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Sonny Matula
Jose Sonny Gito Matula (born January 21, 1965) is a labor leader and current president of Federation of Free Workers. He was a senatorial candidate in 2019 Philippine Senate election, 2019, 2022 Philippine Senate election, 2022, and 2025 Philippine Senate election, 2025. Early life and education Matula was born in January 21, 1965, in Sultan sa Barongis, Cotabato (historical province), Cotabato (now part of Maguindanao del Sur) but grew up in the town of Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Loreto, Agusan del Sur. He was the valedictorian of Loreto Central Elementary School. He later moved to Butuan and attended Agusan National High School and simultaneously worked as a newsboy to support his studies. Matula pursued higher education at Mindanao State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science. Career Sonny Matula began his career as a legal counsel, serving in this capacity for over 20 years. In 2001, he became the executive director of the Presidential Anti-Graft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Sa Barongis
Sultan sa Barongis, officially the Municipality of Sultan sa Barongis (, Jawi Alphabet, Jawi: ايڠد نو سولتان س بروڠس;), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,476 people. Lambayong, Cotabato was created through Executive No. 543, signed by then President Elpidio Quirino on October 29, 1952. It is carved from the municipality of Dulawan (now Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur, Datu Piang). Lambayong was changed to its current name on June 21, 1959.Republic Act No. 2587 Chan Robles, retrieved 2012 In 2004, 11 barangays of Sultan sa Barongis were transferred to the newly created municipality of Rajah Buayan, reducing the number of barangays from 23 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Journal
''People's Journal'' is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published by the ''Philippine Journalists Incorporated''. Augusto "Gus" Villanueva,(with interviews to key persons).'' Retrieved June 9, 2018. its former editor-in-chief, and Antonio Friginal were founders of the company. ''People's Journal'', with its sister publications, tabloids ''People's Tonight'' and ''People's Taliba'', magazines ''Women's Journal'' and ''Insider'' and now-defunct broadsheet ''Times Journal'', is part of one of the country's "biggest daily newspaper publication group." ''People's Journal'' and ''People's Tonight'' were among the widest circulated daily tabloids. Augusto Villanueva Augusto "Gus" Buenaventura Villanueva was the ''Philippine Journalists Inc./Journal Group of Publications'' editor-in-chief and publisher until his death on January 14, 2022, at age 83. He was also a leading sportswriter. He worked first as a '' Manila Times'' sportswriter in 1955 at age 17, while he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71. Duterte is the chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, the ruling party during his presidency. Born in Maasin, Leyte (now in Southern Leyte), Duterte moved to Davao as a child where his father, Vicente Duterte, served as provincial governor. He studied political science at the Lyceum of the Philippines University, graduating in 1968, before obtaining a law degree from San Beda College of Law in 1972. He then worked as a lawyer and prosecutor for Davao City, before becoming vice mayor and, subsequently, mayor of the city in the wake of the 1986 People Power Revolution. Duterte won seven terms and served as mayor of Davao for over 22 years, during which the once crime-ridden city became pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Win Gatchalian
Sherwin Ting Gatchalian (born April 6, 1974), known as Win Gatchalian, is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senate of the Philippines, Senator since 2016. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), he previously served as the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Representative of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela's Legislative districts of Valenzuela#First district, 1st district from 2001 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2016. He was the Mayor of Valenzuela from 2004 to 2013. In 2001, Gatchalian was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. After one term in Congress, he was elected mayor of Valenzuela. During his term as mayor, Gatchalian ended the city's garbage woes and oversaw the clearing operations in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ondoy, Typhoon Ondoy. He also implemented a number of education programs, the establishment of the Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science, and the accessibility to tertiary public edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Robredo–Pangilinan
Team Robredo–Pangilinan (TRoPa), also known as Tropang Angat, was an electoral alliance that supported Philippine vice president Leni Robredo's Leni Robredo 2022 presidential campaign, presidential campaign and Senator Francis Pangilinan's vice presidential campaign in the 2022 Philippine general election. Its senatorial slate included members of the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal Party, Akbayan, Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino, and Ang Kapatiran. Guest candidates in the TRoPa slate are members of Bagumbayan–VNP, Nationalist People's Coalition, and United Nationalist Alliance. Branding Robredo used the pink color while campaigning instead of yellow which associated with the Aquino family, Aquinos and Lakas ng Bayan (later Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, PDP–Laban). Robredo also ran as an Independent politician, independent. Senatorial slate Robredo and her running mate, Francis Pangilinan, Kiko Pangilinan, endorsed the following candidates for the 2022 Philippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Bulletin
The ''Manila Bulletin'' () (also known as the ''Bulletin'' and previously known as the ''Manila Daily Bulletin'' from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the ''Bulletin Today'' from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by circulation. Founded in 1900, it is the second-oldest extant newspaper published in the Philippines and the second-oldest extant English newspaper in the Far East. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan. According to a survey done by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Manila Bulletin is considered "one of the most trusted news organizations"; placing 2nd with 66% of Filipinos trusting the organization. History ''Manila Bulletin'' was founded on February 2, 1900 by Carlson Taylor as a shipping journal. In 1957, the newspaper was acquired by Swiss expatriate Hans Menzi. From 1938 to his death in 2002, Jose Guevara wrote a column of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Miranda
