Sipalay,officially the City of Sipalay,is a 4th class component city in the province of Negros Occidental,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 72,448 people. It is the top tourist destination in the province of Negros Occidental.
The University of St. La Salle (USLS) is a Catholic private research university run by the De La Salle Brothers,located in La Salle Avenue,Bacolod,Negros Occidental,Philippines. Established in 1952 as La Salle College - Bacolod,it is the second oldest campus founded by the congregation in the country. The university is a member of De La Salle Philippines,a network established in 2006 comprising 16 Lasallian educational institutions in the Philippine islands. The university offers preschool,elementary,secondary,undergraduate,and graduate programs. It has seven colleges namely:Business and Accountancy,Engineering and Technology,Arts and Sciences,Education,Nursing,Law,and Medicine.
Michael Lopez Rama is a Filipino politician who served as Mayor of Cebu City from 2021 to October 3,2024 and previously from 2010 to 2016. He served as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City from 2001 to 2010 and from 2019 to 2021,and was a member of the Cebu City Council from 1992 to 2001. He was elected the National President of the League of Cities of the Philippines in 2022. In October 2024,the Office of the Ombudsman perpetually disqualified him from public service due to charges of nepotism.
Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia-Codilla is a Filipina politician serving as the governor of Cebu since 2019,a position she previously held from 2004 and 2013—being the first woman to hold that office. She was the representative of Cebu's 3rd congressional drict from 2013 to 2019 and concurrently served as a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018.
The Davao Death Squad (DDS) is a vigilante group in Davao City,Philippines. The group is alleged to have conducted summary executions of street children and individuals suspected of petty crimes and drug dealing. It has been estimated that the group is responsible for the killing or disappearance of between 1,020 and 1,040 people between 1998 and 2008. A 2009 report by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (CHR) noted stonewalling by local police under the mayorship of Rodrigo Duterte while a leaked cable observed a lack of public outrage among Davao residents.
Aniano Aguilar Desierto is a former Ombudsman of the Republic of the Philippines from 1995 to 2002. He headed the Ombudsman Office which investigates all government officials who defy the law of conduct. He assumed the Office of the Philippine Ombudsman on August 4,1995,as the second person to head the post.
Jonas Cabungcal Cortes is a Filipino politician serving as the Mayor of Mandaue since 2019,a position he previously held from 2007 to 2016. He previously served as representative of the sixth district of Cebu from 2016 to 2019.
Metro Bacolod is the 8th-most populous and the 6th-most densely populated metropolitan area out of the 12 metropolitan areas in the Philippines. This metropolitan area as defined by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has an estimated population of 840,170 inhabitants as of the 2020 official census by the Philippine Statistics Authority.
The Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas or the SWP is the national governing body for weightlifting and powerlifting in the Philippines. The president of the SWP since October 2016 is Monico Puentevella.
The Bacolod City Arena was a proposed multipurpose indoor arena in Bacolod,Philippines.
Local elections were held in Bacolod on May 9,2016,as part of the Philippine general election. The elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the congressman,and twelve councilors,were filled in.
Evelio Ramos Leonardia,also known as Bing Leonardia,is a Filipino politician,lawyer,and realtor who served as mayor of Bacolod thrice:1995 to 1998,2004 to 2013,and 2016 to 2022—six terms overall. He also previously served as the representative of Bacolod's lone district from 2013 to 2016,vice mayor of Bacolod from 1992 to 1995 under Mayor Alfredo Montelibano,and a member of the Bacolod City Council from 1988 to 1992. He started his civil service career with the Department of Tourism.
Alfonso "Al" Gaba Cusi is a Filipino businessman from Naujan,Oriental Mindoro who served as the 14th Secretary of Energy under the Duterte administration from 2016 to 2022. He also served in the Arroyo Administration as head of government air and sea transportation agencies from 2001 to 2010. He is the Vice Chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino,after becoming president of the party then known as PDP–Laban in 2021.
The Mayor of Cebu City is the chief executive of the government of Cebu City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms,totaling nine years,although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term.
The 2017–2019 Philippine jeepney drivers' strike was a series of protest and strike action staged by jeepney drivers in the Philippines to oppose the government's plan to phase out jeepneys over 15 years old. The strike,which started on February 6,caused hundreds of passengers to be stranded and prompted universities,cities,and towns to suspend classes. Part of the protest is to forward an alternative on modernization based upon national industrialization and not corporate takeover.
Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Bantug Benitez is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as the mayor of Bacolod since 2022. He served three consecutive terms as the representative of Negros Occidental's 3rd district from 2010 to 2019,and was one of the richest congressmen in the Philippines.
Aurelio Matias Umali is a Filipino politician from the third district of Nueva Ecija,Philippines. Umali is the youngest elected governor in the province since his first government office position. He currently serves as a Governor of Nueva Ecija. He was a governor for three terms from 2007 to 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Manny Pacquiao formally began on October 1,2021,when Manny Pacquiao filed his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential election. He has been a Senator of the Philippines from June 30,2016 to June 30,2022 and was previously a member of the House of Representatives,representing the Sarangani lone district.
Jocelle Batapa-Sigue is a Filipino politician,currently serving as Undersecretary for Informations and Communications Technology Industry Development of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. She previously served as a member of the Bacolod City Council. She is the founding chairperson of the Bacolod –Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology,one of the founding organization of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines where she became president from 2010-2012.
Greg Gasataya is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative of the Lone District of Bacolod since 2016.
