The House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress, although the term collectively refers to both houses.
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is the largest national trade union center in the Philippines. Founded in 1975 by labor leader Democrito Mendoza, TUCP is affiliated with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the International Trade Union Confederation.
Alberto "Bobby" Dapidran Pacquiao is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2008. In the super featherweight division, he held the Philippine Games and Amusements Board (GAB) title from 2002 to 2004 and the WBC Continental Americas title from 2005 until his 2006 disqualification loss to Héctor Velázquez for repeated low blows. Moving up to the lightweight division, he won the WBO Asia-Pacific title in 2008.
Lorna Cillian-Silverio is a Filipina politician currently serving in the House of Representatives of the Philippines as the representative of Bulacan's 3rd congressional district since 2016, and previously from 2001 to 2010. She was also the mayor of San Rafael, Bulacan from 2010 to 2013. She is the widow of businessman and politician Ricardo Silverio.
Emmylou "Lala" Jacolo Taliño-Mendoza is a Filipina politician. She has been elected for three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District of North Cotabato. She first won election to Congress in 2001, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.
Rudolfo Austria “Rudy” Fernandez, Sr. was a prominent Filipino labor leader, trade unionist and staunch opposer of the late President Ferdinand Marcos in Davao City, Philippines. He was one of the original organizers of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP/KMP) in 1975 and helped draft, develop, and establish its constitution and by-laws. He first came into the Philippine labor movement arena when he founded the Davao Port General & Transport Worker’s Union (DPGTWU), now the Association of Trade Unions - TUCP (ATU-TUCP), in Davao City. DPGTWU was one of the most active labor organizations in Davao City and its membership spread throughout Mindanao in the Southern Philippines during the years between 1967 and 1979. He ran for the Interim Batasang Pambansa (IBP) in the Philippines in 1978 as an Industrial Labor Sectoral Representative for the Mindanao Region but ultimately lost against his closest rival, Princess Porti Pacasum, daughter of one of the richest Lanao Muslim clans and owner of the biggest transport company in Lanao, Philippines.
Sanlakas is a party-list organization in the Philippines. It is a progressive coalition of different marginalized sectors in the Philippines founded on October 29, 1993.
Roy Villareal Señeres was a Filipino politician and diplomat who initially ran in the 2016 Philippine presidential election under the Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka party before withdrawing on February 5, 2016, three days before his death. Señeres was elected as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the OFW Family Club party-list in the 2013 general elections. He is the father of former congressman Christian Señeres.
MariaSusana "Toots" Vasquez Ople was a Filipina politician and Overseas Filipino Workers' (OFW) rights advocate who served as the first Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers.
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos, president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the run-up to the 2022 general election, the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP, Lakas–CMD, HNP, and PMP, with guest candidates from other parties.
Democrito "Kito" T. Mendoza was a Filipino Visayan lawyer and trade union leader from Cebu, Philippines. He was considered one of the founders of the country's labor movement and champion of Filipino workers' rights in the country being the founder of Associated Labor Union. In the international scene, he founded the ASEAN Trade Union Council. In 2005, he was awarded Presidential Merit Award by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Maria Rachel "Baby" Jimenez Arenas is a Filipina businesswoman and politician currently serving as the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 to 2013 and again since 2022. She previously served as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) from 2017 to 2021. She was the first woman Representative of Pangasinan, followed subsequently by her mother, the noted Manila socialite and philanthropist Rose Marie J. Arenas. Her chairmanship of the board was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on January 20, 2017. She also currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Philippine Red Cross.
The Alyansa ng mga Mamamayang Probinsyano, also known as the Ang Probinsyano Party-list (APPL) is political organization which has party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines as of the 18th Congress.
The Defeat COVID-19 Ad Hoc Committee is an ad hoc committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. The committee is dedicated to addressing matters directly and principally related to the government's appropriate response to the novel coronavirus. Its focus extends to mitigating the virus's impact on the economy and the general public, with particular attention to the labor force.
The Philippine House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs, or House Overseas Workers Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.
The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital and Diagnostic Center, or simply the OFW Hospital, is a specialty hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines. It is meant to cater to Filipino migrant workers.
The Department of Migrant Workers is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the protection of the rights and promote the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and their families. The department was created under the Department of Migrant Workers Act that was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 30, 2021. The functions and mandate of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on OFW Concerns (OPAOC) will serve as the backbone of the department and absorbing the seven offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) namely the Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs (OUMWA) of the DFA, Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO), International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) and the National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP) of the DOLE. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration will serve as its attached agency and the DMW secretary will serve as the concurrent chairperson of OWWA.
The OFW Family Club, Inc. is a political organization with party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It aims to represents the interests of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Raymond Democrito Cañete Mendoza is a Filipino lawyer, politician and labor leader, serving as the representative of the Trade Union Congress Party since 2009 and is currently one of the Deputy Speakers in the House of Representatives. Since 2016, he serves as the President of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, the largest national trade union center in the Philippines.
Jullebee Cabilis Ranara was an Overseas Filipino Worker who was found dead in the desert on January 21, 2023, in Kuwait. She was reportedly raped, murdered, burnt and thrown in the desert. The death revived public discourse on the plight of Filipino migrant workers living in Kuwait.
