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Daniel Fernando
Daniel Ramirez Fernando (born Cesar Fernando Ramirez; May 12, 1962) is a Filipino actor and politician who has served as the 34th governor of Bulacan since 2019. Early life Fernando served as the Sangguniang Kabataan, Kabataang Barangay Chairman of Tabang, Guiguinto, from 1980 to 1984. Entertainment career Fernando formerly worked as an actor in film and television. Fernando is critically acclaimed for his performance in the 1985 controversial erotic thriller film ''Scorpio Nights'', directed by Peque Gallaga and produced by Lily Monteverde of regal Entertainment, Regal Films. Local politics Fernando served as a member of the Bulacan Provincial Board from 2001 to 2007. Vice governor of Bulacan (2010–2019) Fernando served as vice governor from 2010 to 2019 under Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado. Governor of Bulacan (since 2019) Elections Fernando announced that he would run for governor under the National Unity Party (Philippines), National Unity Party, to su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Bulacan
The governor of Bulacan () is the local chief executive of the province of Bulacan in Central Luzon region of the country. The governor holds office at the Bulacan Provincial Capitol in Malolos City. List of governors of Bulacan Elections * 1988 Bulacan local elections * 1992 Bulacan local elections * 1995 Bulacan local elections * 1998 Bulacan local elections * 2001 Bulacan local elections * 2004 Bulacan local elections * 2007 Bulacan local elections * 2010 Bulacan local elections * 2013 Bulacan local elections * 2016 Bulacan local elections * 2019 Bulacan local elections * 2022 Bulacan local elections * 2025 Bulacan local elections References {{Provincial governors in the Philippines Governors of Bulacan, Government of Bulacan Governors of provinces of the Philippines, Bulacan Politics of Bulacan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramírez (surname)
Ramírez is a Spanish-language patronymic, patronymic surname of Visigothic, Germanic origin, meaning "son of Ramiro".https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=ramirez Its correct spelling in Spanish is with an acute accent on the i, which is often omitted in English writing. It is the 28th most common surname in Spain. It is also the 42nd most common surname in the U.S. and the 9th most common in Mexico. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 40.1% of all known bearers of the surname ''Ramírez'' were residents of Mexico (frequency 1:62), 10.2% of Colombia (1:95), 8.3% of the United States (1:874), 5.4% of Venezuela (1:112), 5.3% of Guatemala (1:61), 4.3% of Peru (1:149), 3.6% of Argentina (1:239), 2.8% of Spain (1:336), 2.7% of the Philippines (1:768), 2.6% of the Dominican Republic (1:79), 2.1% of Chile (1:169), 2.0% of El Salvador (1:65), 1.9% of Cuba (1:123), 1.7% of Honduras (1:105), 1.7% of Paraguay (1:88), 1.3% of Costa Rica (1:72) and 1.2% of Ecuador (1:273). In Spain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macho Dancer
Macho Dancer is a 1988 Philippine drama film directed by Lino Brocka from a story and screenplay written by Amado Lacuesta and Ricky Lee. It explores the realities of a young, poor, rural gay man, who after being dumped by his American boyfriend, is forced to support himself and his family in Manila's seamy red-light district. The film's frank depiction of homosexuality, prostitution, drag queens and crooked cops, the porn industry, sexual slavery, and drugs and violence caused Filipino government censors to order extensive edits of the film. Brocka smuggled an uncensored cut out of the Philippines to be shown to a limited number of international film festivals. The film received a standing ovation at the 1988 Toronto International Film Festival.Peter Malone (editor) ''Macho Dancer'' was a box office failure in the Philippines due to its heavy censorship, but achieved international festival and critical success. The smuggled, uncensored 35 mm print of the film is part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Tribune (Philippines)
The ''Daily Tribune'' is an English-language broadsheet publication in the Philippines. Its office is in the 3450 Concept Building, Florida Street, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. ''The Daily Tribune'', as it was called then, was founded on February 1, 2000, by a group of journalists from the then-defunct ''The Philippine Post'' led by then-Editor-in-Chief and Founding Chairman Ninez Cacho-Olivares. On June 1, 2018, Concept and Information Group, publisher of the online ''Concept News Central'', acquired the paper from Cacho-Olivares. With the change of hands, "The" from ''The Daily Tribune'' has been dropped. History On February 24, 2006, the ''Tribune'' was raided by the Philippine National Police at the height of the State of Emergency imposed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The police presence remained in the paper's office until the State of Emergency was lifted on March 4, 2006. The paper continued to publish normally, making defiant statements throughout. ... [...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] |
Samuel Martires