Plaza Miranda is a public square bounded by Quezon Boulevard, Hidalgo Street and Evangelista Street in Quiapo, Manila. It is the plaza which fronts the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Quiapo Church), one of the main churches of the City of Manila and is considered the center of Quiapo as a whole. Inaugurated in its current form by Mayor Arsenio Lacson in 1961, it is named after José Sandino y Miranda, who served as the Philippines' Secretary of the Treasury between 1833 and 1854. Regarded as the center of Philippine political discourse before the imposition of martial law in 1972, the plaza was the site of the 1971 Plaza Miranda bombing, where two grenades were launched at a political rally of the Liberal Party, killing nine people. It later became the venue of the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties (MCCCL) rally led by Sen. Jose W. Diokno on September 21, 1972, where 50,000 people gathered together to protest the impending martial law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read and pronounced in Filipino language, Filipino as Kyusi), is the richest and List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines. Quezon City served as the capital of the Philippines from 1948 until 1976, when the designation was returned to Manila. The city was intended to be the Capital of the Philippines, national capital of the Philippines that would replace Manila, as the latter was suffering from overcrowding, lack of housing, poor sanitation, and traffic congestion. To create Quezon City, several barrios were carved out from the towns of Caloocan, Marikina, San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan and Pasig, in addition to the eight vast estates the Government of the Philippines, Philippine government purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leody De Guzman
Leodegario "Ka Leody" Quitain de Guzman (; born July 25, 1959) is a Filipino socialist labor rights activist who ran for president in the 2022 Philippine presidential elections, under the Partido Lakas ng Masa. He is currently the chairperson of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, a socialist federation of militant trade unions. He unsuccessfully sought a seat in the 2019 senatorial elections. Early life and career De Guzman was born on July 25, 1959, in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, to Lorenzo Sason de Guzman and Dolores Atilano Quitain. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Customs Administration degree at the Philippine Maritime Institute, and worked at a leather gloves factory at Aris Philippines Inc. to support his family. Activism De Guzman became involved in activism in the aftermath of the assassination of popular anti-Marcos figure Benigno Aquino Jr. Galvanized by the wave of pro-democratic, anti-Marcos opposition protests that ensued, he joined the "Tarlac to Tarmac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makabayan
Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan () or simply Makabayan is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16, 2009. The founding assembly was held at the Bahay ng mga Alumni, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Party-lists As of 2024, four party-lists are fielding candidates under the Makabayan bloc: * Bayan Muna * Teachers: Alliance of Concerned Teachers * Women: Gabriela Women's Party * Youth: Kabataan The following partylists have also ran under the bloc: * Workers and peasants: Anakpawis * Indigenous people: Katribu * Migrants: Migrante * Children's rights: Akap-bata * Government employees: COURAGE (Confederation for Unity Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees) * Drivers: PISTON (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide) * Green party: Kalikasan * Bicolano people: Aking Bikolnon * Moro people: Suara Bangsamoro * Health Workers: Health Workers Party-list In 2016, the Commission on El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neri Colmenares
Neri Javier Colmenares (, born December 4, 1959) is a Filipino legislator, human rights lawyer and activist. He was an associate of the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne Law School when he was completing his Ph.D. in law on "The Writ of Amparo and the International Criminal Court." He also lectured at the University of Melbourne on International Human Rights Law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. He was an aspirant in the 2016, 2019, and 2022 Philippine Senate elections, where he was part of the 1Sambayan Senate slate, but was defeated in all three runs. On December 4, 2024, Colmenares and 74 others filed the second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, citing betrayal of public trust for her office's alleged misuse of confidential funds. Early life Born on December 4, 1959 in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Colmenares joined the struggle against the late former President Ferdinand Marcos' leadership in 1976. He was active in the College E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union Congress Of The Philippines
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is the largest national trade union center in the Philippines. Founded in 1975 by labor leader Democrito Mendoza, TUCP is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC; ; ; ) is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation was formed on 1 November 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) a .... Raymond Democrito Cañete Mendoza, the President of TUCP, has served as party-list representative for Trade Union Congress Party (the TUCP's political wing) since 2007 and as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2022. Party-list nominee Mendoza is TUCP's Representative to the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Congresses of the Republic of the Philippines. Mendoza was one of the principal authors of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
