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Jude Acidre
Jude Avorque Acidre (born October 13, 1982) is a Filipino legislator and policy analyst currently serving as a sectoral representative of the Tingog Partylist in the 19th Congress of the Philippines. A native of Tacloban, he was elected as the second nominee of Tingog in the 2022 elections and currently serves as a Deputy Majority Leader in the House of Representatives. He is recognized for his advocacy on economic resilience, responsible media regulation, regional development in the Visayas, and the welfare of overseas Filipino workers. Early life and education Jude Avorque Acidre was born on October 13, 1982, in Tacloban. Acidre earned his undergraduate degree in Social Sciences, major in Political Science, from the University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College. Political career Elected as the second nominee of the Tingog Party-list in the 2022 elections, Jude A. Acidre currently serves as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives in the 19th Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives (; '','' thus commonly referred to as ''Kamara'') is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress, although the term collectively refers to both houses. Members of the House are officially styled as ''representatives'' () and are sometimes informally called ''congressmen'' or ''congresswomen'' (). They are elected to a three-year term and can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms without an interruption of one term (e.g. serving one term in the Senate '' ad interim''). Around 80% of congressmen are district representatives, representing specific geographical areas. The 19th Congress has 253 congressional districts. Party-list representatives, who make up not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives, are elected through the party-list system. Aside from needing its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tingog Partylist
Tingog Sinirangan (), also known as the Tingog Party List, is a political organization with party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Background Tingog was established on October 2, 2012, as Tingog Leytehon, a provincial political party based in Leyte province. The first chairman of Tingog was Leyte Governor Edgardo Enerlan and Leyte congressman Martin Romualdez. It was accredited on August 19, 2015, by the Commission on Elections as a party-list organization making it eligible to seek party-list representation in the House of Representatives as early as the 2016 elections. The Tingog Party List aims to represent the interest of Eastern Visayans, although it bills itself as an organization that provides a "regional perspective on national issues". It focuses on issues affecting the countryside or rural areas in general. "Tingog" came from the Waray word for "voice". Tingog fielded Yedda Marie Romualdez, Jude Acidre, Jaime Go, Alexis V. Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yedda Romualdez
Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilsvedt-Romualdez (, born October 22, 1973) is a Filipina politician and beauty queen. She has been serving as the Representative of Tingog Party List since 2019, and previously represented Leyte's 1st district from 2016 to 2019. She is the wife of Martin Romualdez, the Speaker of the House. She represented the Philippines at the Miss International 1996 pageant where she placed in the Top 15. Personal life Romualdez' father is from Norway and her mother is from Cebu. She is a niece of actress Pilar Pilapil who was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas-Universe in 1967. She graduated in nursing from the Cebu Doctors' College in Cebu City and is a registered nurse. She is married to Martin Romualdez who currently serves as a congressman from Leyte and as the 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2022. Pageantry Romualdez first competed in the Supermodel of the World-Philippines pageant in 1991 where she was first runner-up to Lorena Pangan. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Julian Romualdez
Andrew Julian Kittilstvedt Romualdez (born February 21, 2000) is a Filipino politician and businessman. He is the first nominee of the Tingog Partylist for the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections, and is set to assume office on June 30, 2025. Early life and education Romualdez was born on February 21, 2000 in Makati, Metro Manila. He is the eldest child of lawyer Martin Romualdez and former Binibining Pilipinas International 1996 Yedda Marie Kittilstvedt. He attended the prestigious Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, often referred to as the most expensive school in the world. During his time at Le Rosey, he was "exposed to the French language" and co-founded the Le Rosey Polo Team, competing in amateur and professional leagues in Morocco, Switzerland, and the Philippines. He graduated from Cornell University in 2022 with a degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development. Business career In July 2022, at the age of 21, Romualdez was appointed to the boar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacloban
Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a population of 251,881, making it the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas. The city is located southeast of Manila. Tacloban is the regional center of the Eastern Visayas region. It is also the largest city and capital of the province of Leyte (province), Leyte, wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but the city is governed and administered independently from it. Tacloban City was briefly the capital of the Philippines under the Commonwealth Government, from October 20, 1944, to February 27, 1945. In an extensive survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center and released in July 2010, Tacloban City ranks as the fifth most competitive city in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Waray
An Waray was a party-list in the Philippines, mainly based on the islands of Leyte, Samar and Biliran.anwaray.com - The Official Website of An Waray Party List In the 2004 elections for the An Waray got 268,164 votes (2.1079% of the nationwide vote) and one seat ( Florencio Noel). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Philippines Tacloban
The University of the Philippines Tacloban () is an autonomous unit of the University of the Philippines system. It was established on May 23, 1973, at the city of Tacloban, Philippines. History In its 833rd meeting, the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents established the UP College Tacloban. It was recognized as a regional unit of the System on May 23, 1973 and inaugurated on July 2, 1973. Ten years later, Executive Order No. 4 placed UP College Tacloban under the administrative supervision of University of the Philippines Visayas. A new campus will be constructed in Barangay Santa Elena in Tacloban City after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the funding for the construction of the access road from the national highway to the campus site recently. On November 8, 2013, the college sustained severe damage and lost one employee and four of its students due to Typhoon Yolanda. Due to the extent of the damage incurred by the college, its student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Congress Of The Philippines
The 19th Congress of the Philippines (), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives, met from July 25, 2022, until June 11, 2025, during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency. The convening of the 19th Congress followed the 2022 Philippine general election, 2022 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives met in the Batasang Pambansa Complex. The Senate met in the GSIS Building, with a scheduled move to its New Senate Building (Philippines), new building in Taguig indefintely postponed. The 19th Congress was also the first since the 10th Congress of the Philippines, 10th Congress that no senator was from the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal Party. Leadership Senate *President of the Senate of the Philippines, Senate President: **Migz Zubiri (Independent politician, Independent), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
The University of the Philippines Tacloban () is an autonomous unit of the University of the Philippines system. It was established on May 23, 1973, at the city of Tacloban, Philippines. History In its 833rd meeting, the University of the Philippines (UP) Board of Regents established the UP College Tacloban. It was recognized as a regional unit of the System on May 23, 1973 and inaugurated on July 2, 1973. Ten years later, Executive Order No. 4 placed UP College Tacloban under the administrative supervision of University of the Philippines Visayas. A new campus will be constructed in Barangay Santa Elena in Tacloban City after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the funding for the construction of the access road from the national highway to the campus site recently. On November 8, 2013, the college sustained severe damage and lost one employee and four of its students due to Typhoon Yolanda. Due to the extent of the damage incurred by the college, its student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
