Bataan,officially the Province of Bataan,is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Balanga while Mariveles is the largest town in the province. Occupying the entire Bataan Peninsula on Luzon,Bataan is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north. The peninsula faces the South China Sea to the west and Subic Bay to the north-west,and encloses Manila Bay to the east.
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr.,commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM,is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current President of the Philippines. He previously served as a senator from 2010 to 2016. He is the second child and only son of tenth President,kleptocrat and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former First Lady Imelda Marcos.
Balanga,officially the City of Balanga,is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Bataan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 104,173 people. It is south of San Fernando,Pampanga and northwest of Manila. Balanga joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2015.
Mariveles,officially the Municipality of Mariveles,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 149,879 people.
Bagac,officially the Municipality of Bagac,is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 31,365 people.
Sócrates "Soc" Buenaventura Villegas O.P. is a Filipino prelate,and a professed member of the Dominican Order,He is the current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan,and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines,from December 1,2013 to December 1,2017,when he finished his second and final term as president of the said conference. He was also the vice president of the episcopal conference from 2011 to 2013. He had previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Manila from 2001 to July 3,2004,and third Bishop of Balanga in Bataan from July 3,2004 to November 4,2009 where he succeeded Honesto F. Ongtioco who became Bishop of Cubao in Quezon City on August 28,2003.
The National Unity Party (NUP) is a political party in the Philippines. The party was formed in 2010 by former members of Lakas-Kampi CMD who broke away after internal discontent within the party. From 2016 to 2022,the party was part of the PDP–Laban-led coalition in the House of Representatives,the Coalition for Change.
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is a beach resort,hotel,convention center and heritage destination in Bagac,Bataan,Philippines.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Miriam Defensor Santiago,a then-incumbent Senator of the Philippines,was announced on October 13,2015 at a book signing event. Miriam Defensor-Santiago submitted her certificate of candidacy (COC) on October 16,2015. She was fifth overall in the election and lost to Rodrigo Duterte. Santiago died of lung cancer five months later.
Jose Callangan Calida is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice under the Arroyo administration,as executive director of the Dangerous Drugs Board,as Solicitor General of the Philippines under the Duterte administration,and as the Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos.
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government,he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra &Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University,where he graduated in 1974.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Bongbong Marcos began on October 6,2021,when he filed his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential elections under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. Bongbong Marcos,a former senator from 2010 to 2016,is the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos.
Tallano gold refers to a set of interrelated conspiracy theories and internet scams which claim that before Spain colonized the Philippines,the archipelago and surrounding territories were ruled by a certain Tagean Tallano family,that the family owned a vast amount of gold,and that former president Ferdinand Marcos obtained his family's unexplained wealth by receiving some of the Tallano gold as payment for the legal services he allegedly provided to the Tallano family. Offshoots of the conspiracy theories include tales that the country's national hero JoséRizal survived his execution,that the gold reserves were used to fund the Vatican,or that the gold was instrumental in starting the World Bank.
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.
The presidency of Bongbong Marcos began at noon on June 30,2022,following his inauguration as the 17th president of the Philippines,succeeding Rodrigo Duterte. His term is expected to expire six years later,on June 30,2028. He entered into office amid the COVID-19 pandemic,an economic crisis,and the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Alberto Mansion is a historic house in Biñan,Laguna,Philippines.
New San Jose Builders,Inc. (NSJBI) is a Philippine real estate company based in Quezon City.
