Legazpi,officially the City of Legazpi,is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Albay,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 209,533. Legazpi is the regional center and largest city of the Bicol Region,in terms of population. It is the region's center of tourism,education,health services,commerce and transportation in the Bicol Region.
Bicol International Airport,also referred by some sources as Southern Luzon International Airport,is an airport serving the vicinity of Legazpi,the capital city of Albay and the regional center of Bicol Region,in the Philippines.
Manuel Noveno Mamba Sr. is a Filipino doctor and politician who is the current provincial governor of Cagayan. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 3rd District of Cagayan. First elected in 1995,he was re-elected in 2001,2004,and 2007. He was also a municipal mayor of Tuao,Cagayan,from 1988 to 1995.
Roel Ragay Degamo was a Filipino politician who served as governor of Negros Oriental from 2011 to June 2022,and again from October 2022 until his assassination on March 4,2023. He previously served as the province's vice governor from 2010 to 2011,and was a municipal councilor of Siaton from 1998 to 2007.
Local elections were held in Manila on May 13,2013,within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the six congressmen,and the councilors,six in each of the city's six legislative districts.
Ako Bicol Political Party (AKB) is a political party in the Philippines participating in the party-list elections in the Philippines. It represents the Bicol Region and the Bicolano people. In the 2016 elections,AKB was the top partylist with 1,664,975 votes,earning it 3 seats in Congress.
A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9,2016,for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government –national,provincial,and local,except for the barangay officials.
Nuestra Señora de la Porteria Parish Church,commonly known as Daraga Church,is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Daraga,Albay,Philippines under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Legazpi. The church was built by the Franciscans in 1772 under the patronage of the Our Lady of the Gate. Certain church sections were declared as a National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines in 2007.
The governor of Albay is the chief executive of the provincial government of Albay,Philippines. Like all local government heads in the Philippines,the governor is elected via popular vote,and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term. In case of death,resignation or incapacity,the vice governor becomes the governor.
SM City Legazpi is a shopping mall owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings,the largest retail and mall operator in the Philippines. It is located along Imelda C. Roces Avenue corner Terminal Road,Barangay Bitano,Legazpi City,Albay. Opened on September 14,2018,it is the first SM Supermall in Albay and the second in the Bicol Region following SM City Naga. It is also the 71st SM Supermall in the Philippines after SM City Telabastagan in San Fernando,Pampanga. SM City Legazpi is currently the largest mall in the Bicol Region based on gross floor area with 87,706 m2 (944,060 sq ft) of total floor space.
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos,president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the run-up to the 2022 general election,the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP,Lakas–CMD,HNP,and PMP,with guest candidates from other parties.
Albay local elections were held on May 13,2019,as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters selected their candidates of choice for all local positions:municipal or city mayor,vice mayor and councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and representatives for the three districts of Albay in the House of Representatives. These elections were held following the first-past-the-post voting system,in which the candidate with the highest number of votes is elected.
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the Philippines were held on October 30,2023. The elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials will begin their terms at noon on November 30,2023. The barangay is the smallest administrative division in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached the Bicol Region on March 27,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Albay.
The University of Santo Tomas System is a network of private schools that belong to the Philippine Dominican Province of the Order of Preachers. The system is an integration of select schools run by the Dominicans. These select schools are the University of Santo Tomas - Manila,University of Santo Tomas - Legazpi,University of Santo Tomas - General Santos,University of Santo Tomas - Santa Rosa,UST Angelicum College - Quezon City and Angelicum School Iloilo.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9,2022. All provinces will elect their provincial governors for three-year terms,who will be inaugurated on June 30,2022 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
These are term limited and retiring members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines during the 18th Congress of the Philippines,who cannot or would not run in the 2022 elections.
Edcel Greco Alexandre Burce Lagman,also known as Grex,is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Albay.
A special election would have been held in Negros Oriental's 3rd congressional district on December 9,2023,to fill the district's vacant seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for the remainder of the 19th Congress.
