The House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress,the bicameral legislature of the Philippines,with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress,although the term collectively refers to both houses.
The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino,formerly Partido ng Masang Pilipino,is a populist political party in the Philippines. It is the political party of former Philippine President Joseph E. Estrada. In the May 1998 presidential election,it aligned itself with other political parties to form the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino.
Naval,officially the Municipality of Naval,is a municipality and capital of the province of Biliran,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 58,187 people making it the most populous in the province.
Edgardo Migriño Chatto,more commonly known as Edgar Chatto,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is currently the Representative of the 1st Legislative District of Bohol since 2019. He previously served in that position from 2001 to 2010. He served as Governor of the Province of Bohol for three terms from 2010 to 2019.
Glenn Ang Chong is a Filipino lawyer and politician. He was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives,representing the Lone District of Biliran. He held the position for three years before he lost his re-election bid to Rogelio Espina.
Biliran Province State University (BiPSU) is a state university in the municipality of Naval in Biliran,Philippines. It is operating an extension campus in the town of Biliran.
Gretchen Stephanie Mendiola Espina is a Filipino singer and politician who rose to notability after winning Pinoy Idol,an interactive reality-based singing competition. Although she is credited as the first Pinoy Idol,Espina is technically the second winner of a Philippine Idol franchise,after Mau Marcelo of Philippine Idol in 2006. She came from the political family of Espinas of Biliran. Her father Rogelio Espina,is a former governor and the current representative of the lone district of Biliran,while her grandfather Gerardo Espina,Sr. is a former representative and mayor of Naval,Biliran and her uncle Gerardo Espina,Jr is a former representative and current governor of Biliran.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 10,2010. All provinces elected their provincial governors for three-year terms that will begin on June 30,2010. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
Rozzano Rufino "Ruffy" Bunoan Biazon is a Filipino politician currently serving as the mayor of Muntinlupa since 2022. He previously represented Muntinlupa's at-large district in the Philippine House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010 and from 2016 to 2022. He has also served as Commissioner of Bureau of Customs from 2011 to 2013. From 1991 to 1992,he also served as a board member of the Videogram Regulatory Board. He is the son of former senator Rodolfo Biazon.
Justin Marc San Buenaventura Chipeco,more commonly known as Timmy Chipeco,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as city mayor of Calamba,Laguna from 2013 to 2022. He is also a former member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing Laguna's 2nd District. He served this district for three consecutive terms,having first won in 2004,in 2007,and in 2010. He is the son of Joaquin Chipeco,Jr.,the current legislative representative of the lone district of Calamba,He was defeated in an upset by Cha Hernandez in his run for Representative of the Lone District of Calamba.
Rogelio "Roger" Jimenez Espina is a Filipino politician from Biliran,Philippines. He was the governor of Biliran from 2019 to 2022,and previously from 2001 to 2010. He also served as representative for the lone district of Biliran from 2010 to 2019.
The governor of Biliran is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Biliran. The governor holds office at the Biliran Provincial Capitol located at Brgy. Calumpang,Naval,Biliran. Like all local government heads in the Philippines,the governor is elected via popular vote,and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term. In case of death,resignation or incapacity,the vice governor becomes the governor.
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.
Isagani Sybico Amatong is a Filipino politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. He last served as Congressman in the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 3rd legislative district of Zamboanga del Norte.
Biliran's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Biliran. It was created ahead of the 1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections following its conversion into a regular province under the 1991 Local Government Code which was ratified in a 1992 plebiscite concurrent with that year's general election. Biliran had been a sub-province of Leyte since 1959 and was last represented as part of Leyte's 3rd district in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995 and earlier from 1961 to 1972,the multi-member Region VIII's at-large district in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984,and the multi-member Leyte's at-large district in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Gerardo Espina Jr. of Lakas–CMD.
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.
Gerardo Sabinay Espina Sr. was a Filipino politician who served as a former representative for Biliran's at-large congressional district in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He was also the patriarch of the Espina family.
