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Luisa Lloren Cuaresma
Luisa "Banti" Lloren Cuaresma (born January 18, 1955) is a Filipina politician who currently serves as the representative of the Legislative district of Nueva Vizcaya, lone district of Nueva Vizcaya since 2016. Previously, she served as governor of Nueva Vizcaya from 2004 until 2013 and vice-governor from 1998 until 2004. She is the province's fourth female governor. Early life Cuaresma, a pharmacist by profession, was married to Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Bambang Mayor Benjamin Cuaresma, who was abducted and assassinated by the New People's Army on the eve of the 1988 Philippine local elections, 1988 local elections. Political career After her husband's murder, Cuaresma ran for mayor in the 1988 election and won, serving the three-term limit until 1998. Afterwards, she was elected vice governor for two terms before becoming the fifth woman to become governor of Nueva Vizcaya in 2004. She served in that post until 2013, when she made an unsuccessful bid to run for the Nueva Vizcay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorable
''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style (manner of address), style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general, consuls and honorary consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners only. Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo In the Democrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakas Ng Bansa
The Lakas ng Bansa (LnB; ) was a defunct conservative liberal political party in the Philippines established in 1986, and folded until 1988 when merged with the Cojuangco faction of PDP–Laban to form Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP). History In 1986, after the snap elections which made Corazon Aquino swept in power, House Speaker Ramon Mitra and some members of United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) created a pro-Aquino party which supports the president, regardless of previous party affiliation. In 1988, Mitra, Congressman Peping Cojuangco, and presidential sister-in-law Paul Aquino (father of Bam Aquino) agreed to merge Lakas ng Bansa and PDP–Laban (Cojuangco faction) to form Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP). The Cojuangco faction was formed in 1988 due to Cojuangco's recruitment of former Pro-Marcos and Kilusang Bagong Lipunan The New Society Movement (, KBL), formerly named the New Society Movement of United Nationalists, Liberals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impeachment Of Sara Duterte
In December 2024, four Impeachment in the Philippines, impeachment complaints were formally filed against Sara Duterte, the vice president of the Philippines, serving under President Bongbong Marcos. The measure was approved by the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives on February 5, 2025, paving the way for a trial to proceed in the Senate of the Philippines, Senate. Duterte became the first vice president of the Philippines to be impeached, but she will continue to hold office pending a final verdict by the Senate. The Senate convened months later despite proponents of the impeachment case to start the trial immediately. On June 10, 2025, the Senate remand the articles of impeachment back to the House of Representatives. Background Relationship between Marcos and Duterte Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte were elected as president and vice president, respectively, in the 2022 Philippine general election, 2022 Philippine election as part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philstar
''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 (newspaper), 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, PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, after the company purchased a maj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasibu
Kasibu, officially the Municipality of Kasibu (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,776 people. ''Kasibu'' in the Ilongot language means, "a venue where people settle their differences." History Long before the creation of the municipal district of Kasibu, there was a school and a constabulary detachment for the Ilongots, which necessitated the establishment of a government in the area. For this reason, the provincial board during Governor Alfonso Castañeda's time requested the Governor-General to authorize the establishment of this place as a provisional municipal district to be supervised and administered by the provincial board through the office of the provincial governor. By virtue of Executive Order No. 59, signed on January 1, 1926, by Governor General Leonard Wood, Kasibu was established as part of the Municipal District of Bambang. However, by virtue of a Proclamation issued by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OceanaGold
OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold), previously named Macraes Mining Company and then GRD Macraes, is a gold mining and exploration company based in Vancouver, Canada and Brisbane, Australia OceanaGold operates the Haile Gold Mine in the United States, the Didipio Mine in the Philippines, and the Macraes and Martha Mines in New Zealand. It is publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker "OGC" and was formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. History OceanaGold was founded in 1989 in New Zealand, then known as the Macraes Mining Company Ltd. The company commenced gold production at Macraes in 1990. The company became GRD Macraes Ltd in 1998 through a takeover of Macraes by Perth-based GRD, with business journalist Brian Gaynor describing the merger as "one of the worst cases of company looting since the 1980s". GRD had been under financial pressure in 1998 and the takeover gave it access to the cashflow of the New Zealand company. In December 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didipio Mine
