Gomburza, alternatively stylized as GOMBURZA or GomBurZa, refers to three Filipino Catholic priests, Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, who were executed by a garrote on February 17, 1872, in Bagumbayan, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. The name is a portmanteau of the priests' surnames.
Naval, officially the Municipality of Naval, is a 2nd class municipality and capital of the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 58,187 people.
Glenn Ang Chong is a Filipino lawyer and politician. He was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the Lone District of Biliran. He held the position for three years before he lost his re-election bid to Rogelio Espina.
Biliran Province State University (BiPSU) is a state university in the municipality of Naval in Biliran, Philippines. It is operating an extension campus in the town of Biliran.
Gretchen Stephanie Mendiola Espina is a Filipino singer and politician who rose to notability after winning Pinoy Idol, an interactive reality-based singing competition. Although she is credited as the first Pinoy Idol, Espina is technically the second winner of a Philippine Idol franchise, after Mau Marcelo of Philippine Idol in 2006. She came from the political family of Espinas of Biliran. Her father Rogelio Espina, is a former governor and the current representative of the lone district of Biliran, while her grandfather Gerardo Espina, Sr. is a former representative and mayor of Naval, Biliran and her uncle Gerardo Espina, Jr is a former representative and current governor of Biliran.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 10, 2010. All provinces elected their provincial governors for three-year terms that will begin on June 30, 2010. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
Gerardo Jimenez Espina Jr., also known as Gerry Espina, is a Filipino politician. He is currently the Representative of the lone District of Biliran, having been elected in the 2010 elections. Prior to this, he was a member of the 13th Congress of the Philippines as representative of the lone legislative district of Biliran which he served for one term from 2004 to 2007.
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.
Elections were held in Eastern Visayas for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9, 2016.
Jose Emeterio Villanueva Romero Jr., also known as Joe Romero or Jose V. Romero Jr., was a Filipino statesman and diplomat.
Jesus Marino "Rene" Gandiongco Espina was a Filipino lawyer, legislator, and politician. He served as Governor of the province of Cebu, Philippines (1963–1969) and Senator (1970–1973).
Francisco Emilio "Kikoy" Famor Remotigue was a Filipino Visayan lawyer and politician from Cebu, Philippines. He was member of (1956–1959), the first Vice Governor of Cebu (1959–1961), Governor (1961–1963), and Secretary of Social Welfare (1966–1967).
Arthur "Toto" Rivera Defensor Jr. is a Filipino politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Iloilo since 2019. He is formerly as the member of the 15th, 16th and 17th Congress of House of Representatives of the Philippines for Third District from 2010 to 2019.
The governor of Biliran is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Biliran. The governor holds office at the Biliran Provincial Capitol located at Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the governor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term. In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice governor becomes the governor.
Biliran's at-large congressional district is the sole congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Biliran. It was created ahead of the 1995 Philippine House of Representatives elections following its conversion into a regular province under the 1991 Local Government Code which was ratified in a 1992 plebiscite concurrent with that year's general election. Biliran had been a sub-province of Leyte since 1959 and was last represented as part of Leyte's 3rd district in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995 and earlier from 1961 to 1972, the multi-member Region VIII's at-large district in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984, and the multi-member Leyte's at-large district in the Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Gerardo Espina Jr. of Lakas–CMD.
Ambrosio Flores y Flores was a Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution and the first governor of the province of Rizal.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9, 2022. All provinces will elect their provincial governors for three-year terms, who will be inaugurated on June 30, 2022 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
