Davao del Norte,officially the Province of Davao del Norte,is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital and largest city is Tagum. The province also includes Samal Island to the south in Davao Gulf.
Panabo,officially the City of Panabo,is a component city in the province of Davao del Norte,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 209,230 people.
Local elections were held in the province of Davao del Norte on May 14,2007,as part of the 2007 general election. The voters elected candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and representatives for the two districts of Davao del Norte.
Angelica Banaag Alarva,better known by her stage name Angelica Jones,is a singer,actress and politician in the Philippines. She is also known as the singer who sang the novelty song "Miss Flawless".
Wendell Xavier Reyes Ramos is a Filipino actor. He is best known as one of the original cast members of the GMA Network comedy show Bubble Gang.
Kilusang Pagbabago was the informal name of a multi-party umbrella coalition formed by the supporters of the administration of Rodrigo Duterte and the 17th Congress of the Philippines. Headed by PDP–Laban,it has formed coalition agreements with the Nacionalista Party,Lakas–CMD,Nationalist People's Coalition and National Unity Party,as well as the Centrist Democratic Party and an independent congressional block of 24 party-list groups.
Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016,previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001. He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He also served as the Secretary of Transportation and Communications in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2002. He is a stern advocate to shift the current centralized set-up of the Philippines into a federal form,pushing for the establishment of an indigenous state in Luzon and an indigenous state in Mindanao. Initially in favor of an independent Mindanao,Alvarez changed stance when Rodrigo Duterte talked about a federal Philippines with him. In 2017,Alvarez proposed a new set-up to spearheaded federalism in the Philippines.
DXPT-TV,channel 48,is a local television station which serves as an affiliate of the Philippine government-owned People's Television Network and operated by the Provincial Government of Davao del Norte. Its broadcast facilities are situated at the Provincial Capitol Compound,Brgy. Mankilam,Tagum City,Davao del Norte.
Antonio Floirendo,Sr. was a Filipino entrepreneur and landowner whose main business was his 6000-hectare banana plantation in Panabo,Davao del Norte,Philippines,earning him the title as the "banana king" during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. He was among a group of close associates of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos referred to in media as "Marcos cronies",having benefitted from his close association with Marcos. The Marcos mansion at 2442 Makiki Heights Drive in Honolulu,Hawaii,in which Marcos spent the last years of his life in exile,was registered under the name of Floirendo Sr.
Dennis Denora was a Filipino journalist and publisher best known for his weekly publication Trends and Times. He lived in Davao del Norte,Philippines,where he wrote about the history,events,and issues of the province. On June 7,2018,Denora was murdered by two motorcyclists while stuck in traffic with his driver Mayonito Revira.
Edgardo "Egay" Tallado is a Filipino politician from the province of Camarines Norte in the Philippines. He previously served as a Governor of Camarines Norte from 2010 to 2022.
Alexander "Ayec" Pimentel is a Filipino politician from the province of Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. He currently serves as a Governor of Surigao del Sur. He was first elected as Governor of the province in 2019. He was also the Mayor of Tandag of the same province from 2004 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2019.
Matthew Joseph Marcos Manotoc is a Filipino politician and athlete from Ilocos Norte,Philippines. He is currently serving the second year of his second term as the governor of Ilocos Norte;he was a senior provincial board member from the second legislative district of Ilocos Norte from 2016 to 2019.
Santiago Barriga Cane Jr. is a Filipino politician who is the governor of the province of Agusan del Sur since 2019. He was the Vice Governor of the province from 2016 to 2019.
The governor of Davao de Oro is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Davao de Oro.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9,2022. All provinces will elect their provincial governors for three-year terms,who will be inaugurated on June 30,2022 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
The governor of Davao del Norte,is the chief executive of the provincial government of Davao del Norte.
Dorothy "Dotdot" Montejo-Gonzaga is a Filipino politician who has been the governor of Davao de Oro since 2022. She is the first ever female govenor elected in the province since its separation with Davao del Norte.
Benilda Ruello Retuerto,better known by her stage name Gem Castillo,is a Filipina actress. She began her acting career in the early 1990s when she starred in movies. A prized find of Kuya Germs,she was a talent at the defunct but long-running That's Entertainment.
