' The Freeman''; Filipino-language tabloids '' Pilipino Star Ngayon'' and ''Pang-Masa''; Cebuano-language tabloid ''Banat'', online news portals Philstar.com, PhilstarLife.com, Interaksyon (formerly with News5), LatestChika.com, Wheels.PH, PropertyReport.PH, Multiverse.PH and TV/digital production unit Philstar TV. In March 2014, the newspaper was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a media conglomerate subsidized by the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, after the company purchased a majority stake in Philst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated sometimes as CNN PH) was a Philippine free-to-air television network owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN), under a license from Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. CNN Philippines was the fifth local franchise of CNN in Asia after CNN Indonesia, CNN Türk, CNN Arabic, and CNN-IBN (now CNN-News18 in India). It was formed after a brand licensing agreement with CNN Worldwide and Nine Media in 2014. It then launched on March 16, 2015, replacing 9TV, and was available on various platforms, including cable, satellite, live-streaming, and RPN's television stations. CNN Philippines' local programming was produced from the Worldwide Corporate Center in Mandaluyong. It maintained its analog transmitter located at the RPN Compound in Diliman, Quezon City, while digital transmission facilities were located at the Crestview Subdivision in Antipolo, Rizal. Citing financial losses, CNN Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aba Gawaran
ABA may refer to: Aviation * AB Aerotransport, former Scandinavian airline * IATA airport code for Abakan International Airport in Republic of Khakassia, Russia Businesses and organizations Broadcasting * Alabama Broadcasters Association, United States * Asahi Broadcasting Aomori, Japanese television station * Australian Broadcasting Authority Education * Académie des Beaux-Arts (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the Congo * American British Academy, Oman Sports Basketball * ABA League, Adriatic first-tier basketball league ** ABA League Second Division, Adriatic second-tier basketball league * American Basketball Association, defunct professional league (1967–1976) * American Basketball Association (2000–present), semi-professional league * Australian Basketball Association, defunct semi-professional entity Other sports * Amateur Boxing Association of England, former name of England Boxing * American Bandy Association * American Bicycle Association * American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Revilla
Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (; born Jose Mari Mortel Bautista; September 25, 1966) is a Filipino actor, director, producer, television presenter and politician serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016. The son of actor-politician Ramon Revilla Sr., he himself became an Action hero, action star in the 1980s and 1990s as Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., starring in the Alyas Pogi (film series), ''Alyas Pogi'' film series as the titular policeman Henry Cruz. He started his political career in Cavite, serving as vice governor (1995–1998) and later Governor of Cavite, governor (1998–2001). He was the chairman of the Optical Media Board, Videogram Regulatory Board (now the Optical Media Board) from 2002 to 2004. Revilla was first elected to the Senate in 2004. He successfully ran for a second term and topped the 2010 Philippine Senate election, senatorial race in 2010. His alleged involvement in the Priority Development Assistance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priority Development Assistance Fund Scam
The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, was a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called " pork barrel"), a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government, mostly on the national level. The scam was first exposed in the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' by Nancy C. Carvajal on July 12, 2013, with the six-part exposé of Carvajal pointing to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles as the scam's mastermind after Benhur K. Luy, her second cousin and former personal assistant, was rescued by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on March 22, 2013, four months after he was detained by Napoles at her unit at the Pacific Plaza Towers in Bonifacio Global City. Initially centering on Napoles' involvement in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
