Ilocos Norte,officially the Province of Ilocos Norte,is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region. It is located in the northwest corner of Luzon Island,bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east,and Abra to the southeast,and Ilocos Sur to the southwest. Ilocos Norte faces the South China Sea to the west and the Luzon Strait to the north. Its capital is Laoag City,which is the most populous in the province.
Marcos,officially the Municipality of Marcos,is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 18,010.
The New Society Movement,formerly named the New Society Movement of United Nationalists,Liberals,et cetera,is a right-wing political party in the Philippines. It was first formed in 1978 as an umbrella coalition of parties supporting then-President Ferdinand E. Marcos for the Interim Batasang Pambansa and was his political vehicle during his 20-year regime. It was reorganized as a political party in 1986,and is the furthest to the right of the political spectrum among active parties after Marcos' ouster.
Batac,officially the City of Batac,is a component city in the province of Ilocos Norte,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 55,484 people.
Mariano Marcos y Rubio was a lawyer,educator,and politician from Batac,Ilocos Norte,Philippines. A Congressman from 1925 to 1931,he is best known for being the father of Ferdinand Marcos,who was the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986,and the grandfather of current senator Imee Marcos and the current 17th Philippine president Bongbong Marcos.
Mariano Marcos State University is a higher education institution with campuses and facilities throughout Ilocos Norte province in the Philippines. Its main campus is in Batac.
Michael Edward Marcos Keon is a Filipino politician. Keon is the son of Australian journalist Michael James Keon and Elizabeth E. Marcos-Keon,governor of Ilocos Norte from 1971 to 1983 and the nephew of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos.
Elections were held in the Ilocos Region for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10,2010.
The Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Center is a museum situated in Batac,Ilocos Norte dedicated to 10th Philippine president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos which also hosts his cenotaph. The museum shows memorabilia of the late president,from his stint in the armed forces down to his presidency. The large cenotaph which contains the glass-encased coffin in which the widely believed embalmed body of Marcos was on public display shortly after his remains were brought in Ilocos Norte from the United States in 1993 until his body was re-interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig on November 18,2016. A wax replica of Marcos remains to be displayed inside the glass coffin.
Jesus Rosario Nalupta Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as Mayor of Batac,Ilocos Norte for five terms.
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.
In late 2015,incidents of sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) involving the Mitsubishi Montero Sport have been reported in the Philippines. Concerns regarding the safety of the car model were raised and several class action lawsuits against Mitsubishi Motors Philippines were filed.
The burial of Ferdinand Marcos,a former Philippine President who ruled as a dictator for 21 years,took place on November 18,2016,at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Andres Bonifacio,Taguig,Metro Manila,Philippines. Ferdinand Marcos had been elected the 10th President of the Philippines in 1965,but declared Martial Law in 1972 before his final constitutionally allowed term was over,holding on to power until his overthrow by the People Power Revolution in 1986.
Rodolfo "Rudy" Castro Fariñas,Sr. is a Filipino politician and the former Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and represents the 1st District of Ilocos Norte,the Philippines. Fariñas was the last person to serve as governor of Ilocos Norte who was not related to the Marcos family. Fariñas has been described as a "henchman of the [Marcos] regime".
The Marcos family is a political family in the Philippines. They have established themselves in the country's politics,having established a political dynasty that traces its beginnings to the 1925 election of Mariano Marcos to the Philippine House of Representatives as congressman for the second district of Ilocos Norte;reached its peak during the 21-year rule of Ferdinand Marcos as president of the Philippines that included his 14-year dictatorship beginning with the declaration of Martial Law throughout the country;continues today with the political careers of Imelda Marcos,Imee Marcos,and Sandro Marcos;and reached a fresh political apex with the presidency of Bongbong Marcos.
Matthew Joseph Marcos Manotoc is a Filipino politician and athlete from Ilocos Norte,Philippines. He is currently serving the second year of his second term as the governor of Ilocos Norte;he was a senior provincial board member from the second legislative district of Ilocos Norte from 2016 to 2019.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9,2022. All provinces will elect their provincial governors for three-year terms,who will be inaugurated on June 30,2022 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Araneta Marcos III is a Filipino politician who is the representative of Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district since 2022,and the eldest of three sons of Philippine President Bongbong Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos.
