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.
The Liberal Party,abbreviated as the LP,is a liberal political party in the Philippines.
Clarita Reyes Carlos is a Filipino political scientist and commentator,academic,and educator who last served as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos from 2022 to 2023. As National Security Adviser,she concurrently served as the Director-General of the National Security Council and Vice Chairperson of the Anti-Terrorism Council. She served as the 16th President of the National Defense College of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001,becoming the first female and first civilian to lead the institution.
Antonio Gabriel Maestrado La Viña is a Filipino lawyer,educator,and environmental policy expert. A former undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),executive director of the Manila Observatory,and dean of the Ateneo School of Government,he currently teaches law,governance,and philosophy in the Ateneo de Manila University,University of the Philippines,De La Salle University,Xavier University,San Beda University,Polytechnic University of the Philippines,Lyceum of the Philippines University,Pamantasang ng Lungsod ng Maynila,Far Eastern University,Ateneo de Zamboanga,Liceo de Cagayan,and the Philippine Judicial Academy. In addition to these teaching responsibilities,La Viña is the director of the Energy Collaboratory of the Manila Observatory. He was also the chair of the Partnership Council,Partnership for the Environmental Management of the Seas of East Asia. Likewise,he was chair of the Board of Trustees of the Forest Foundation of the Philippines until September 2020.
Sergio Apostol is a Filipino politician who served as a Philippine representative in the Leyte's 2nd district from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2010 to 2016.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Philippines:
Joseph Emilio "Jun" Aguinaldo Abaya is a Filipino politician,lawyer,and military officer. He was the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) of the Philippines under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. A member of the Liberal Party,he has been elected to three terms as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives,representing the 1st District of Cavite. He first won election to the House in 2004,and was re-elected in 2007. He and other Aquino administration officials have been charged over the alleged anomalous contracts for the MRT Line 3 during their tenure.
The 2010 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 30th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday,May 10,2010,to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2007,they will comprise the 15th Congress. The senators elected in 2007 will serve until June 30,2013,while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30,2016. The 2010 presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate:the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes wins the twelve seats up for election.
Ramón Jesús Palmiano Paje is a Filipino civil servant. He was the 19th secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III. Prior to his appointment,he was DENR Undersecretary for Field Operations and Executive Director of the Minerals Development Council under the Office of the President in concurrent capacity.
Florencio "Butch" Barsana Abad is a Filipino lawyer and politician. Having held many cabinet-level ranks in the past,he was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management. Abad held various cabinet-level positions in the past,particularly as Secretary of the Department of Education and Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
The 2010 presidential campaign of Benigno Aquino III,then Philippine Senator,began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Philippines at the Club Filipino,Greenhills,San Juan,Metro Manila,on September 9,2009,40 days after the death of his mother,former President Corazon Aquino. On September 21,2009,Aquino's campaign announced that Senator Mar Roxas would be his vice presidential nominee.
Cayetano "Dondon" Paderanga Jr. was a Filipino economist and former Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA),a cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.
Arsenio Molina Balisacan is a Filipino economist and academician currently serving as the Secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Balisacan first served as the NEDA Secretary from May 2012 to January 2016 under the Benigno Aquino III administration. He then served under the Duterte administration as the Chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission from February 1,2016 to June 30,2022. He was again appointed as NEDA Secretary under the Bongbong Marcos administration. During his first term in 2012,he concurrently served as NEDA Secretary and as Chairman of the Boards of the Philippine Statistics Authority,Philippine Institute for Development Studies,Philippine Center for Economic Development,and Public-Private Partnership Center.
Vicente Tirona Paterno was a Filipino businessman and politician. He served as Minister of Industry from 1974 to 1979 and of Minister of Public Highways from 1979 to 1980,during the Ferdinand Marcos' government. He also served as a member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984 and later as Senator from 1987 to 1992.
Julio Cabral Teehankee is a Filipino political scientist. He is Full Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University (DLSU) where he served as Chair of the Political Science Department (1994–2007);Chair of the International Studies Department (2008–2013);and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (2013–2017).
Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer is a Filipino peace negotiator and the chair of the peace panel of the Government of the Philippines during the time of President Simeon Benigno Aquino III (2010-2016). On behalf of government,she signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. She is the first female chief negotiator in the world to sign a final peace accord with a rebel group.
Jose Luis Martin Cosgayon Gascon,also known as Chito Gascon,was a Filipino lawyer,civic organizer,and human rights activist. In 2015,he was appointed by then President Benigno S. Aquino III as the Chair of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines serving a term from 2015 to 2021.
Isang Bansa,Isang Diwa was the national motto of the Philippines from 1978 to 1986,during the presidency of President Ferdinand Marcos. It was adopted on June 9,1978 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1413. The motto has been criticized and has been denounced as "the slogan of a fascist regime".
Student activism in the Philippines from 1965 to 1972 played a key role in the events which led to Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of Martial Law in 1972,and the Marcos regime's eventual downfall during the events of the People Power Revolution of 1986.
Menardo "Boy" Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer and public servant who is the incumbent Solicitor General of the Philippines under the Marcos administration since 2022. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice and deputy executive secretary under the Duterte and Aquino administrations. Prior to his government stint,he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra &Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University,where he graduated in 1974. Guevarra's appointment to the Justice portfolio was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on May 30,2018.
