Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the eleventh President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution,which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic.
Benigno "Ninoy" SimeonAquino Jr.,was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino,who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination,and father of Benigno Aquino III,who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino,together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga,helped form the leadership of the opposition toward then President Ferdinand Marcos. He was the significant leader who together with the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno led the overall opposition.
Benigno Simeon 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 of the Philippines Corazon Aquino,he was a fourth-generation politician as part of the Aquino family of Tarlac.
The Liberal Party of the Philippines 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 "Tony" Maestrado La Viña is at present Associate Director for climate policy and international relations and concurrently Head,Klima Center of Manila Observatory and a professor of law,philosophy,politics and governance in several universities in the Philippines. He is also a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague,the Chair of the Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy Department of the Philippine Judicial Academy. the founding President of the Movement Against Disinformation,and the founding Chair of the Mindanao Climate Justice Resource Facility. He is also Managing Partner of La Viña Zarate,a human rights,climate justice,and general litigation law firm.
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 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday,May 10,2010. The incumbent President of the Philippines,Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,was ineligible to seek re-election as per the 1987 Constitution.
Cagayan de Oro (CDO),officially the City of Cagayan de Oro,is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 728,402 people,making it the 10th most populous city in the Philippines and the most populous in Northern Mindanao.
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. The winners in this election joined the winners of the 2007 election to form the 15th Congress of the Philippines. 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.
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.
Miriam Coronel-Ferrer is a Filipino peace negotiator who was 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 the government,Coronel-Ferrer 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".
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government,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.
Guillrey Anthony "Ernald" Mallari Andal,is a Filipino Jesuit priest who currently serves as the fifth president of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. He assumed office on March 15,2023 and succeeded Karel San Juan.