Samuel Reyes Martires (; born January 2, 1949) is a Filipino lawyer serving as the Ombudsman of the Philippines since 2018, appointed to the post by then-President Rodrigo Duterte. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2018. Martires has repeatedly called for less transparency in government throughout his tenure as Ombudsman, directly taking steps to conceal information on government officials' wealth from the public and calling for the imprisonment of people who make "commentaries" on officials' wealth, earning him criticism as a protector of corrupt politicians. Early life Samuel Reyes Martires was born on January 2, 1949, in Palapag, Samar (now in Northern Samar). His father died when he was five years old. When he was in high school, he wanted to become a priest; he sought permission from his mother to become a missionary but was denied. Some of his relatives were Catholic priests: two of his father's cousins were Benedictines while Cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe, unethical or fraudulent. Whistleblowers can use a variety of internal or external channels to communicate information or allegations. Over 83% of whistleblowers report internally to a supervisor, human resources, compliance, or a neutral third party within the company, hoping that the company will address and correct the issues. A whistleblower can also bring allegations to light by communicating with external entities, such as the media, government, or law enforcement. Some countries legislate as to what constitutes a protected disclosure, and the permissible methods of presenting a disclosure. Whistleblowing can occur in the private sector or the public sector. Whistleblowers often face retaliation for their disclosure, including termination of emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malolos
Malolos , officially the City of Malolos (), is a component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government. Malolos was the site of the constitutional convention of 1898, known as the Malolos Convention, that led to the establishment of the First Philippine Republic led by Emilio Aguinaldo, at the sanctuary of the Barasoain Church. The convent of the Malolos Cathedral served as the presidential palace at that time. The First Philippine Republic is sometimes characterized as the first proper constitutional republic in Asia, although there were several Asian republics predating it – for example, the Mahajanapadas of ancient India, the Lanfang Republic, the Republic of Formosa, or the Republic of Ezo. Aguinaldo himself had led a number of governments prior to Malolos, like those established at Tejeros and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regal Entertainment
Regal Entertainment Inc. (formerly and more commonly known as Regal Films) is a Philippine film, television production and distribution headquartered in New Manila, Quezon City. It was founded by Lily Monteverde on August 19, 1962. Regal Entertainment is one of the largest film studios in the Philippines, along with Star Cinema, GMA Pictures, and Viva Films. History In the beginning, Mother Lily Monteverde (1938–2024) and her husband Remy put up a popcorn stand at the Podmon Theater (now LRT-2 Recto Station) in C.M. Recto, Manila (which served as the head office of Regal before it moved to the Valencia studio and eventually to the Tycoon Center in Ortigas Center, Pasig). Regal Films started as a distributor of foreign films, such as ''That Man from Istanbul'', ''Marsha'' and '' All Mine to Give'', pouring funds for Mother Lily to produce a local movie. In 1976, Mother Lily asked permission from her father to produce her first project, ''Kayod sa Umaga, Kayod sa Gabi'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Monteverde
Lily Yu Chu-Monteverde (19 August 1938 – 4 August 2024), known as Mother Lily and professionally credited as Lily Yu Monteverde, was a Chinese Filipino film producer and businesswoman. Monteverde was one of the first Filipina movie producers who produced many local blockbuster films under different genres in the 1970s and 1980s. She produced movies with Alma Moreno, Lorna Tolentino, Maricel Soriano, Snooky Serna and Dina Bonnevie starring as lead stars during that time. She also propelled Richard Gomez and Aga Muhlach's careers to greater heights in the early 1990s. Career Her father Yu Chu did not provide her with dowry after she decided to marry Leonardo, a San Beda University basketball star. In 1958, her brother Jesus granted her a loan to finance Regal Entertainment as distributor of Hollywood films, starting with her ₱7,000 film rights to '' All Mine to Give'', which hit the ₱500,000 mark in the box office. In 1961, Monteverde, as adventurer earned ₱200 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peque Gallaga
Maurice Gallaga (August 25, 1943 – May 7, 2020), better known as Peque Gallaga, was a multi-awarded Filipino film-maker. His most significant achievement in film was , which he directed after winning a scriptwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines. He has received an award from the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in 1983; a Special Jury Award from the Manila International Film Festival; and the 2004 Gawad CCP para sa Sining. Education Gallaga spent his elementary and high school years at De La Salle University in City of Manila, then finished his bachelor's in commerce and liberal arts at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental Province, Visayas. He taught theater and film at the University of St. La Salle. Career Rise to prominence Upon moving back to Manila, he got involved in television musicals and eventually co-directed the film ''Binhi'' with Butch Perez. He also directed the movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpio Nights
''Scorpio Nights'' is a 1985 Philippine erotic thriller film directed by Peque Gallaga from a screenplay by Rosauro "Uro" Q. Dela Cruz, based on a story concept written by T.E. Pagaspas and art director Romel Bernardino. It is about a love affair between a young man and a married woman who become entangled in their uncontrollable urge for sex. It stars Orestes Ojeda, Anna Marie Gutierrez, and Daniel Fernando in his acting debut while Dwight Gaston, Pen Medina, Angelo Castro Jr., and some of the film's production staff including writer-director Rosauro "Uro" Q. Dela Cruz and art director Rommel Bernardino as the supporting cast and special participation. Produced and released by Regal Films on June 18, 1985, the film was controversial but played a key role in defining Filipino erotic films of the decade. Plot The film is set in a shabby apartment where Danny resides above the room of a security guard and his wife. Every day, the husband goes home, eats his dinner, washes th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
