The Gabriela Women's Party,or simply GABRIELA,is a progressive Filipino political party that advocates for women's issues and represents Filipino women in the House of Representatives.
Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda is a Filipina politician,environmentalist,cultural worker,and former journalist who is currently serving as a Senator and served as the president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines from 2022 to 2024. This also makes her the first woman to serve as Senate President Pro Tempore in the upper chamber's history. Before entering politics,she began her career as a news reporter until becoming a news anchor. She previously served three terms in the Senate from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2019. She is the longest-serving female Senator in the history of the Senate,and the only female in the Philippines to top two senatorial elections:1998 and 2007. Legarda was also the House Deputy Speaker during her three-year stint as the representative of Antique from 2019 to 2022.
Lucy Torres-Gomez,is a Filipina actress and politician currently serving as the mayor of Ormoc since 2023. She previously served as the Representative for Leyte's 4th district from June 2010 to March 2013 and from June 2013 to June 2022..
Bayan Muna is a party-list in the Philippines,a member of the leftist political coalition Makabayan. The motto of the party is "New Politics,the Politics of Change",against "traditional,elitist,pro-imperialist politics". Its platform includes the advocation of a government that progressively supports the working class,with meaningful representation of all democratic sectors in the Philippines. Bayan Muna was the second most popular party-list party in the 2007 Philippine elections. In 2009,Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo and former Bayan Muna and incumbent Gabriela Representative Liza Maza ran for senate seats as guest candidates under the ticket of billionaire real estate magnate Senator Manny Villar. Ocampo said that their common objective “is to emancipate the people from widespread poverty and social injustice."
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.
Saturnino "Satur" Cunanan Ocampo is a Filipino politician,activist,journalist,and writer.
Teodoro "Teddy" Acevedo Casiño is a Filipino activist,writer,and journalist. He was a member of the House of Representatives for Bayan Muna. He is currently the Chairperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16,2009. The founding assembly was held at UP Theatre,Diliman,Quezon City.
Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 14th vice president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She previously served as the representative of the 3rd district of Camarines Sur from 2013 to 2016.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
Protests against Former President Rodrigo Duterte escalated on November 18,2016,following Duterte's support of the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. These series of protests are mostly conducted by progressive groups and other opposing figures mainly due to the ongoing war on drugs,the declaration of martial law in Mindanao,and employment issues such as contractual terms being applied by companies and inflation which occurred due to the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. Other causes of the protests include the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country,the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,and the shutdown and franchise denial of ABS-CBN.
The following is a timeline of protests against Rodrigo Duterte,the 16th President of the Philippines,and his policies. Issues were addressed in the protests including the war on drugs,employment issues,anti-terror law,and the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leni Robredo,the 14th Vice President of the Philippines,has held various foreign,domestic,economic,and social positions over the course of her career. She has supported women's rights and women empowerment,human rights,ending endo contractualization,and policies that are pro-poor. As the chairperson of the Liberal Party during her vice presidency,Robredo was the leader of the opposition against President Rodrigo Duterte,taking positions that are contrary to that of the Duterte administration's policies,opposing federalism and charter change,the reimposition of the death penalty,warmer relations with China,and the war on drugs.
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.
Noel Kinazo Felongco is a Filipino lawyer and government official who currently serves as the Lead Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission of the Philippines under the Duterte administration since October 31,2018. He previously served as a chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor and as an undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Eufemia Campos Cullamat,also known as Ka Femia,is a Filipina farmer,activist,and politician. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 18th Congress under the Bayan Muna party-list group. She is the second Manobo to serve in Congress after former Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco.
Arlene D. Brosas is a Filipina educator,child rights activist,and politician. She is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 19th Congress and was part of the 18th Congress under the Gabriela Women's Party-list group.
The State of the Nation Addresses of Rodrigo Duterte,the 16th president of the Philippines,were met with several protests.
Francisca Lustina Castro is a Filipino educator,trade union activist,and politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT).
The 2025 Philippine Senate election will be the 35th election of members to the Senate of the Philippines. It will be held on May 12,2025,within the 2025 Philippine general election. The seats of the 12 senators elected in 2019 will be contested in this election. The senators that will be elected in this election will serve until 2031,joining the winners of the 2022 election to form the Senate's delegation to the 20th Congress of the Philippines,with the senators elected in 2022 serving until 2028.