Didipio mine is a large open-pit and underground gold and copper mine located at Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. The mine is operated by the OceanaGold. History The mine was permitted to operate for 25 years under a Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with the government in June 1994. The permit was controversially renewed on 2019 for another 25 years, the operation was halted for two years after disputes with the local government but later resumed its operation in July 2021. Operation Didipio mine is operated by OceanaGold Philippines Inc., a subsidiary of OceanaGold. The mine is both an open-pit mine and an underground mine. In 2023, the mine produces of copper and of gold. Criticism Various indigenous (Bugkalot, Tuwali), environmentalist and religious ( CBCP) groups has demanded to cancel the mining permit of the mine due to environmental concern and alleged human rights issues. In 2007 and 2008, the mine was ordered closed by then-governor Luisa C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bannawag
''Bannawag'' ( Iloko word meaning "dawn") is a Philippine weekly magazine published in the Philippines by Liwayway Publications Inc. It contains serialized novels/comics, short stories, poetry, essays, news features, entertainment news and articles, among others, that are written in Ilokano, a language common in the northern regions of the Philippines. ''Bannawag'' has been acknowledged as one foundation of the existence of contemporary Iloko literature. It is through the ''Bannawag'' that every Ilokano writer has proved his mettle by publishing his first Iloko short story, poetry, or essay, and thereafter his succeeding works, in its pages. The magazine is also instrumental in the establishment of GUMIL Filipinas, the umbrella organization of Ilokano writers in the Philippines and in other countries. History Bannawag magazine was conceived in 1934 when Magdaleno A. Abaya of Candon, Ilocos Sur, who was then a member of the editorial staff of the Graphic magazine, an English w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Philippine General Election
The 2025 Philippine general election was held on May 12, 2025. During this midterm election, where the winners take office mid-way through the Presidency of Bongbong Marcos, term of President Bongbong Marcos, all 317 seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives and 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate of the Philippines, Senate were contested to form the 20th Congress of the Philippines. Local elections were also held for the executive and legislative branches in every Administrative divisions of the Philippines, province, city, and municipality in the country. The first 2025 Bangsamoro Parliament election, regular election to the Bangsamoro Parliament was supposed to be held within the general election after it was postponed in 2022 but will now be held on October 13, 2025. This was the first general election to be held following the 2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. This election was also the first automated election ... [...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] |
17th Congress Of The Philippines
The 17th Congress of the Philippines (), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 25, 2016, until June 4, 2019, during the first three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 17th Congress followed the 2016 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. Leadership Senate * President: ** Koko Pimentel ( PDP–Laban), until May 21, 2018 ** Tito Sotto ( NPC), from May 21, 2018 * President pro tempore: ** Franklin Drilon ( Liberal), until February 27, 2017 ** Ralph Recto ( Nacionalista), from February 27, 2017 * Majority Floor Leader: ** Tito Sotto ( NPC), until May 21, 2018 ** Migz Zubiri ( Independent), from May 21, 2018 * Minority Floor Leader: ** Ralph Recto ( Liberal), until February 27, 2017 ** Franklin Drilon ( Liberal), from February 28, 2017 House of Representatives * Speaker: ** Pantaleon Alvarez ( Davao del Norte–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Congress Of The Philippines
The 16th Congress of the Philippines () composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2013, until June 6, 2016, during the last three years of Benigno Aquino III's presidency. The convening of the 16th Congress followed the 2013 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. Leaders Senate * President: Franklin Drilon ( Liberal) * President pro tempore: Ralph Recto ( Liberal) * Majority Floor Leader: Alan Peter Cayetano ( Nacionalista) * Minority Floor Leader: ** Juan Ponce Enrile ( PMP), until July 28, 2014 ** Tito Sotto ( NPC), acting, July 28, 2014 – August 24, 2015 ** Juan Ponce Enrile ( PMP), from August 24, 2015 House of Representatives * Speaker: Feliciano Belmonte Jr. ( Quezon City–4th, Liberal) * Deputy Speakers: ** Henedina Abad ( Batanes, Liberal) ** Giorgidi Aggabao ( Isabela–4th, NPC) ** Sergio Apostol ( Leyte–2nd, Libera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
