Bauan,officially the Municipality of Bauan,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 90,819 people.
Michael Tan Defensor is a Filipino politician who most recently served as the Party-list Representative for Anakalusugan from 2019 to 2022. He is also the CEO of Pax Libera Mining,Inc.
Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano is a Filipino lawyer and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013,and later Senate Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from 2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte,after unsuccessfully running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's running mate.
Hermilando Ingco Mandanas,colloquially nicknamed as Dodo,is a Filipino politician who served as Governor of Batangas since 2016;previously served this position from 1995 until 2004. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 2nd District of Batangas from 2004 until 2013.
Danilo Ramon Subiaga Fernandez,more commonly known as Dan Fernandez,is a Filipino politician,actor,and optometrist who is currently serving as a representative of the Lone District of Santa Rosa,Laguna at the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2022. He previously represented the 1st District of Laguna from 2007 to 2016 and again from 2019 to 2022;he also concurrently served as a Deputy Speaker from 2019 to 2020. Prior to his election in the Congress,he served as a board member of Laguna from 1998 to 2001,Vice Governor of Laguna from 2001 to 2004,and Mayor of Santa Rosa from 2016 to 2019. He also ran for governor in 2004 but lost to incumbent Governor Teresita Lazaro.
Abraham "Bambol" Ng Tolentino is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Tagaytay and President of the Philippine Olympic Committee. He previously served as representative of Cavite's 8th district from 2019 to 2022 and the 7th district from 2013 to 2019.
The 17th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from July 25,2016,until June 4,2019,during the first three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 17th Congress followed the 2016 general elections,which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.
The 18th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from July 22,2019,until June 1,2022,during the last three years of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency. The convening of the 18th Congress followed the 2019 general elections,which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.
Eric Go Yap is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative for Benguet's lone congressional district since 2022,and was the district's legislative caretaker from January 2020 until he was elected in his own right. He was a party-list representative for ACT-CIS from 2019 to 2022,and is the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations since March 2020.
The shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting arose from the lack of renewal of Philippine media network ABS-CBN's congressional broadcast franchise. The disputes between the administrations of Presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arose over the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy,the Congress of the Philippines,the country's legislature,was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4,2020,while the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day,exercising constitutional powers,the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting operations immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels later that day. On June 30,2020,the NTC released two alias cease-and-desist orders against ABS-CBN TV Plus and Sky Direct.
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.
Conrado Masonsong Estrella III is a Filipino politician serving as the Secretary of Agrarian Reform since June 30,2022. He was previously one of the deputy speakers of the 18th Congress under the leadership of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Lord Allan Velasco.
Edward Michael Vera Perez Maceda is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the representative of Manila's 4th district since 2016. Prior to his election as congressman,he was councilor of the same district from 1995 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016.
Local elections were held in the province of Batangas on May 9,2022 as part of the 2022 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and for the six districts of Batangas.
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.
Elections took place in Calabarzon for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9,2022.
Weslie "Wes" Ting Gatchalian is a Filipino politician who has served as the 27th mayor of Valenzuela since 2022. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition,Gatchalian was first elected to public office in 2013,as the party-list representative of Alay Buhay Partylist,serving until 2016,where he was elected as the district representative for Valenzuela's 1st district. As a representative,Gatchalian served as House Deputy Speaker from 2020 to 2022.
Jose Antonio Reyes Sy-Alvarado is a Filipino politician and businessman who last served as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the 1st district of Bulacan from 2016 to 2022.
Eric Morales Martinez is a Filipino politician who is currently a member of House of Representatives from Valenzuela's 2nd district since 2016 and he was the House Deputy Speaker for 18th Congress from 2020 to 2022. He is currently a member of the former ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino,where he also serves as its vice president for National Capital Region.
Gerville A. Reyes-Luistro,also known as Jinky Bitrics Luistro or Bitrics,is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as the representative of Batangas's 2nd congressional district since 2022.
