Capiz,officially the Province of Capiz,is a province in the Philippines located in the central section of Western Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Roxas. It is located at the northeastern portion of Panay Island,bordering Aklan to the north,Antique to the west,and Iloilo to the south. Capiz faces the Sibuyan Sea to the north.
Sergio Serencio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was vice president under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden death in 1944,Osmeña succeeded him at age 65,becoming the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency until Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016 at age 71. A founder of the Nacionalista Party,Osmeña was also the first Visayan to become president.
Fernando Hofileña Lopez Sr. was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential Lopez family of Iloilo,he served as vice president of the Philippines for under Presidents Elpidio Quirino from 1949 to 1953 under the Liberal Party and Ferdinand Marcos from 1965 to 1972,under the Nacionalista Party. He was also the chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1986 to his death in 1993.
Iloilo City,officially the City of Iloilo,is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines,located on the southeastern coast of the island of Panay. It is the capital city of the province of Iloilo,where it is geographically situated and grouped under the Philippine Statistics Authority,but remains politically independent in terms of government and administration. In addition,it is the center of the Iloilo–Guimaras Metropolitan Area,as well as the regional center and primate city of the Western Visayas region. According to the 2020 census,Iloilo City has a population of 457,626 people. For the metropolitan area,the total population is 1,007,945 people.
Dumangas,officially the Municipality of Dumangas,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Iloilo,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 73,899 people.
Franklin Magtunao Drilon is a Filipino lawyer and former politician. He had the longest tenure in the Senate of the Philippines,having served four non-consecutive terms overall:from 1995 to 2007 and 2010 to 2022. He has served thrice as president of the Senate:in 2000,from 2001 to 2006,and from 2013 to 2016.
Eva Estrada Kalaw was a Filipina politician who served as a senator in the Senate of the Philippines from 1965 to 1972 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. She was one of the key opposition figures against Marcos' 20-year authoritarian rule and was instrumental in his downfall during the People Power Revolution. As a senator,she wrote several laws relating to education in the Philippines,such as the salary standardization for public school personnel,the Magna Carta for Private Schools,the Magna Carta for Students,and an act to institute a charter for Barrio High Schools. She was also among the Liberal Party candidates injured during the Plaza Miranda bombing on August 21,1971.
The 7th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from January 26,1970,until September 23,1972,during the fifth,sixth,and seventh years of Ferdinand Marcos's presidency. On September 23,1972,President Marcos effectively dissolved the Congress with his declaration of martial law. Marcos then exercised legislative powers. In 1976,Congress was replaced by the Batasang Bayan as the Philippines' legislative body until 1978,when it was replaced by the Batasang Pambansa.
The PHINMA –University of Iloilo is a private,nonsectarian,coeducational institution in Iloilo City,Philippines. It was established in 1947 by the López family of Iloilo who founded the broadcasting giant ABS-CBN Corporation as Iloilo City Colleges. The university was later acquired by the business conglomerate group PHINMA Industries,and its current operations and management is controlled by the said company under its arm,PHINMA Education Network.
The 6th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from January 17,1966,until June 17,1969,during the first three-and-a-half years of Ferdinand Marcos's presidency.
Molo is a district in Iloilo City,in Iloilo Province,on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is the most densely populated district of all the seven districts of Iloilo City. It was originally a separate municipality before it became part of Iloilo through Act No. 719 of 1903. Molo's historical significance stems from its role as the Parián or Chinatown of Iloilo,where the Chinese residents of the city resided.
The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and in Southeast Asia in general. It is responsible for leading the country throughout most of the 20th century since its founding in 1907;it was the ruling party from 1935 to 1946,1953–1961 and 1965–1972.
Martín Teófilo Delgado y Bermejo was a Filipino military leader during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War,and was the first civilian governor of Iloilo Province during the American Occupation of the Philippines,first appointed by the Americans and then winning election in his own right.
Macario Peralta Peralta Jr. was a Filipino soldier,lawyer,senator and Secretary of National Defense.
Tomás Valenzuela Confesor was a Filipino politician and former Senator of the Philippines from 1946 to 1951. He was served as a governor of Iloilo and later,all of Panay Island during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. Right after the war,he served as Mayor of Manila and secretary of the Philippine Department of the Interior under President Sergio Osmeña.
Jose Cortes Altavas was a Filipino politician,legislator and man of letters. He was a municipal councilman of Capiz,provincial board member (1906–1907),representative,governor of Capiz (1910–1916),senator,and 1934 Constitutional Convention delegate.
Oscar "Richard" Serag Garin Jr. is a Filipino politician and civil engineer serving as the mayor of Miagao since 2022. He was previously the Representative of Iloilo's 1st district,Vice Governor of Iloilo,member of Iloilo's provincial board,and Mayor of Guimbal.
Esteban de la Rama was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution,entrepreneur and politician of the Nacionalista Party (NP),who became a member of the Philippine Senate from 1941 to 1947.
Francisco C. Zulueta was a Filipino judge and senator. He also served as Secretary of the Interior of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Raymundo Melliza was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the second governor of Iloilo during the American occupation of the Philippines and was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President in the 1935 elections as a running-mate of former President Emilio Aguinaldo.
