Nueva Vizcaya,officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya,is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Bayombong. It is bordered by Benguet to the west,Ifugao to the north,Isabela to the northeast,Quirino to the east,Aurora to the southeast,Nueva Ecija to the south,and Pangasinan to the southwest. Quirino province was created from Nueva Vizcaya in 1966.
Ifugao,officially the Province of Ifugao,is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the west,Mountain Province to the north,Isabela to the east,and Nueva Vizcaya to the south.
The Banaue Rice Terraces are terraces that were carved into the mountains of Banaue,Ifugao,in the Philippines,by the ancestors of the Igorot people. The terraces are occasionally called the "Eighth Wonder of the World". It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment,largely by hand. The terraces are located approximately 1,500 meters above sea level. These are fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces. It is said that if the steps were put end to end,it would encircle half of the globe.
The Commission on Elections,abbreviated as COMELEC,is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections in the Philippines.
Banaue,officially the Municipality of Banaue is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 20,652 people.
Hungduan,officially the Municipality of Hungduan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 8,866 people.
Kiangan,officially the Municipality of Kiangan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 17,691 people.
The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995,the first-ever property to be included in the cultural landscape category of the World Heritage List. This inscription has five sites:the Batad Rice Terraces and Bangaan Rice Terraces,Mayoyao Rice Terraces,Hungduan Rice Terraces and Nagacadan Rice Terraces,all in Ifugao Province. The Ifugao Rice Terraces reach a higher altitude and were built on steeper slopes than many other terraces. The Ifugao complex of stone or mud walls and the careful carving of the natural contours of hills and mountains combine to make terraced pond fields,coupled with the development of intricate irrigation systems,harvesting water from the forests of the mountain tops,and an elaborate farming system.
The University of the Cordilleras,formerly known as the Baguio Colleges Foundation (BCF),is a private coeducational university in Baguio,Philippines. Founded by Benjamin R. Salvosa and his wife Evangelina D. Salvosa in 1946,it offers programs at the elementary,secondary,undergraduate and graduate levels catering to around 21,000 students.
Prospero Arreza Pichay Jr.,also known as Butch Pichay,is a Filipino politician who served as Representative of Surigao del Sur's 1st district in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the chairman of the House Committee on National Defense in the 13th Congress and deputy speaker in the 17th and 18th Congresses. He is a member of the formerly dominant political party Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and was a senatorial aspirant in the 2007 Philippine Senate election but lost.
Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia is a Filipina politician serving as the governor of Cebu since 2019,a position she previously held from 2004 and 2013—being the first woman to hold that office. She was the representative of Cebu's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2019 and concurrently served as a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018.
Romeo Aliac Brawner was a Filipino public official who served as a Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from 2005 until his death from a heart attack in May 2008. From February to March 2008,he served as the Acting Chairman of the COMELEC,by virtue of his being the most senior Commissioner on the commission,replacing Resurreccion Borra on the February 2,2008 after the latter had retired.
Rolando Aureo Gutierrez Andaya Jr.,also known as Nonoy Andaya,was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives. He represented the 1st district of Camarines Sur from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2019. During the 17th Congress,he was a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018 and was subsequently elected House Majority Leader,serving from 2018 to 2019. In his inter-congressional years,he was the Secretary of Budget and Management from 2006 to 2010 in President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's cabinet.
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.
Danilo "Danny" Etorma Suarez is a Filipino politician and former Governor of Quezon. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 3rd District of Quezon.
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.
The 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 35th lower house elections in the Philippines. They were held on May 13,2019,to elect members to the House of Representatives.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Cordillera Administrative Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached the Cordillera Administrative Region on March 20,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed to involve a resident of Manabo,Abra. All provinces,as well as the independent city of Baguio has recorded at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.
This is a list of candidates in the 2022 Philippine Senate election.
