The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress,the bicameral legislature of the Philippines,with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large under a plurality-at-large voting system.
Lyceum of the Philippines University,also referred to by its acronym LPU,is a private,non-sectarian,coeducational higher education institution located at Intramuros in the City of Manila,Philippines. It was founded in 1952 by JoséP. Laurel,who was the third president of the Republic of the Philippines.
Alfredo "Fred" Siojo Lim was a Filipino politician,police officer and lawyer who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2004 to 2007,He also served as the 20th Mayor of Manila twice:first from 1992 to 1998,and again from 2007 to 2013.
Francisco "Kit" Sarmiento Tatad is a Filipino journalist and politician best known for having served as Minister of Public Information under President Ferdinand Marcos from 1969 to 1980,and for serving as a Senator of the Philippines from 1992 to 2001.
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution,known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.
Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III,commonly known as Koko Pimentel,is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as the Senate Minority Leader since 2022. He has been a Senator since 2011 and previously served as the Senate President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2018. He is also the national chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban). As the eldest son and third child of the former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr.,he is the first child of a previous Senate president to hold the office. He was sworn in on August 12,2011,and was proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election. Pimentel was one of the high-ranking public officials who drew flak for breaching the COVID-19 quarantine protocols.
The Knights of Rizal is an Order of Chivalry from the Philippines,created to honor and uphold the ideals of Philippine national hero JoséRizal.
Ernesto "Ernie" Madarang Maceda Sr. was a Filipino politician,lawyer,and columnist who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1998. He served as Senate President from 1996 to 1998.
Epimaco Ardina Velasco,popularly known as Epi,was a Filipino politician who served as DILG Secretary,governor of Cavite,and NBI Director. He was the first NBI Director who rose from the ranks and rose to prominence at the NBI with the killing of Number 1 Most Wanted Man in Cavite,Leonardo Manecio aka Nardong Putik.
Miss World Philippines 2012 was the second edition of the Miss World Philippines pageant. It was held at the Manila Hotel in Manila,Philippines on June 24,2012.
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.
The governor of Metro Manila was a political position whose holder served as the executive head of the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Philippines,also known as Metro Manila. The position during its existence was also known as the governor of the Metro Manila Commission. The Metro Manila Commission was the central government of Metro Manila from 1975 until 1990 when it was replaced by the Metro Manila Authority. The MMA itself would later be known as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos,president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the run-up to the 2022 general election,the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP,Lakas–CMD,HNP,and PMP,with guest candidates from other parties.
The Alpha Phi BetaFraternity is a fraternity based in the University of the Philippines College of Law with no recognized chapters outside University of the Philippines Diliman. The fraternity's membership hails from the College of Law and from pre-law colleges in the campus. 2019 marked the fraternity's 80th Anniversary. It is one of the three fraternities based in the college,the other two being Sigma Rho fraternity and Scintilla Juris.
The presidential transition of Bongbong Marcos started when former senator Bongbong Marcos won the Philippine presidential election on May 9,2022. Marcos topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines with 31,629,783 votes. The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Marcos as the president-elect and Sara Duterte as the vice president-elect on May 25,2022. The transition lasted until the day of the president-elect's inauguration on June 30,2022.
Victor Dayrit Rodriguez is a Filipino lawyer who served as the Executive Secretary from June to September 2022 in the administration of 17th President Bongbong Marcos,and previously served as Marcos' campaign spokesperson. He was also the executive vice president and general campaign manager of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas during the Marcos 2022 campaign.
Rafael "Raffy" Moreno Alunan III is a Filipino businessman and former government official. He is a former Tourism and Interior and Local Government Secretary of the Philippines.
