Sipalay,officially the City of Sipalay,is a component city in the province of Negros Occidental,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 72,448 people. It is the top tourist destination in the province of Negros Occidental.
The National Unity Party (NUP) is a political party in the Philippines. The party was formed in 2010 by former members of Lakas-Kampi CMD who broke away after internal discontent within the party. From 2016 to 2022,the party was part of the PDP–Laban-led coalition in the House of Representatives,the Coalition for Change.
A special election for Negros Occidental's 5th district seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines was on June 2,2012. The special election was called after incumbent representative Iggy Arroyo died on January 26,2012. Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol defeated Negros Occidental Provincial Board Member Emilio Yulo III in the election.
Raul V. Fabella is a Filipino academic,economist and National Scientist of the Philippines.
Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines,with a total land area of 13,309 km2 (5,139 sq mi). The coastal zone of the southern part of Negros is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Triangle.
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.
Alfredo Galicia Marañon Jr. was a Filipino politician from Sagay City who served as Governor of Negros Occidental.
The Negros Island Region (NIR) is an administrative region in the Philippines. Covering both the islands of Negros and Siquijor,the region is composed of three provinces:Negros Occidental,Negros Oriental,and Siquijor,as well as the highly urbanized city of Bacolod,which is the most populous in the region. The regional centers are Bacolod and Dumaguete.
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.
Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Bantug Benitez is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as the mayor of Bacolod since 2022. He served three consecutive terms as the representative of Negros Occidental's 3rd district from 2010 to 2019,and was one of the richest congressmen in the Philippines.
The Alex Boncayao Brigade was the urban assassination unit of the New People's Army,the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Organized in 1984,the unit broke away from the New People's Army as a consequence of a split in ideology during the 1990s. In 1997,the Alex Boncayao Brigade allied itself with the Revolutionary Proletarian Army,the armed wing of the Revolutionary Workers' Party.
The Revolutionary Proletarian Army,also known by the acronym RPA,was the military wing of the Revolutionary Workers' Party (RPM-P),a communist party that split from the Communist Party of the Philippines.
The Negros killings were a series of targeted assassinations carried out by unidentified gunmen in the provinces of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Some of the victims involved were suspected communists or sympathizers. Following the killings,Memorandum Order No. 32 was signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on November 23,2018,upon the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte deploying additional troops to the provinces of Negros Oriental,Negros Occidental,Samar,and the Bicol Region to "suppress sporadic acts of violence" allegedly committed by lawless groups and to "prevent such violence from spreading and escalating elsewhere in the country." Even after the memorandum was signed,the incidence of killings continued. According to the Defend Negros Movement,the first recorded extrajudicial killing on Negros Island was Alexander Ceballos on January 20,2017. The group also alleged that at least 84 persons have been killed since 2017.
Sarah Jane Ibañez Elago is a Filipino activist and politician. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for its 17th and 18th Congress,both times representing the youth sector under Kabataan Party-list. Before entering Congress,she was also the national president of the National Union of Students in the Philippines. As of May 2019,she was the youngest female lawmaker in the Philippines.
Negros Occidental's 3rd congressional district is one of the six congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the cities of Silay,Talisay and Victorias,as well as the adjacent municipalities of Enrique B. Magalona and Murcia. The seat is currently represented on a caretaker basis by Joseph Stephen Paduano following the appointment of Jose Francisco "Kiko" Benitez of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) as director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority on August 16,2024.
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.
Abang Lingkod is a political organization with representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It aims to represent the interest of Filipino farmers and fishermen.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Manny Pacquiao formally began on October 1,2021,when Manny Pacquiao filed his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential election. He has been a Senator of the Philippines from June 30,2016 to June 30,2022 and was previously a member of the House of Representatives,representing the Sarangani lone district.
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.
