Aklan,officially the Province of Aklan,is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Its capital is Kalibo. The province is situated in the northwest portion of Panay Island,bordering Antique to the southwest,and Capiz to the southeast. Aklan faces the Sibuyan Sea and Romblon province to the north.
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.
Boracay is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines,located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay. It has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers (3.98 sq mi),under the jurisdiction of three barangays in Malay,Aklan,and had a population of 37,802 in 2020.
Kalibo,officially the Municipality of Kalibo,is a first-class municipality and capital of the Province of Aklan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 89,127 people.
San Mateo,officially the Municipality of San Mateo,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 66,663 people.
The legislative districts of Aklan are the representations of the province of Aklan 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.
Aklan State University,),also referred to by its acronym ASU,is a provincial state university in Aklan province,Philippines. Its seat of governance is in ASU - Banga,with four other campuses across the province. ASU focuses on agriculture,fishery,arts and sciences,engineering and technology,and education.
Ang Kapatiran Party,also known as the Alliance for the Common Good,is a political party in the Philippines founded by Reynaldo "Nandy" Pacheco in 2004. The party participated in the 2007 elections and was not affiliated with either major coalition.
Ning Legaspi Cabagnot,complete name Phoebe Clarice Legaspi Cabagnot,is a Filipina politician and an incumbent Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member of the Western District of the Province of Aklan,Philippines.
Elections were held in Western Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9,2016.
Geraldine Batista Roman is a Filipino journalist and politician serving as the Representative of Bataan's 1st district since 2016. She is the first transgender person elected to the Congress of the Philippines.
Danilo "Danny" Etorma Suarez is a Filipino politician and former Governor of Quezon. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 3rd District of Quezon.
The 18th Congress of the Philippines,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.
The 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 35th lower house elections in the Philippines. They were held on May 13,2019,to elect members to the House of Representatives.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mimaropa is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Mimaropa on March 20,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Puerto Princesa.
Aklan's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2019. The district consists of the provincial capital municipality of Kalibo and adjacent municipalities of Altavas,Balete,Banga,Batan,Libacao,Madalag,and New Washington. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Carlito S. Marquez of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC),who has represented the district since its creation.
Aklan's at-large congressional district refers to the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Aklan. It was represented by a single member in the House of Representatives of the Philippines who was elected provincewide at-large from 1957 until its reapportionment in 2018. The district was created following the establishment of Aklan as a regular province separate from Capiz on April 25,1956 through Republic Act No. 1414. Before 1956,its territories were represented in the national legislatures as part of Capiz's at-large,2nd and 3rd districts. It was a single-member district for the final four legislatures of the Third Philippine Republic from 1957 to 1972,the national parliament of the Fourth Philippine Republic from 1984 to 1986,and the 8th to 17th congresses of the Fifth Philippine Republic from 1987 to 2019.
Teodorico "Nonong" Tumbocon Haresco,Jr. is a Filipino politician,and businessman. Haresco was born in Iloilo City,Province of Iloilo on August 12. He is the incumbent Representative of the newly created 2nd District of Aklan in the 18th Congress of the Philippines. Before the creation of the 2nd District,he served as a Representative of the Lone District of Aklan from 2013 to 2016. Formerly,he was a party-list representative of the Ang Kasangga Party-list from 2010 to 2013 in the 15th Congress of the Philippines.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Manny Pacquiao formally began on October 1,2021,when Manny Pacquiao filed his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential election. He has been a Senator of the Philippines from June 30,2016 to June 30,2022 and was previously a member of the House of Representatives,representing the Sarangani lone district.
