Romblon,officially the Province of Romblon,is an archipelagic province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. Its main components include Romblon,Romblon,an archipelagic municipality of the same name that also serves as the provincial capital;Tablas,the largest island,covering nine municipalities;Sibuyan with its three towns;as well as the smaller island municipalities of Corcuera,Banton,Concepcion,San Jose. The province lies south of Marinduque and Quezon,east of Oriental Mindoro,north of Aklan and Capiz,and west of Masbate. According to the 2020 census,it has a total population of 308,985.
Capiz,officially the Province of Capiz,is a province in the Philippines located in the central section of Western Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Roxas. It is located at the northeastern portion of Panay Island,bordering Aklan to the north,Antique to the west,and Iloilo to the south. Capiz faces the Sibuyan Sea to the north.
San Jose,officially the Municipality of San Jose,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 11,759 people.
The legislative districts of Romblon are the representations of the province of Romblon in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.
The legislative districts of Capiz are the representation of the province of Capiz in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.
The Aklanon people are the ethnolinguistic group who lived in the province of Aklan. They are part of the wider Bisaya ethnolinguistic group,who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.
Francisco Hernandez Villaruz Jr. is a Filipino justice. He was appointed on October 5,2011,by President Benigno Aquino III as Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan replacing Justice Edilberto Sandoval who retired last June 20,2011. Justice Villaruz has been an Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan since 2001. He took his oath before Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato C. Corona last October 12,2011.
The Archdiocese of Capiz is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The archdiocese covers the entire province of Capiz on the island of Panay in the Visayas,central Philippines,and has its see in Roxas City. Its current archbishop is Victor Barnuevo Bendico,who was installed on May 3,2023.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Romblon is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. The Diocese of Romblon has 24 parishes staffed by 30 priests and 1 religious SVD brother. The diocese is divided into 6 vicariates. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Capiz. It covers a land area of 1,355 square kilometers and has a population of 227,621 of which 87 per cent are Catholics. Its titular patron is Saint Joseph,spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary,and its secondary patron is the Santo Niño.
The Seminary of St. Pius X,or St. Pius X Seminary (SPXS),is a Filipino Roman Catholic secondary school and seminary in the Lawaan hills,Roxas City,Capiz,in the Philippines,run by the Catholic priests of the Archdiocese of Capiz. The seminary and its surrounding areas comprise some three hectares of rocky hills. Cardinal Jaime Sin was the first rector of the school. In 1999,the college of St. Pius X Seminary transferred to Cagay,Roxas City,Capiz,and named the school Sancta Maria,Mater et Regina,Seminarium (SMMRS) to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary. SPXS decided to retain and maintain its high school and pre-college until 2012,pre-college was transferred to SMMRS.
Francisco Felipe Villanueva was a Filipino political leader during the Philippine–American War.
Gerardo Roxas y Luis was the father of Manuel Roxas,the fifth President of the Philippines. Roxas was also the great-grandfather of former senator and Secretary of the Interior and Local Government,Mar Roxas.
The Capisnons are a Visayan ethnic group native to Capiz and the surrounding areas of the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. They speak Capiceño,a Visayan language.
Gabriel Fabrero Fabella was a prominent Filipino historian during the 20th century. He is primarily known as the historian behind Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal's decision to issue Proclamation No. 28 on May 12,1962,which changed the date of Philippine independence from July 4,1946 to June 12,1898 –the date when Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the country's independence from Spain in Kawit,Cavite. For this achievement,Fabella became known as the "Father of June 12 Independence Day."
Jose Cortes Altavas was a Filipino politician,legislator and man of letters. He was a municipal councilman of Capiz,provincial board member (1906–1907),representative,governor of Capiz (1910–1916),senator,and 1934 Constitutional Convention delegate.
Philippines's 7th senatorial district,officially the Seventh Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands,was one of the twelve senatorial districts of the Philippines in existence between 1916 and 1935. It elected two members to the Senate of the Philippines,the upper chamber of the bicameral Philippine Legislature under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands for each of the 4th to 10th legislatures. The district was created under the 1916 Jones Law from the western Visayas provinces of Capiz and Iloilo. Romblon was added in 1917 upon its re-establishment as a regular province separate from Capiz.
Capiz's 3rd congressional district was one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Capiz in existence between 1907 and 1957. It was created under the Philippine Organic Act from former territories of the province. The district was composed of the municipalities of Buruanga,Ibajay,Malinao,Nabas and Taft in what is now the province of Aklan,and the municipalities of Badajoz,Cajidiocan,Looc,Odiongan,Romblon and San Fernando which now constitute the island province of Romblon. It was a single-member district throughout the ten legislatures of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1907 to 1935,the three legislatures of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946,and the first three congresses of the Third Philippine Republic from 1946 to 1957.
Romblon's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Romblon. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1919 and earlier in the Malolos Congress of the First Philippine Republic from 1898 to 1901. Romblon has been represented by a single representative elected provincewide at-large since its reestablishment as a regular province separate from Capiz in 1917. From 1943 to 1944,the district was again dissolved and reconsolidated with Capiz for the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic. Between 1978 and 1984,regional delegations were formed in lieu of provinces for the national parliament of the Fourth Philippine Republic,with Romblon forming part of the twenty-seat Region IV-A's at-large district. It was restored as a single-member district in 1984.
Jose HontiverosTagalog pronunciation:[hɔˈsɛɔntɪˈvɛrɔs] was a Filipino lawyer,jurist and politician who was a Senator of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands;a 1934 Constitutional Convention delegate who drafted the 1935 Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Third Republic of the Philippines.
Enrique M. Belo was a Filipino lawyer,educator,diplomat,and politician. He was a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention. He served to the Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986,as representative for Capiz.
