Ilocos Sur,officially the Province of Ilocos Sur,is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the capital of Vigan. Ilocos Sur is bordered by Ilocos Norte and Abra to the north,Mountain Province to the east,La Union and Benguet to the south and the South China Sea to the west.
Vigan,officially the City of Vigan,is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Ilocos Sur,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 53,935 people.
Vigan Airport,also known as Mindoro Airport,is an airport serving the general area of Vigan,the capital of the province of Ilocos Sur,located in the province of Ilocos Sur in the Philippines. The airport is the only one located in Ilocos Sur,at Barangay Mindoro.
Chavit,also known as Chavit Singson Story and Chavit:Blood Son of Ilocos,is a 2003 Filipino biographical drama film produced and directed by Carlo J. Caparas and starring Cesar Montano,Eddie Garcia and Dina Bonnevie.
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.
The University of Northern Philippines is a university in Barangay Tamag,in the City of Vigan in the province of Ilocos Sur,Philippines. It is the first and oldest state university in Northern Luzon which offers low tuition fee,tracing its roots to 1906,which is older than the University of the Philippines by two years. It is the only state university in the province aimed for less-fortunate people and one of three state-owned educational institutions of higher learning operating in Ilocos Sur.
Partas Transportation Co.,Inc. is a bus transportation company in the Philippines. It operates a 24/7 service for passengers and freight between Metro Manila and northern Luzon,with services also running to the Cordilleras in Baguio,Bangued in Abra,and also to the south Occidental Mindoro. Partas also offers chartered service for tour groups.
Jeremias "Jerry" Crisologo Singson,KGCR is the incumbent governor of Ilocos Sur. He was also considered as “Father of Day Care Center and Medical Mission”for his strong advocacy for child-friendly day care centers and series of medical missions throughout the province of Ilocos Sur. He served as Vigan Vice Mayor in 1988-1995,Senior Provincial Board Member in 1995-1998,Board Member in 1998-2001,Vice Governor in 2001-2004,Board Member in 2004-2007,and Vice Governor in 2007-2010 and in 2016-2022.
The 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 10,2010,to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 15th Congress of the Philippines from June 30,2010,to June 30,2013. The Philippines uses parallel voting for seats in the House of Representatives;a voter has two votes:one for a representative from one's legislative district,and another for a sectoral representative via closed lists under the party-list system,with a 2% election threshold and 3-seat cap,when the parties with 2% of the national vote or more not meeting the 20% of the total seats,parties with less than 2% of the vote will get one seat each until the 20% requirement is met.
Luis Crisologo Singson,better known as Chavit Singson,is a Filipino businessman and politician,who last served as the mayor of Narvacan,Ilocos Sur from 2019 to 2022. He was also the governor of the province of Ilocos Sur,starting from 1972 until 1986,again from 1992 until 2001,and again from 2004 to 2007 and from 2010 until 2013. He was also the Deputy National Security Adviser for the Philippine government (2008).
Ronald Verzosa Singson is a Filipino politician,businessman and philanthropist. He is the son of the patriarch of the Singson political clan Chavit Singson and Evelyn Verzosa-Singson. He is currently the representative of Ilocos Sur's first district in the 19th Congress,a position he holds since 2022. He previously served as the district's representative from 2007 to 2010,and again from 2013 to 2016.
A special election for Ilocos Sur's 1st district seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines was held on May 28,2011. The special election was called after incumbent representative Ronald Singson resigned on March 7,2011,after being convicted of drug possession by the Wan Chai District Court in Hong Kong. Vigan vice mayor Ryan Luis Singson,the former representative's brother,won the election and shall serve the remainder of his brother's term which will end on June 30,2013.
Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 13,2013,within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts:mayor,vice mayor,district representative,and six councilors at-large for each district.
Marcelino Pecson Crisólogo,also known as Mena Crisólogo,was a Filipino politician,poet,writer and playwright. He was known for being one of the representatives for Ilocos Sur in the Malolos Congress and being of one of the signatories of the Malolos Constitution. Born in Vigan,he became the first governor of Ilocos Sur and he popularized Ilocano art and literature. As a dramatist,he wrote a zarzuela entitled Codigo Municipal. One of his works,Mining wenno Ayat ti Kararwa is comparable to Noli me tangere,a novel by Philippine patriot JoséRizal. He translated Don Quixote into the Ilocano language as Don Calixtofaro de la Kota Caballero de la Luna.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Miriam Defensor Santiago,a then-incumbent Senator of the Philippines,was announced on October 13,2015 at a book signing event. Miriam Defensor-Santiago submitted her certificate of candidacy (COC) on October 16,2015. She was fifth overall in the election and lost to Rodrigo Duterte. Santiago died of lung cancer five months later.
Baluarte Zoo is a zoological park in Vigan,Ilocos Sur,Philippines. It was established by politician and businessman,Chavit Singson.
Ilocos Sur's 1st congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Ilocos Sur. 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 provincial capital city of Vigan and adjacent municipalities of Bantay,Cabugao,Caoayan,Magsingal,San Ildefonso,San Juan,San Vicente,Santa Catalina,Santo Domingo and Sinait. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Ronald Singson of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC).
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.
Floro Singson Crisologo was a Filipino lawyer and politician who represented the 1st district of Ilocos Sur in the Philippine Congress from 1946 until 1959 and from 1961 until his assassination in 1970.
