Pangasinan,officially the Province of Pangasinan,is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is in the western area of Luzon along Lingayen Gulf and the South China Sea. It has a total land area of 5,451.01 square kilometres (2,104.65 sq mi). According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 3,163,190. The official number of registered voters in Pangasinan is 1,651,814. The western portion of the province is part of the homeland of the Sambal people,while the central and eastern portions are the homeland of the Pangasinan people. Due to ethnic migration,the Ilocano people settled in the province.
Sampaguita Pictures was a Philippine film production company. It was named for the Philippine national flower,sampaguita. Though no longer functioning,the company's Sampaguita Compound remains in Quezon City.
Carmen Rosales,better known by her stage name Carmen Rosales and by her nickname Mameng,was a noted Filipina actress and World War II guerilla fighter. Her acting career spanned the decades immediately before,during,and after World War II. Her tremendous commercial success and wide fan base before the war led to her being considered the original superstar of Philippine movies. Her stage name,Carmen Rosales,was taken from her hometown of Carmen,Rosales in the province of Pangasinan.
Manuel Gozon Martin,professionally known as Joséde Villa,was a Filipino film actor and director.
Consuelo Vera Rigotti,professionally known as Linda Estrella,was a Filipina actress and singer,best known as one of the players of Sampaguita Pictures.
The Pangasinan people,also known as Pangasinense,are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Numbering 1,823,865 in 2010,they are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country. They live mainly in their native province of Pangasinan and the adjacent provinces of La Union and Tarlac,as well as Benguet,Nueva Ecija,Zambales,and Nueva Vizcaya. Smaller groups are found elsewhere in the Philippines and worldwide in the Filipino diaspora.
Dulce Maramba Quintans-Saguisag was a Filipino politician and former Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development under the administration of former President Joseph Estrada. Saguisag was one of Estrada's eleven cabinet members who withdrew support for Estrada on January 19,2001,following accusations of massive corruption by the president. Estrada was ousted from office the next day,which is now known in the Philippines as EDSA II.
Eugenio Padlan Pérez was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1946 to 1953. He was a member of the Liberal Party,whose president he served as during his term as Speaker.
Sigrid Sophia Agatha de Torres von Giese,popularly known by her stage name Paraluman,was a Filipino actress whose career spanned four decades. Dubbed as the Greta Garbo of the Philippines,she is often cited as one of the greatest screen figures in the country. She first appeared in the film Flores de Mayo (1940) and rose to fame in the self-titled film opposite Fernando Poe Sr. She has since appeared in over 90 motion pictures including several foreign films such as Elephant Girl (1951) and Surrender - Hell! (1959). She has received two FAMAS Awards and has been inducted at the Eastwood City Walk of Fame.
Elections were held in the Ilocos Region for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10,2010.
Jose Claveria de Venecia Jr.,also known as JDV,Joe De V or Manong Joe,is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,serving from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008. As Speaker,he was the fourth highest-ranking official of the Philippines. He was the former president of the Philippines' dominant party,Lakas-CMD. He ran for president in the 1998 election,but lost to Vice President Joseph Estrada,finishing second among 11 candidates.
Raul Loyola Lambino is a Filipino lawyer. He rose to prominence when he led the signature campaign to amend or revise the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
Nagmamahal,Manay Gina is a 2003 Philippine television drama anthology series broadcast by GMA Network and Super Radyo DZBB. Hosted by Gina de Venecia,it premiered on February 24,2003 replacing Pira-pirasong Pangarap. The series concluded on August 29,2003 with a total of 138 episodes.
Pira-pirasong Pangarap is a Philippine television drama anthology series broadcast by GMA Network and Super Radyo DZBB. Hosted by Gina de Venecia,it premiered on August 18,1997. The series concluded on February 21,2003. It was replaced by Nagmamahal,Manay Gina in its timeslot.
Christopher George Martin Perez de Venecia,sometimes referred to as Toff de Venecia,is a Filipino former child actor,writer,director,theater producer,and politician currently serving as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 4th district of Pangasinan since 2016. He is the son of former House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and Gina de Venecia.
"Bahay Kubo" is a Tagalog-language folk song from the lowlands of Luzon,Philippines. In 1924,it was included in a collection of Filipino folk songs compiled by Emilia S. Cavan.
Edward Michael Vera Perez Maceda is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the representative of Manila's 4th district since 2016. Prior to his election as congressman,he was councilor of the same district from 1995 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016.
Maria Azucena "Marichu" Vera-Perez Maceda was a Filipino film producer and executive.
Azucena "Nene" Honrado Vera-Perez was a Filipino film producer who was part of Sampaguita Pictures.
Dolores Morato Honrado Vera was a Filipino film studio executive.
