Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III,also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy,was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of assassinated politician Benigno Aquino Jr. and 11th president Corazon Aquino,he was a fourth-generation politician as part of the Aquino family of Tarlac.
Teresita "Tess" Leonardo-De Castro is a Filipina who served as the 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines;appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28,2018. She assumed the vacated position since her predecessor,Maria Lourdes Sereno,was removed via a quo warranto petition;making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice,making her the first controversial female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Lucas Purugganan Bersamin is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who currently serves as the 40th Executive Secretary of the Philippines. Bersamin previously served in the Supreme Court of the Philippines for 10 years,first as an associate justice from 2009 to 2018 and then as the 25th Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2018 until his retirement in 2019. He was named by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the high court as an associate justice on April 2,2009. Prior to becoming an associate justice,he was a member of the Court of Appeals.
Lord Allan Jay Quinto Velasco is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from October 12,2020 to June 2022. He is concurrently serving as the Representative of Marinduque's lone district since 2016,and previously from 2010 to 2013. He previously served as the Marinduque chapter president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines,and Marinduque provincial administrator under Governor Jose Antonio Carrion.
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima is a Filipina politician,lawyer,human rights activist and law professor who previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She was the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights from 2008 to 2010,before serving in President Benigno Aquino III's cabinet as the Secretary of Justice from 2010 to 2015.
Maria Lourdes "Meilou" Aranal Sereno is a Filipina lawyer and judge who served as de facto chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2012 until her removal in 2018.
Renato Corona,the 23rd chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,was impeached on December 12,2011. Corona was the third official,after former President Joseph Estrada in 2000 and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in March 2011,to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
Herminio "Harry" Lopez Roque Jr. is a Filipino lawyer,politician,and former law professor. He served as the presidential spokesperson of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2017 to 2018 and from 2020 to 2021. He was the party-list representative of KABAYAN from 2016 to 2017.
The burial of Ferdinand Marcos,a former Philippine President who ruled as a dictator for 14 years,took place on November 18,2016,at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio,Metro Manila,Philippines. 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.
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.
2018 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2018.
The quo warranto petition against Maria Lourdes Sereno,filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines,led to the landmark case Republic v. Sereno,which nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno's appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,finding that she never lawfully held the office due to a lack of integrity for failing to file certain required financial documents. As a result,she was ousted from the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. The Court handed down its ruling on May 11,2018. The case began with a filing before the House of Representatives of an impeachment demand,the accusations in which Solicitor General Jose Calida used as the factual basis for his quo warranto petition.
Tranquil Gervacio S. Salvador III is a Filipino lawyer,educator,civic leader,and media advocate for mainstreaming and popularizing law education in the Philippines. He has served as spokesperson and member of the defense panel for the impeachment of the then-Chief Justice Renato Corona and handled other notable cases of Filipino personalities and corporations.
Youth Reform Movement Philippines (YRMPH) is a non-profit sociopolitical organization composed of the youth sector registered within the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission,operating globally through a network of young Filipino university students and youth leaders with particular interest in Philippine political and sociocivic affairs. The organization was formerly known as Youth for Miriam,the youth arm of the 2016 presidential campaign of Miriam Defensor Santiago,initially partnering with People's Reform Party,the political party of Defensor Santiago.
Priscilla Joson Baltazar-Padilla served as the 188th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2020. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr.
Ricardo de Rivera Rosario is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr.
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.
