The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large under plurality-at-large voting.
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.
Capital punishment in the Philippines specifically,the death penalty,as a form of state-sponsored repression,was introduced and widely practiced by the Spanish government in the Philippines. A substantial number of Filipino national martyrs like Mariano Gómez,JoséBurgos,and Jacinto Zamora,Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite,Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan,Fifteen Martyrs of Bicol,Nineteen Martyrs of Aklan and Jose Rizal were executed by the Spanish government.
Constitutional reform in the Philippines,also known as charter change,refers to the political and legal processes needed to amend the current 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. Under the common interpretation of the Constitution,amendments can be proposed by one of three methods:a People's Initiative,a Constituent Assembly or a Constitutional Convention.
The 14th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from July 23,2007,until June 9,2010,during the last three years of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency. The convening of the 14th Congress followed the 2007 general elections,which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. It celebrated the centennial year of the Philippine legislature.
Trade Union Congress Party is a party-list in the Philippines,set up by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines as its electoral wing. The party contested the 2004 legislative elections,mustering 201,396 votes nationwide (1.58%). The list failed to win any seat. The Supreme Court declared TUCP,as well as a few other party-list organizations,as winners in the 2007 legislative elections by virtue of the Philippine Constitution.
The Knights of Rizal is an Order of Chivalry from the Philippines,created to honor and uphold the ideals of Philippine national hero JoséRizal.
Federalism in the Philippines refers to political movements in the Philippines that are variants of federalism. Federalism has grown in popularity among Filipinos in recent decades,with multiple political candidates successfully campaigning on federalism-based platforms. In 2022,Bongbong Marcos won the Philippine presidential election under the banner of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.
Neptali Alvaro Gonzales,better known as Neptali Gonzales,Sr.,was the President of the Philippine Senate from 1992 to 1993,1995 to 1996,and 1998.
Taft Avenue is a major road in the south of Metro Manila. It passes through three cities in the metropolis:Manila,Pasay,and Parañaque. The road was named after the former Governor-General of the Philippines and U.S. President,William Howard Taft;the Philippines was a former commonwealth territory of the United States in the first half of the 20th century. The avenue is a component of National Route 170 (N170),a secondary road in the Philippine highway network,and anchors R-2 of the Manila arterial road network.
David Mark Wells,ICD.D is a Canadian senator from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was appointed to the Senate on January 25,2013 by Governor General David Johnston on the advice of Canada's 22nd prime minister,Stephen Harper. He is the former Chair of the Subcommittee on the Senate Estimates and the Senate’s Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight. Senator Wells is a strong proponent of accountability and transparency in the Senate.
1967 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1967.
Isidro Santiago Rodriguez Sr. was a Filipino softball official and politician. Rodriguez was the first Vice President of the International Softball Federation (ISF) and an ISF Hall of Fame inductee. He is the son of Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Sr.,former Senate President of the Philippines,and Juana Santiago Rodriguez.
Salvador "Sal" San Buenaventura Panelo is a Filipino lawyer who served as President Rodrigo Duterte's Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (2016–2021) and Presidential Spokesperson (2018–2020). He was also the legal adviser during Duterte's 2016 presidential campaign. As a private lawyer,he has handled cases involving politicians and other controversial personalities. He is a former director of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA),until 2007,the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization (AIPO),is an organization founded in 1977,which is grouped with,but formally associated with ASEAN. Its creation was initiated by Indonesia,with the support of other members of the ASEAN 5 founding members.
Edgar Mary Sevilla Sarmiento is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st Legislative District of Samar from 2016 to 2022.
The Philippine House Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy,or House Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.
Raymond Democrito Cañete Mendoza is a Filipino politician and labor leader,serving as the representative of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Party-list and is currently one of the Deputy Speakers in the House of Representatives. He is TUCP's representative to the 14th,15th,16th,17th,18th,and 19th Congresses of the Republic of the Philippines. Since 2016,he serves as the President of TUCP,the largest labor center and confederation of labor federations in the Philippines.
