Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr.,better known as Jinggoy Estrada or Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada,is a Filipino politician and film actor serving as a senator since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2016,He is the current president pro tempore of the Senate,having been elected for the second time in 2024 and previously holding the position from 2007 to 2013,He briefly became the Acting Senate President in 2013 after Juan Ponce Enrile's resignation,Before serving in the Senate,he was the vice mayor (1988–1992) and later mayor (1992–2001) of San Juan when it was still a municipality.
Ramon Bautista Revilla Jr. and commonly known as Bong Revilla,is a Filipino actor,director,producer,television presenter and politician serving as a Senator since 2019,and previously from 2004 to 2016.
Prospero Arreza Pichay Jr.,also known as Butch Pichay,is a Filipino politician who served as Representative of Surigao del Sur's 1st district in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the chairman of the House Committee on National Defense in the 13th Congress and deputy speaker in the 17th and 18th Congresses. He is a member of the formerly dominant political party Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and was a senatorial aspirant in the 2007 Philippine Senate election but lost.
Joseph Felix Mari "Ace" Hotchkiss Durano is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as Secretary of Tourism under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was also general manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA),being appointed by Arroyo in 2008.
Gregory Santos Ong is a Filipino jurist and a former Justice of the Sandiganbayan. He was initially appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on May 16,2007,but his appointment was subsequently withdrawn after questions arose whether he met the constitutional requirement of natural-born citizenship. On September 23,2014,he was found guilty of gross misconduct,dishonesty and impropriety and was subsequently dismissed from his position as Justice of the Sandiganbayan by the Supreme Court of the Philippines as a result of an investigation linking him to pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.
Teofisto "TG" de Lara Guingona III,or more commonly known as "TG," is a lawyer and the son of former vice president Teofisto "Tito" Guingona Jr. He was a congressman of the 2nd District of Bukidnon during the 13th and 14th Congress from 2004 to 2010 and a senator of the Philippines during the 15th and 16th Congress from 2010 to 2016.
The Fertilizer Fund scam is a Philippine political controversy involving accusations that Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante diverted ₱728 million in fertilizer funds to the 2004 election campaign of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
The Philippines suffers from widespread corruption,which developed during the Spanish colonial period. According to GAN Integrity's Philippines Corruption Report updated May 2020,the Philippines suffers from many incidents of corruption and crime in many aspects of civic life and in various sectors. Such corruption risks are rampant throughout the state's judicial system,police service,public services,land administration,and natural resources. The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index scored the Philippines at 34. When ranked by score,the Philippines ranked 115th among the 180 countries in the 2023 Index. For comparison with worldwide scores,the best score was 90,the worst score was 11,and the average score was 43.
Rolando Aureo Gutierrez Andaya Jr.,also known as Nonoy Andaya,was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives. He represented the 1st district of Camarines Sur from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2019. During the 17th Congress,he was a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018 and was subsequently elected House Majority Leader,serving from 2018 to 2019. In his inter-congressional years,he was the Secretary of Budget and Management from 2006 to 2010 in President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's cabinet.
The Malampaya gas field or the Malampaya-Camago field is a deepwater gas-condensate reservoir,located in the Service Contract 38 license area,located offshore,65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of the island of Palawan,Philippines.
2014 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2014.
The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam,also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam,is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund,a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government,mostly on the national level.
Janet Lim-Napoles is a Filipina businesswoman who is believed to have masterminded the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) Scam. She was convicted of plunder for her involvement in the PDAF Scam and is facing charges for alleged involvement in the misuse of the Malampaya fund for disaster response operations.
The Million People March at Luneta was the first of a series of protests in the Philippines calling for the total abolition of the Pork Barrel fund,triggered by public anger over the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. Initial calls circulated through social media to convene a protest on August 26,2013,at Luneta Park in Manila as well as other cities nationwide and overseas. Some media commentators consider this as the first ever massive rally in the Philippines called and organised mostly through social media channels.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
Aurelio Matias Umali is a Filipino politician from the third district of Nueva Ecija,Philippines. Umali is the youngest elected governor in the province since his first government office position. He currently serves as a Governor of Nueva Ecija. He was a governor for three terms from 2007 to 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
2021 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic,which largely defined 2020,continued into 2021.
2023 in the Philippines details notable events that occurred in the Philippines in 2023.
2024 in the Philippines details notable events that have occurred,or are scheduled to take place,in the Philippines in 2024.
Marcelino "Nonoy" Chicano Libanan is a Filipino lawyer and politician,currently serving as the House Minority Leader in the Philippine House of Representatives. He was formerly the Vice Governor of Eastern Samar and the Congressman for Eastern Samar,being awarded a standing ovation from the Public Attorney's Office of the Philippines. He became a party-list representative for the 4Ps Party-list in 2022 and was subsequently elected as the House Minority Leader of the Philippines.
