Maria Gracia Cielo "Grace" Magno Padaca is a Filipino politician and former journalist who served as governor of Isabela from 2004 until 2010. She is also the recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2008.
Camilo Sabio is a public lawyer and past chairman of the Philippines' Presidential Commission on Good Government. He previously held the position of Secretary-General in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1992 to 1998 under Jose de Venecia.
Manuel "Lito" Mercado Lapid is a Filipino actor and politician serving as a Senator since 2019,and previously from 2004 to 2016. He started his political career in Pampanga,serving as vice governor from 1992 to 1995,and governor from 1995 to 2004.
Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. and commonly known as Bong Revilla,is a Filipino actor,director,producer,television presenter and politician serving as a Senator since 2019,and previously from 2004 to 2016.
Prospero Arreza Pichay Jr.,also known as Butch Pichay,is a Filipino politician who served as Representative of Surigao del Sur's 1st district in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the chairman of the House Committee on National Defense in the 13th Congress and deputy speaker in the 17th and 18th Congresses. He is a member of the formerly dominant political party Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and was a senatorial aspirant in the 2007 Philippine Senate election but lost.
Elenita "Ellen" Sombillo Binay is a Filipina politician and physician. She served as mayor of Makati from 1998 to 2001. She is the wife of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. They have several children,some of whom are casting their lots into the political ring. She is the mother of former Makati Mayor Jejomar "Junjun" Binay,Jr.,incumbent Makati Mayor Abigail Binay,and Senator Nancy Binay.
Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia 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 district from 2013 to 2019 and concurrently served as a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018.
Monico Ogtong Puentevella is a Filipino politician. Formerly a member of Lakas-Kampi-CMD,he was elected to three terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the Legislative district of Bacolod City. He was first elected to Congress in 2001,and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007. He was also the mayor of Bacolod from 2013 to 2016. He finished both his elementary and secondary education at the De La Salle Bacolod in 1962 and 1965,respectively. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree from De La Salle University Manila in 1960. He further pursued Professional Management Development Program study at the Asian Institute of Management in 1994.
Emmylou "Lala" Jacolo Taliño-Mendoza is a Filipina politician. She has been elected for three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 1st District of North Cotabato. She first won election to Congress in 2001,and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.
The Euro Generals Scandal involves Eliseo de la Paz and several Philippine National Police (PNP) officials who went to Russia in October 2008 to attend an Interpol conference. De la Paz was detained for carrying a large sum of undeclared money.
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.
Ronald Naldo Ricketts,popularly known as Ronnie Ricketts,is a Filipino actor,scriptwriter,film director,line producer,and martial artist who is the former President of the Philippine Film Actors Guild,and former Chairman of Optical Media Board (OMB),a government agency that regulates recording optical media in the Philippines.
Janet Lim-Napoles is a Filipina businesswoman who is believed to have masterminded the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) Scam. She was convicted of plunder for her involvement in the PDAF Scam and is facing charges for alleged involvement in the misuse of the Malampaya fund for disaster response operations.
2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the Philippines in 2016.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
Teodoro "Teddy" Brawner Baguilat Jr. is a Filipino politician and journalist,activist and advocate of indigenous peoples' rights and the rights of minority groups.
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.
Milagrosa Tee Tan was a Filipina politician from the province of Samar in the Philippines. She was from the town of Palompon in the province of Leyte and married a Catbaloganon. She was the first female governor of the province who served from 2001 to 2010 and was re-elected in 2019 following the end of term of her daughter,Sharee Ann Tan. She also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
2023 in the Philippines details notable events that have occurred,or are scheduled to take place,in the Philippines in 2023.
Datu Sajid Islam Uy Ampatuan is a Filipino politician who served as governor of Maguindanao.
