Cagdianao,officially the Municipality of Cagdianao,is a municipality in the province of Dinagat Islands,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 18,350 people.
Dinagat,officially the Municipality of Dinagat,is a municipality in the province of Dinagat Islands,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 10,621.
San Jose,officially the Municipality of San Jose,is a municipality and capital of the province of Dinagat Islands,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 26,375 people.
Dinagat Islands,officially the Province of Dinagat Islands,is an island province in the Caraga region of the Philippines,located on the south side of Leyte Gulf. The island of Leyte is to its west,across Surigao Strait,and mainland Mindanao is to its south. Its main island,Dinagat,is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from north to south. San Jose serves as its provincial capital while Basilisa is the most populous town in the province.
Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. was a Filipino cult leader who founded the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association in 1965,and the mayor of the municipality of Dinagat,Surigao del Norte from 1963 up to 1987.
Geraldine "Jade" Buray Ecleo is a Filipina politician and part-time actress/singer.
The Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association,Inc. (PBMA) is a non-sectarian and non-profit charitable religious fraternal organization for men and women in the Philippines founded by Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. in 1965 on the Philippine island of Dinagat,off the coast of Mindanao. Upon the senior Ecleo's death in 1987,he was succeeded by his son Ruben B. Ecleo Jr.,who died in prison on May 13,2021,after being convicted of killing his wife in 2002.
Arlene "Kaka" Javellana Bag-ao is a Filipino human rights lawyer and agrarian reform advocate who served as Governor of the Dinagat Islands from 2019 to 2022. Bag-ao additionally served as the representative for the lone district of the Dinagat Islands from 2013 until 2019. She has been dubbed as the 'Dragon Slayer' after consecutively defeating two of the most prominent members of the influential Ecleo political dynasty of the Dinagat Islands.
Elections will be held in Caraga for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13,2013.
Ruben Buray Ecleo Jr. was a Filipino politician and religious figure who was the leader of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association.
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.
Dale Bokingo Corvera is a Filipino politician from the province of Agusan del Norte,Philippines,an elected member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement,Asia Pacific Regional Committee,and currently the National President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. He was elected as Governor of the province in 2019. He served as City Mayor of Cabadbaran,Agusan del Norte from 2007 to 2016,Vice Governor of the same Province from 2004 to 2007,board member from 1995 to 2004,and Municipal Councilor from 1992 to 1995.
Francisco Tinio Matugas,also known as Lalo Matugas,is a Filipino politician from the first district of the province of Surigao del Norte,Philippines. He served as Governor of the province from 2019 to 2022. He was first elected as Governor in 1992,and served for 9 years. He also previously served as the congressman of the province's first district.
Mercedita "Mercy" Rabanes Apura is a Filipino politician from Carcar,Cebu,Philippines. She previously served as the mayor of Carcar. Apura also previously held position as barangay captain of Valladolid,Carcar and as city councilor.
Froilan Ochea Quiño is a Filipino politician from Compostela,Cebu,Philippines. He currently serves as the vice mayor of Compostela since 2022. Quiño previously served as the mayor of Compostela from 2019 to 2022 together with former vice mayor and now councilor Josephine Abing. Quiño previously served as councilor of Compostela and as Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) President.
Valdemar "Val" Mendiola Chiong is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent mayor of Naga,Cebu,Philippines. He previously held the position twice,first from 2006 to 2016 when he assumed the position after the death of his brother and then mayor Ferdinand Chiong and went on to serve for three consecutive terms,and from June 30,2019,to March 16,2020.
Lakambini "Neneth" Generans Reluya is a Filipino politician from San Fernando,Cebu,Philippines. She previously served as the mayor of San Fernando from 2013 to 2022. Reluya's husband,Ricardo Reluya,Jr.,filed his candidacy for vice mayor in the 2019 elections but was killed in an ambush on January 22,2019. Their son,Ricci Regen Reluya,was placed in as a substitute and eventually won as vice mayor.
Janice Zamora Salimbangon is a Filipino politician serving as the representative for the 4th district of Cebu since 2019. She is the widow of Benhur Salimbangon who also served as the representative of the said district.
Vincent Franco "Duke" Domingo Frasco is a congressman for Cebu's 5th congressional district.
Glenda Oliveros Buray Ecleo was a Filipino politician. She authored the charter of the province of Dinagat Islands which was established in 2006 and administered it as its governor from 2010 to 2019.
