Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo,often referred to by her initials PGMA and GMA,is a Filipino academic and politician who previously served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She is the longest serving president of the Philippines since Ferdinand Marcos. Before her accession to the presidency,she served as the 10th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 under President Joseph Ejercito Estrada,making her the country's first female vice president,despite having run on an opposing ticket. She was also a Senator from 1992 to 1998. After her presidency,she was elected as the Representative of Pampanga's 2nd district in 2010 and later became the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 2018 to 2019. She was also serving in the congress as a Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2017 and from 2022 until 2023. She is one of the only 2 Filipinos to hold at least three of the four highest offices in the country:vice president,president,and house speaker,alongside former President Sergio Osmeña.
Lubao,officially the Municipality of Lubao,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 173,502 people.
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was a Filipino lawyer,poet and politician who served as the ninth President of the Philippines,serving from 1961 to 1965,and the sixth Vice President,serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives,and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970. He was the father of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,who followed his path as President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
Sasmuan,officially the Municipality of Sasmuan,formally known by its Spanish name Sexmoán,is a 4th class municipality in the province of Pampanga,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 29,076 people,making it the least populated municipality in the province.
Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla,known professionally as Robin Padilla,is a Filipino actor,director and politician. He is known as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine cinema for portraying anti-hero gangster roles in films such as Anak ni Baby Ama (1990),Grease Gun Gang (1992),Bad Boy (1990),and Bad Boy 2 (1992). He has also been dubbed the "Prince of Action" in Philippine cinema.
Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a term often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers,people with Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited period of employment. The number of these workers was roughly 1.77 million between April and September 2020. Of these,female workers comprised a larger portion,making up 59.6 percent,or 1.06 million. However,this number declined to 405.62 thousand between 2019 and 2020.
Pedro Abad Santos y Basco was a Filipino Marxist politician. He founded the Partido Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PSP) or Philippine Socialist Party in 1932. He ran for several local elections but never won. He also ran for president in the 1941 Philippine presidential election,but later withdrew,weeks before the election. Luis Taruc of the Hukbalahap Rebellion was under his tutelage and was his right-hand man.
Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay Sr. is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016,under President Benigno Aquino III.
Filipinos in Saudi Arabia are migrants or descendants of the Philippines who live in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is currently the largest employer of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs),and has the largest Filipino population in the Middle East. Filipinos make up the fourth-largest group of foreigners in Saudi Arabia,and are the second-largest source of remittances to the Philippines.
Francisco Tongio Liongson was a Filipino medical doctor and politician. He belonged to a generation of Philippine colonial subjects who struggled to evolve a national identity for their homeland in the fringes of the Spanish Empire. Late in the 18th century,the concept of being a Filipino was still nebulous and infantile. The name did not even originally apply to all the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago,but to a small group of Spaniards born there. Motivated by the injustices prevalent in the Philippines,small colonies of native expatriate students in Europe involved themselves in the Propaganda Movement with the purpose of exposing these abuses and in the process began to assume a consciousness articulating reforms of a national interest that was consequently distinct from Spain. Liongson was one of these Filipino students in Madrid. He walked among peers who would one day become Philippine National Heroes.
The Labor Party Philippines,also known as the Workers' and Peasants' Party and formerly known as the Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka and the Lapiang Manggagawa,is a political party in the Philippines.
The Democratic Party of the Philippines is a center-right,populist political party in the Philippines founded in 2010 by Dr. Ernesto G. Ramos. It seeks to be an alternative to traditional politics.
Roy Villareal Señeres was a Filipino politician and diplomat who initially ran in the 2016 Philippine presidential election under the Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka party before withdrawing on February 5,2016,three days before his death. Señeres was elected as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the OFW Family Club party-list in the 2013 general elections. He is the father of former congressman Christian Señeres.
MariaSusana "Toots" Vasquez Ople was a Filipina politician and Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) rights advocate who served as the first Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers.
The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 9,2022,as part of the 2022 general election. This was the 17th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the Philippines since 1935,and the sixth sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992.
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.
Willie Tan Ong is a Filipino cardiologist,internist and media personality who rose to prominence for giving medical advice through his Facebook page and YouTube channel. Ong was also a candidate for the 2019 Philippine Senate election,largely capitalizing on his social media presence. He was a candidate for vice president in the 2022 Philippine presidential election as the running mate of former mayor of Manila Isko Moreno.
Leodegario "Ka Leody" Quitain de Guzman is a Filipino socialist labor rights activist who ran for president in the 2022 Philippine presidential elections,under the Partido Lakas ng Masa. He is currently the chairperson of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino,a socialist federation of militant trade unions. He unsuccessfully sought a seat in the 2019 senatorial elections.
PiliPinas Debates 2022:The Turning Point,or simply PiliPinas Debates 2022,was a televised debate series organized by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC),with the assistance of non-partisan voter education organization Vote Pilipinas as part of the debates for the 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections.
Faisal Montay Mangondato is a Filipino businessman and aspiring politician who was a candidate for the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
