Zamboanga del Norte,officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte,is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Its capital and largest city is Dipolog and the province borders Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay to the south,Misamis Occidental to the east,and the Sulu Sea to the west.
The legislative districts of Sulu are the representations of the province of Sulu in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its first and second congressional districts.
Michael Tan Defensor is a Filipino politician who most recently served as the Party-list Representative for Anakalusugan from 2019 to 2022. He is also the CEO of Pax Libera Mining,Inc.
Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano is a Filipino lawyer and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013,and later Senate Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from 2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte,after unsuccessfully running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's running mate.
Prospero Arreza Pichay Jr.,also known as Butch Pichay,is a Filipino politician who served as Representative of Surigao del Sur's 1st district in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the chairman of the House Committee on National Defense in the 13th Congress and deputy speaker in the 17th and 18th Congresses. He is a member of the formerly dominant political party Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and was a senatorial aspirant in the 2007 Philippine Senate election but lost.
Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI),also known by its legal name Swara Sug Media Corporation (SSMC),is a Filipino broadcast media arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by the Filipino televangelist Apollo Quiboloy. Based in Davao City and Makati,it operates a network of radio and television broadcasting stations.
Prospero Rafael Castillo Nograles also called "Boy Nogie Nograles," was a Filipino politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. He was the first Speaker from Mindanao in a hundred years of Philippine legislative history. From 1989 to 2010,he was elected to five non-consecutive terms as a member of the House of Representatives,representing Davao City's 1st congressional district.
Jesus Crispin "Boying" Catibayan Remulla (Tagalog pronunciation:[rɛˈmuljɐ] is a Filipino lawyer,influencer,politician and cabinet secretary serving since 2022 as Secretary of Justice. He tenured as representative of Cavite's 7th district from 2019 until 2022,a position he held previously in 2010 through 2013,and served as Senior Deputy Majority Leader of the Lower House. He also served as provincial governor of Cavite from 2016 to 2019;and the representative of the province's 3rd district from 2004 to 2010;and the province's board member from 1992 to 1995. As a broadcaster,he hosts a radio program titled "Executive Session" over station DZRH. Remulla was an articulate opponent of ABS-CBN and was among the 70 congressmen who voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.
The Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI),formerly known as the Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino,was a political party in the Philippines. It is the main party of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In June 2008,Kampi merged into the Lakas–CMD.
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.
Carlos Isagani "Kaloi" Tabora Zarate is a Filipino politician,lawyer,and activist who served as a Party-list Representative for Bayan Muna from 2013 to 2022. He was also the deputy minority leader in the 18th Congress.
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez is a Filipino businessman,lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25,2022. He is also serving as the representative for the 1st district of Leyte since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016 and as the president of the Philippine Constitution Association. He formerly served as the House Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022,and unsuccessfully ran for senator in the 2016 elections. He is a first cousin of President Bongbong Marcos. Since May 17,2023,he has been widely considered to be the country's de facto "Prime Minister" after the ouster of Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,becoming the main catalyst to the 2024 Philippine political crisis.
The 17th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from July 25,2016,until June 4,2019,during the first three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 17th Congress followed the 2016 general elections,which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.
Karlo Alexei Bendigo Nograles is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission from March 4,2022 to October 7,2024. He was previously the Cabinet Secretary (2018–2022) and acting Presidential Spokesperson (2021–2022) in the Duterte administration. He was also the co-chair and spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in the Philippine government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and chairman of the government's Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger. He was the representative of Davao City's 1st district from 2010 to 2018.
Eric Go Yap is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative for Benguet's lone congressional district since 2022,and was the district's legislative caretaker from January 2020 until he was elected in his own right. He was a party-list representative for ACT-CIS from 2019 to 2022,and is the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations since March 2020.
Sarah Jane Ibañez Elago is a Filipino activist and politician. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for its 17th and 18th Congress,both times representing the youth sector under Kabataan Party-list. Before entering Congress,she was also the national president of the National Union of Students in the Philippines. As of May 2019,she was the youngest female lawmaker in the Philippines.
The shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting arose from the lack of renewal of Philippine media network ABS-CBN's congressional broadcast franchise. The disputes between the administrations of Presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arose over the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy,the Congress of the Philippines,the country's legislature,was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4,2020,while the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day,exercising constitutional powers,the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting operations immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels later that day. On June 30,2020,the NTC released two alias cease-and-desist orders against ABS-CBN TV Plus and Sky Direct.
Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta also known as the PBA Partylist is a political organization which has partylist representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It aims to represent the interest of Filipino sportspeople.
