Aurora,officially the Province of Aurora,is a province in the Philippines located in the eastern part of Central Luzon region,facing the Philippine Sea. Its capital is Baler and borders,clockwise from the south,the provinces of Quezon,Bulacan,Nueva Ecija,Nueva Vizcaya,Quirino,and Isabela. Maria Aurora is the only landlocked town in the province and yet,the most populous. It is the only province in Central Luzon that has no chartered cities.
Baler,officially the Municipality of Baler,is a municipality and capital of the province of Aurora,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 43,785 people.
The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino,formerly Partido ng Masang Pilipino,is a populist political party in the Philippines. It is the political party of former Philippine President Joseph E. Estrada. In the May 1998 presidential election,it aligned itself with other political parties to form the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino.
Maria Aurora,officially the Municipality of Maria Aurora,is the only landlocked and municipality in the province of Aurora,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 44,958 people.
The New Society Movement,formerly named the New Society Movement of United Nationalists,Liberals,et cetera,is a right-wing political party in the Philippines. It was first formed in 1978 as an umbrella coalition of parties supporting then-President Ferdinand E. Marcos for the Interim Batasang Pambansa and was his political vehicle during his 20-year regime. It was reorganized as a political party in 1986,and is the furthest to the right of the political spectrum among active parties after Marcos' ouster.
Edgardo Javier Angara was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as Senate President from 1993 to 1995. Angara had the second longest tenure in the history of the Senate,serving four terms and a total of twenty-three years. As a legislator,Angara has championed numerous important laws and bills including the free high school law,the Senior Citizen discount law,and many more.
Federico "Ricky" Soteco Sandoval II is a Filipino politician and was a former representative of Malabon–Navotas from 1998 to 2007 and the lone district of Malabon from 2016 to 2019.
Lord Allan Jay Quinto Velasco is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from October 12,2020 to June 2022. He is concurrently serving as the Representative of Marinduque's lone district since 2016,and previously from 2010 to 2013. He previously served as the Marinduque chapter president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines,and Marinduque provincial administrator under Governor Jose Antonio Carrion.
The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino is a political party in the Philippines.
The Aurora Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Philippine province of Aurora.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 13,2013. All provinces elected their provincial governors for three-year terms who will be inaugurated on June 30,2013,after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
Elections were held in Central Luzon for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13,2013.
Ramon San Diego Bagatsing III,known professionally as Raymond Bagatsing,is a Filipino actor. Having jumpstarted his acting career in the early 1990s,he is most notable for the roles of Jaime Laurel in the hit ABS-CBN series Pusong Ligaw,and Edgardo Magallanes in the GMA action-drama series Black Rider.
Arturo J. Angara,otherwise known as Arthur Angara or AJA,was a Filipino politician,dentist,and national awardee for public service. He was the former national deputy secretary-general of and former national adviser for the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP). He was the longest-serving mayor of the municipality of Baler in the Philippine province of Aurora,with his terms of office covering a period of 18 years.
Bellaflor Javier Angara-Castillo,simply known as Bella Angara,is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the lone district of Aurora. She previously served three consecutive terms as governor of Aurora province from 2004 to 2013. She was the third female governor of Aurora province. Prior to being governor,she served three consecutive terms as representative of the lone district of Aurora from 1995 to 2004. She was the first and so far the only woman in the history of the Philippine Congress to become House majority floor leader.
Karen Angara-Ularan is a Filipina politician. She was the vice mayor of the municipality of Baler in the Philippine province of Aurora from 2013 to 2016. She was a former president of the provincial federation of the Philippine Councilors' League (PCL),Aurora Chapter,who served as an ex officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP),or provincial board or legislature,of Aurora province from 2010 to 2013.
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.
The Governor of Aurora is the local chief executive of the province of Aurora,Philippines since 1979. Before being an independent province,Aurora was a sub-province of Quezon headed by the lieutenant governor from 1951–1978.
Edcel Greco Alexandre "Grex" Burce Lagman,is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Albay.
Reynante Amansec Tolentino is a Filipino politician who briefly served as Governor of Aurora. He is a member of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP).
