The House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress,the bicameral legislature of the Philippines,with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress,although the term collectively refers to both houses.
Taft,officially the Municipality of Taft,is a 4th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 18,786 people.
Filemon Castelar Lagman,popularly known as Ka Popoy,was a revolutionary socialist and workers' leader in the Philippines who supported Marxism-Leninism. He split with the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1991 due to ideological disagreements to form Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP). He was assassinated in 2001.
Borongan Airport is an airport serving the general area of Borongan,the capital of the province of Eastern Samar,located in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines. It is classified as a community airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines,an attached agency of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations of not only this airport but also of all other airports in the Philippines except the major international airports.
Edcel Castelar Lagman Sr. is a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House in 1987 to 1998 and 2004 to 2013 and 2016 up to the present. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines until 2012,when he resigned the office. Lagman is one of the key Liberal Party figures in the House of Representatives,having supported the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act,the SOGIE Equality Bill,the Free Tertiary Education Act,the Anti-Dynasty Bill,and the Freedom of Information Bill. He is also the principal author of the Divorce Bill,the Human Rights Defenders Bill,the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy Bill,and the Anti-Child Marriage Bill.
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats,abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas,is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum and is influenced by Christian democracy and Islamic democracy. Since the 2022 elections,Lakas–CMD is currently the biggest party in the House of Representatives,with the party's president,Martin Romualdez,serving as Speaker of the House. The party is a dominant member of the UniTeam Alliance led by President Bongbong Marcos.
Rolando Aureo Gutierrez Andaya Jr.,also known as Nonoy Andaya,was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives. He represented the 1st district of Camarines Sur from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2019. During the 17th Congress,he was a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018 and was subsequently elected House Majority Leader,serving from 2018 to 2019. In his inter-congressional years,he was the Secretary of Budget and Management from 2006 to 2010 in President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's cabinet.
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.
Mel Senen Sevilla Sarmiento is a Filipino politician. He was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st Legislative District of Samar from 2010 to 2015. He also served as Secretary-General of the Liberal Party. He served as the Vice Mayor of Calbayog from 1992 to 1995 and Mayor from 2004 to 2011 before the death of Congressman Uy. He was also the Secretary General of the League of Cities of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010. He also served as the last Secretary of the Interior and Local Government under President Benigno Aquino III after Jesse Robredo and Mar Roxas.
Danilo "Danny" Etorma Suarez is a Filipino politician and former Governor of Quezon. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 3rd District of Quezon.
The 19th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,convened on July 25,2022. The 19th Congress is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency,and will end on June 6,2025. The convening of the 19th Congress followed the 2022 general elections,which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.
John Marvin "Yul Servo" Cruz Nieto is a Filipino actor and politician who has served as the 28th Vice Mayor of Manila since 2022.
Raul Aguila Daza is a Filipino lawyer,certified public accountant,and politician,who served in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for 20 years as Representative of the 1st District of Northern Samar. Although he could still seek another term under the term-limit provisions of the Constitution,at 86 he chose not to stand for re-election in the 2019 national elections. He was also a three-term governor of the same province from 2001 to 2010;the Representative of the Lone District of Northern Samar from 1969 until the declaration of martial law in 1972.
The 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 36th lower house elections in the Philippines. The election of the House of Representatives was held on May 9,2022.
The House of Representatives Majority and Minority Leaders are the two members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines who are elected by their respective parties or coalitions as their official leaders. They serve as the chief spokesmen of their party with regard to their business in the Senate.
The Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino,also known as the 4Ps Party-list,is a political organization seeking party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
Edcel Greco Alexandre "Grex" Burce Lagman,is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Albay.
Ben Pagaran Evardone is the governor of Eastern Samar,Philippines and was the Congressman of Eastern Samar;he was born in Sulat,Eastern Samar,on September 30,1963.
These are term-limited and retiring members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines during the 19th Congress of the Philippines,who either cannot or chose not to run in the 2025 House elections.
Jonathan Clement "JC" Abalos is a Filipino politician and a Philippine House of Representatives member for the 4Ps Party-list alongside Marcelino Libanan. He is the nephew of Filipino secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr.
