Eastern Samar,officially the Province of Eastern Samar,is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan,which is the most populous. Eastern Samar occupies the eastern portion of the island of Samar. Bordering the province to the north is the province of Northern Samar and to the west is Samar province. To the east lies the Philippine Sea,part of the vast Pacific Ocean,while to the south lies Leyte Gulf.
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. was an American politician who served twelve terms in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district from 1995 until his death in 2019. The district encompassed the coastal regions of North Carolina,from the Outer Banks and areas near the Pamlico Sound in the north,southwards to the northern suburbs of Wilmington. Jones's father was Walter B. Jones Sr.,a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district. Prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives,he served ten years in the North Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party and worked as a business executive.
San Jose,officially the Municipality of San Jose,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 17,641 people.
Raul Ruiz is a physician and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 25th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Timothy Lee Walberg is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2011,representing the state's 5th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he previously represented the 7th district from 2007 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2023. As the longest tenured member from Michigan,Walberg is the current Dean of its delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Elections were held in Eastern Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10,2010.
AndréD. Carson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 7th congressional district since 2008. A member of the Democratic Party,his district includes the northern four-fifths of Indianapolis,including Downtown Indianapolis. He became the dean of Indiana's congressional delegation after Representative Pete Visclosky retired in 2021.
The governor of Northern Samar is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Northern Samar,Philippines.
Raul Aguila Daza is a Filipino lawyer,certified public accountant,and politician,who served in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for 20 years as Representative of the 1st District of Northern Samar. Although he could still seek another term under the term-limit provisions of the Constitution,at 86 he chose not to stand for re-election in the 2019 national elections. He was also a three-term governor of the same province from 2001 to 2010;the Representative of the Lone District of Northern Samar from 1969 until the declaration of martial law in 1972.
Edwin Marino Co Ongchuan is a Filipino politician from the province of Northern Samar. He is currently serving as the governor of the province being first elected in 2019. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2016 to 2019.
Rosendo Sabanal Labadlabad,also known as Dodoy Labadlabad,is a Filipino politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte,serving as mayor of the municipality of Sindangan,Zamboanga del Norte since 2019. He formerly served served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the 2nd legislative district of Zamboanga del Norte from 2007 to 2016.
Northern Samar's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the province of Northern Samar,Philippines. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. The district covers the province's western half which contains its capital,Catarman,the adjacent municipalities of Allen,Bobon,Lavezares,Lope de Vega,Mondragon,Rosario,San Isidro,San Jose and Victoria,and the San Bernardino Strait island municipalities of Biri,Capul,San Antonio and San Vicente. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Paul R. Daza of the National Unity Party (NUP).
Sharee Ann Tee Tan-delos Santos is a Filipino politician. She currently serves as Governor of Samar since 2022,a position she previously held from 2010 to 2019.
GeronimoPerez Treñas,publicly known as JerryTreñas,is a Filipino politician serving as the mayor of Iloilo City since 2019. He also previously served in that office from 2001 to 2010 and briefly in 1992. Treñas is also the chairman of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC),the government agency responsible for the development of the Metro Iloilo–Guimaras area. He also previously served as the Representative of Iloilo City from 2010 to 2019 and was a member of the Iloilo City Council from 1986 to 1992.
Benjamin Cueto "Benjie" Agarao Jr. is a Filipino politician and businessman who served as Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Laguna's 4th District from 2004 until 2007,and from 2013 until 2022. He also served a board member of Laguna from the same district from 1992 to 1995 and from 2001 to 2004.
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.
Marcelino "Nonoy" Chicano Libanan is a Filipino lawyer and politician,currently serving as the House Minority Leader in the Philippine House of Representatives. He was formerly the Vice Governor of Eastern Samar and the Congressman for Eastern Samar,being awarded a standing ovation from the Public Attorney's Office of the Philippines. He became a party-list representative for the 4Ps Party-list in 2022 and was subsequently elected as the House Minority Leader of the Philippines.
Vincent Franco "Duke" Domingo Franco is a congressman for Cebu's 5th congressional district.
Luz Verano Mercado is a congresswoman for Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district.
Edsel Amatong Galeos is a Filipino politician who is the current congressman for Cebu's 2nd congressional district.
