Caloocan,officially the City of Caloocan,is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most populous city in the Philippines.
Antonio "Sonny" Fuentes Trillanes IV is a former Philippine naval officer who also served as a senator of the Philippines from 2007 to 2019. He is known for his involvement in the Oakwood mutiny of 2003 and the Manila Peninsula siege in 2007 in protest against the Arroyo administration,and he is a vocal critic of the Duterte administration.
Local elections were held in Caloocan on May 10,2010 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the two Congressmen,and the councilors,six in each of the city's two legislative districts.
Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 14th vice president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She previously served as the representative of the 3rd district of Camarines Sur from 2013 to 2016.
Sara Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio,commonly known as Inday Sara,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is the 15th and current vice president of the Philippines. She is the third female vice president,the third vice president to come from Mindanao,and the youngest vice president in Philippine history. A daughter of 16th president Rodrigo Duterte,she previously served as the mayor of Davao City from 2016 to 2022,and from 2010 to 2013. She was also Davao City's vice mayor from 2007 to 2010.
Enrico "Recom" Reantillo Echiverri is a Filipino lawyer and politician. He previously served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Caloocan's 1st district and Mayor of Caloocan.
2017 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2017.
The War on Drugs is the intensified anti-drug campaign that began during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte,who served office from June 30,2016,to June 30,2022. The campaign reduced drug proliferation in the country,but has been marred by extrajudicial killings allegedly perpetrated by the police and unknown assailants. By 2022,the number of drug suspects killed since 2016 was officially tallied by the government as 6,252;human rights organizations and academics,however,estimate that 12,000 to 30,000 civilians have been killed in "anti-drug operations" carried out by the Philippine National Police and vigilantes.
Kian delos Santos,Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman were three teenagers who were killed on August 16 to 18,2017,during the course of the Philippine drug war.
The Caloocan Sports Complex is a sports complex located in Bagumbong,Caloocan,Philippines. The first of its kind in the city,it consists of a 3,000-seater indoor sporting arena,semi-Olympic-sized swimming pool,tennis courts,a jogging path,twelve gazebos,leisure park,and badminton court.
Oscar David Albayalde is a retired Filipino police officer who served as the Chief of the Philippine National Police from April 2018 until his optional retirement in October 2019.
The 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 36th lower house elections in the Philippines. The election of the House of Representatives was held on May 9,2022.
Guillermo Lorenzo Tolentino Eleazar is a Filipino retired police officer who served as Chief of the Philippine National Police from May to November 2021. He was also the Deputy Chief of Administration in PNP.
Local elections were held in Caloocan on May 9,2022,within the Philippine general election. The voters elected the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,three representatives per district,and six councilor per district of the city.
Edgar "Egay" Ranes Erice is a Filipino politician who served as the representative for Caloocan's second congressional district from 2001 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2022. Erice ran for mayor of Caloocan in 2022 and lost to fellow representative Along Malapitan.
Dale Gonzalo "Along" Rigor Malapitan is a Filipino politician currently serving as the Mayor of Caloocan since 2022. He previously served as the representative of the first district of Caloocan.
Local elections are scheduled to be held in Caloocan on May 12,2025,as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor,a vice mayor,18 members of the Caloocan City Council,and three district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected will assume their respective offices on June 30,2025,for a three-year-long term.
Christopher "PJ" Emnace Malonzo is a Filipino politician and former actor.
Caesar Pabalate Perez was a Filipino politician who served as mayor of Los Baños,Laguna for 17 non-consecutive years,from 2001 to 2010 and 2013 until his assassination in 2020,as well as vice governor of Laguna from 2010 to 2013.
Maria Milagros "Rose" S. Mercado is a Filipino politician who served as city councilor in Caloocan's 2nd district from 2004 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2022.
