The Bicol Region,commonly shortened to Bicol and designated as Region V,is an administrative region of the Philippines. Also referred to as Bicolandia,it comprises six provinces,four on the Bicol Peninsula:Albay,Camarines Norte,Camarines Sur,and Sorsogon,and two off the shore:Catanduanes and Masbate.
Naga,officially the City of Naga,Spanish:Ciudad de Nueva Cáceres,or the Pilgrim City of Naga,is a 1st class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 209,170 people.
Bombon,officially the Municipality of Bombon,is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 17,995 people.
Calabanga,officially the Municipality of Calabanga,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 88,906 people.
Magarao,officially the Municipality of Magarao,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 26,742 people.
Minalabac,officially the Municipality of Minalabac,is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 53,981 people.
Pili,officially the Municipality of Pili is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Camarines Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 99,196 people.
The Universidad de Sta. Isabel,also simply referred to as USI or Sta. Isabel,is a private Catholic university run by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul in Naga,Camarines Sur,Philippines. It was founded by the Rt Rev. Francisco Gainza,O.P.,Bishop of Caceres,in 1868 as the first normal school for women in the Philippines and Southeast Asia,named in honor of the university's patron,St. Isabel,Queen of Hungary.
The legislative districts of Ambos Camarines were the representations of the historical province of Ambos Camarines in the various national legislatures of the Philippines until 1919.
Metropolitan Naga was a metropolitan area in the Bicol Region of the Philippines that consisted of the city of Naga and its 14 neighboring municipalities in Camarines Sur. The metropolitan area,which was managed by the Metro Naga Development Council,also included Pili,the capital of the Camarines Sur,and covered most of the 3rd district of the province and part of its 1st,2nd,4th and 5th districts. Metro Naga comprised about 40% of the total population of the province,while covering 22.9% of the province in area.
Jesse Manalastas Robredo was a Filipino politician who served as 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 until his death in 2012. Robredo was a member of the Liberal Party.
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.
Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 14th vice president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She previously served as the representative of the 3rd district of Camarines Sur from 2013 to 2016.
The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture,or simply referred to by its acronym CBSUA,is a state university in the province of Camarines Sur,Philippines,and is the regional center for higher learning in agriculture in the Bicol Region.
Felix Abad Fuentebella was the Representative of the Second District of Camarines Sur in the Philippines from 1954 to 1972 and the Provincial Governor of Camarines Sur from 1976 until 1986. He is the son of former Ambos Camarines Governor Mariano Fuentebella and the half brother of Jose Fuentebella and Manuel Fuentebella.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Manuel "Mar" Roxas II,former Senator of the Philippines and former Secretary of the Interior and Local Government was announced on July 31,2015. At an event dubbed as "A Gathering of Friends",Mar Roxas formally accepted his party's nomination as the Liberal Party standard bearer after he was officially endorsed by President Benigno Aquino III in the presence of their political allies at the Club Filipino.
Elections were held in Bicol Region for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9,2016.
Camarines Sur's 3rd congressional district is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Camarines Sur. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. The district consists of the provincial capital Pili,its largest city Naga,and adjacent municipalities of Bombon,Calabanga,Camaligan,Canaman,Magarao and Ocampo. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Gabriel Bordado of the Liberal Party (LP).
Vice Admiral Adeluis Santelices Bordado is a Filipino retired Admiral who served as the Flag Officer in-Command of the Philippine Navy from 8 June 2021 to 8 September 2022. Prior to his post,he served as the vice commander of the Philippine Navy,the Chief of Naval Staff and the AFP Education,Training and Doctrine Command (AFPETDC). He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy "Maringal" Class of 1988.
