Mary Mitzi Lim Cajayon-Uy (born May 6, 1978), also known as Mitch Cajayon-Uy, is a

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politician who is the incumbent representative from the 2nd District of

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in the

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since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2013. She also served as the executive director of the Council for the Welfare of Children, an attached agency of the

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from 2017 to 2021. She also served as a city councilor of Caloocan. Prior to joining politics, Cajayon was named as Miss Caloocan in 2000. She then joined politics as a city councilor of Caloocan from the 2nd district, serving for one term from 2004 to 2007. She was then elected as representative of the 2nd district of Caloocan in 2007; she was re-elected in

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. In 2009, she was awarded the Award for Congressional Legislative and Service Excellence by the Consumers League of the Philippines Foundation, Inc. However, she was unsuccessful for a third term, losing to outgoing Vice Mayor Edgar Erice, also a former representative himself, in

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. She attempted a comeback to the Congress in 2016 but lost to Erice once again. She was appointed the executive director of the Council for the Welfare of Children, an attached agency of the

, having been appointed to the post by

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Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

in July 2017. She resigned from the position to run once again for representative at the 2nd district of Caloocan in

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; she later won the race. On November 12, 2021, she was acquitted by

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of graft and malversation charges in relation to the alleged misuse of in

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for supposed ghost projects in 2009.

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