Marikina,officially the City of Marikina,is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 456,159 people.
Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr.,known professionally as Dolphy,was a Filipino comedian and actor. He is widely regarded as the country's "King of Comedy" for his comedic talent embodied by his long roster of works on stage,radio,television and movies.
Bayani Flores Fernando was a Filipino politician,businessman,and professional mechanical engineer who served as the representative for Marikina's 1st congressional district from 2016 to 2022. The son of a former Marikina mayor,Gil Fernando,he served as the ninth mayor of Marikina from 1992 to 2001,leaving the office having transformed the city from a former municipality to a model Philippine city. He was also a vice-presidential candidate for the 2010 election.
The Marikina Sports Center,also known as Marikina Sports Park and formerly known as Rodriguez Sports Center,is a sports complex located in Marikina,at the corner of Shoe Avenue and Sumulong Highway in Metro Manila,Philippines.
The Manila North Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Metro Manila,Philippines. The cemetery is owned by and located in the City of Manila,the national capital,and is one of the largest in the metropolis at 54 hectares. It is located alongside Andrés Bonifacio Avenue and borders two other important cemeteries:the La Loma Cemetery and the Manila Chinese Cemetery. Numerous impoverished families notably inhabit some of the mausoleums.
Del Reyes de Guzman is a Filipino politician who served as the 11th Mayor of Marikina from 2010 to 2016. He had previously served as Representative for the city's lone district from 2001 up to its division in 2007,wherein he served as the representative for the second district until 2016.
The National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL),is a group of elected local lawmakers in the Philippines who are aged 40 years or younger. The local lawmakers are elected officials who hold positions such as municipal/city councilor,municipal/city vice mayor,provincial board member,and provincial vice governor.
Ernesto "Ernie" Madarang Maceda Sr. was a Filipino politician,lawyer,and columnist who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1998. He served as Senate President from 1996 to 1998.
Leandro "Lean" Legara Alejandro was a student leader and left-wing nationalist political activist in the Philippines.
Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr.,a former Philippine senator,was assassinated on Sunday,August 21,1983,on the tarmac of Manila International Airport. A longtime political opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos,Aquino had just landed in his home country after three years of self-imposed exile in the United States when he was shot in the head while being escorted from an aircraft to a vehicle that was waiting to transport him to prison. Also killed was Rolando Galman,who was falsely accused of Aquino's murder.
The Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Center is a museum situated in Batac,Ilocos Norte dedicated to former Philippine president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos which also hosts his cenotaph. The museum shows memorabilia of the late president,from his stint in the armed forces down to his presidency. The large cenotaph which contains the glass-encased coffin in which the widely believed embalmed body of Marcos was on public display shortly after his remains were brought in Ilocos Norte from the United States in 1993 until his body was re-interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig on November 18,2016. A wax replica of Marcos remains to be displayed inside the glass coffin.
Minsa'y Isang Gamu-gamo is a 1976 Filipino protest drama film directed by Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara with a story and screenplay by Marina Feleo-Gonzales. It stars Nora Aunor,Jay Ilagan,Gloria Sevilla,and Perla Bautista. Set near Clark Air Base in Pampanga,the film depicts the lives of two families affected by the American military presence in the Philippines.
Local elections will be held in Quezon City on May 9,2016,within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts:mayor,vice mayor,district representative,and six councilors at-large for each district. There are six legislative districts in the city.
Local elections were held in Marikina on May 9,2016,as part of the Philippine general election.The voters elected one mayor,one vice mayor,two congressional representatives,and sixteen councilors,eight per district.
Elections were held in Metro Manila for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9,2016.
The Siege at Hotel Delfino in Tuguegarao,Cagayan in the Philippines,took place on March 4,1990. A private army estimated at 300 men seized the hotel under the command of suspended Cagayan governor Rodolfo "Agi" Aguinaldo,a fierce critic of the administration of President Corazon Aquino and the Communist insurgency in the Philippines. The incident was an offshoot of the 1989 Philippine coup d'état attempt that Aguinaldo publicly supported,which prompted his suspension and arrest. The standoff ended violently after several hours,leaving 14 people dead,including a general who tried to arrest him.
Local elections were held at Marikina on May 13,2019,as part of the general election.The voters elected one mayor,one vice mayor,two congressional representatives,and sixteen councilors,eight per district.
The Shoe Museum is a museum in Marikina,Metro Manila,Philippines.
The Loyola Memorial Park is a cemetery and columbarium in Marikina,Metro Manila,Philippines.
Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 14,2001,within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the four Congressmen,and the councilors,6 in each of the city's four legislative districts.
