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Philippine Senate Committee On Games And Amusement
The Philippine Senate Committee on Games and Amusement is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines. This committee, along with the Philippine Senate Committee on Sports, Committee on Sports, was formed after the ''Committee on Games, Amusement and Sports'' was split into two on August 1, 2016, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 3 of the 17th Congress of the Philippines, 17th Congress. Jurisdiction According to the Rules of the Senate, the committee handles all matters relating to games and amusement, such as, but not limited to, List of casinos in the Philippines, casinos, Gambling in the Philippines#Sweepstakes, lotteries, jai-alai and horse-racing. Members, 18th Congress Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement has 9 members. The President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines, President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines, Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Congress Of The Philippines
The 18th Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Ikalabingwalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2019, until June 1, 2022, during the last three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 18th Congress followed the 2019 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. Leadership Senate *Senate President: **Tito Sotto ( NPC), July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022 * Senate President ''pro tempore'': **Ralph Recto (Nacionalista), July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022 * Majority Floor Leader: **Juan Miguel Zubiri (Independent), July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022 * Minority Floor Leader: **Franklin Drilon (Liberal), July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022 House of Representatives * Speakers: **Alan Peter Cayetano ( Taguig-Pateros, Nacionalista), July 22, 2019 – October 13, 2020 **Lord Allan Jay Velasco (Marinduque, PDP–Laban), October 13, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jai-alai
Jai alai (: ) is a sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker ''cesta''. It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term ''jai alai'', coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where matches take place. The game, whose name means "merry festival" in Basque, is called ''cesta-punta'' ("basket tip") in the Basque Country. The sport is played worldwide, but especially in Spain, France, and in various Latin American countries. Rules and customs The court for jai alai consists of walls on the front, back and left, and the floor between them. If the ball (called a ''pelota'' in Spanish, ''pilota'' in Standard Basque) touches the floor outside these walls, it is considered out of bounds. Similarly, there is also a border on the lower of the front wall that is also out of bounds. The ceiling on the court is usually very high, so the ball has a more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Pangilinan
Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008. A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law and Harvard Kennedy School, Pangilinan was first elected to the Quezon City Council, serving from 1988 to 1992. In between his stints in the Senate, he was the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization to President Benigno Aquino III from 2014 to 2015. Pangilinan ran for vice president of the Philippines in the 2022 election under the Liberal Party as the running mate of Vice President Leni Robredo. However, he lost his vice-presidential bid to Sara Duterte, running mate of eventual president Bongbong Marcos. Early life and education Francis Pancratius Nepomuceno Pangilinan was born on August 24, 1963, in Manila to Donato Tongol Pangilinan, Jr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imee Marcos
Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios "Imee" Romualdez Marcos (; born November 12, 1955) is a Filipina politician and former actress serving as a Senator since 2019. She is the daughter of Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos and the older sister of the current president, Bongbong Marcos. She previously served as governor of Ilocos Norte from 2010 to 2019 and as representative of Ilocos Norte's 2nd district from 1998 to 2007. Imee Marcos's political career began during her father's martial law regime. She became a member of the Batasang Pambansa and Chairperson of the Kabataang Barangay (KB). It was during her KB term that activist Archimedes Trajano was abducted, tortured, and murdered shortly after publicly questioning her appointment to the office. She turned 18—the age of majority in the Philippines—just fourteen months after her father's declaration of Martial Law, and was already 30 years old by the time her family were ousted from power in the 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Tolentino
Francis N Tolentino (; is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as a Senator since 2019. He served as Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) from 2010 to 2015 and was the Mayor of Tagaytay from 1995 to 2004. For the 19th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, he is currently the Chairman of the prestigious Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights. He is currently the Senate Representative in the Judicial and Bar Council and is also one of the Senate Representatives in the Commission on Appointments. During the 18th Congress, Tolentino chaired the Senate Committee on Local Government and the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing, and Resettlement. As a lawyer with multiple degrees, he is a staunch advocate oprioritizing educationfor all and making justice accessible through thPhilippine Legal Justice Center which he founded. As a Brigadier General of the Philippine Army (Res), he pushes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Revilla
Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (; born Jose Mari Bautista; September 25, 1966) and commonly known as Bong Revilla, is a Filipino actor, television presenter and politician serving as a Senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016. The son of actor-politician Ramon Revilla Sr., he himself became an action star in the 1980s and 1990s as Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. He started his political career in Cavite, serving as vice governor (1995–1998) and later governor (1998–2001). He was the chairman of the Videogram Regulatory Board from 2002 to 2004. Revilla was first elected to the Senate in 2004. He successfully ran for a second term and topped the senatorial race in 2010. His alleged involvement in the Napoles pork barrel scam led the Sandiganbayan to issue an arrest warrant against him and other co-accused on June 20, 2014. Within hours, Revilla surrendered before the anti-graft court. Bong Revilla was acquitted of plunder and released on December 7, 2018, but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. (; born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. Pacquiao is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing and has won twelve major world titles. He was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five different weight classes, the first boxer to win major world titles in four of the eight "glamour divisions" ( flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight), and is the only boxer to hold world championships across four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s). In July 2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40, and the first boxer in history to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion after defeating Keith Thurman to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title. As of 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bong Go
Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Tesoro Go (; born June 14, 1974) is a Filipino politician serving as a Senator since 2019. He previously served in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte as Special Assistant to the President and Head of the Presidential Management Staff from June 2016 to October 2018. Go has served as the personal aide and special assistant to Duterte since 1998, back when Duterte was still mayor of Davao City. He also currently chairs the Senate committee on health and demography. Early life and education Go was born on June 14, 1974, to a Chinese Filipino family. He is the son of Davao-based businessman Desiderio Go and Batangas-native Marichu Tesoro-Go. He is a grandson of August Tesoro, who founded one of the largest printing companies in Davao City. Go attended La Salle Green Hills during his high school years. He initially took up a management degree in De La Salle University but transferred to and eventually graduated from Ateneo de Davao University with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panfilo Lacson
Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson Sr. (; born June 1, 1948) is a Filipino former politician and police general who served as a Senator for three terms: from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from 1999 to 2001, and was a candidate in the 2004 Philippine presidential election, 2004 and 2022 Philippine presidential elections. During his tenure as the chief of the PNP, he was known for instituting various reforms within the organization. His high approval rating and high-profile anti-corruption campaigns paved the way for his Senate bid in 2001, where he won and placed tenth in the elections. He ran for the presidency in 2004, but lost though he continued to serve as senator until 2007. He won another six-year term in 2007. After his first two terms in the Senate, Lacson was appointed by then-President of the Philippines, President Benigno Aquino III as Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery in Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ex Officio Member
An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right of office'; its use dates back to the Roman Republic. According to '' Robert's Rules of Order'', the term denotes only how one becomes a member of a body. Accordingly, the rights of an ''ex officio'' member are exactly the same as other members unless otherwise stated in regulations or bylaws. It relates to the notion that the position refers to the position the ex officio holds, rather than the individual that holds the position. In some groups, ''ex officio'' members may frequently abstain from voting. Opposite notions are dual mandate, when the same person happens to hold two offices or more, although these offices are not in themselves associated; and personal union, when two states share the same monarch. For profit and nonprofit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minority Floor Leader Of The Senate Of The Philippines
The minority floor leader of the Senate, or simply the Senate minority floor leader, is the leader elected by the political party or coalition of parties that are not part of the majority bloc in the Senate of the Philippines. He serves as their official leader in the body and fulfills the responsibilities of a floor leader. He manages the business of the minority in the Senate. He is expected to defend the minority’s parliamentary rights, to criticize the policies and programs of the majority, and to use parliamentary tactics to defeat, pass, or amend legislation. The incumbent minority floor leader of the Senate is Koko Pimentel. List of minority floor leaders Living former minority leaders of the Senate Currently there are seven living former minority floor leaders of the Senate. File:Juan Ponce Enrile - 2017 (cropped).jpg, Juan Ponce Enrile (Nacionalista), served 1987–1992 ( UNA), served 2013–2014, 2015-2016 File:Wigberto Tañada (cropped).jpg, Wigberto Tañada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majority Floor Leader Of The Senate Of The Philippines
The majority floor leader of the Senate of the Philippines, or simply the Senate majority floor leader, is the leader elected by the political party or coalition of parties that holds the majority in the Senate of the Philippines. By tradition, the Senate president or any presiding officer gives the majority leader priority in obtaining the floor and is also the traditional chairman of the Committee on Rules. The majority leader also manages the business of the majority bloc in the Senate. The incumbent Senate majority floor leader is Joel Villanueva. List of majority floor leaders Living former majority leaders of the Senate Currently there are ten living former majority leaders of the Senate. File:Defense Secretary Orly Mercado.jpg, Orly Mercado (PDP–Laban), served 1987–1989 File:Vp guingona.jpg, Teofisto Guingona ( Lakas–NUCD), served 1990–1991 File:IAEA Alberto Romulo and Yukiya Amano (cropped).jpg, Alberto Romulo ( LDP), served 1991–1996 File:Senator Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
