Western Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines,numerically designated as Region VI. It consists of six provinces and two highly urbanized cities. The regional center is Iloilo City. The region is dominated by the native speakers of four Visayan languages:Hiligaynon,Kinaray-a,Aklanon and Capiznon. The land area of the region is 20,794.18 km2 (8,028.68 sq mi),and with a population of 7,954,723 inhabitants,it is the second most populous region in the Visayas after Central Visayas.
The government of the Philippines has three interdependent branches:the legislative,executive,and judicial branches. The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform multi-party system.
The University of St. La Salle (USLS) is a Catholic private research university run by the De La Salle Brothers,located in La Salle Avenue,Bacolod,Negros Occidental,Philippines. Established in 1952 as La Salle College - Bacolod,it is the second oldest campus founded by the congregation in the country. The university is a member of De La Salle Philippines,a network established in 2006 comprising 16 Lasallian educational institutions in the Philippine islands. The university offers preschool,elementary,secondary,undergraduate,and graduate programs. It has seven colleges namely:Business and Accountancy,Engineering and Technology,Arts and Sciences,Education,Nursing,Law,and Medicine.
The MassKara Festival is an annual festival with highlights held every 4th Sunday of October in Bacolod,Philippines. The festival sites include the Bacolod Public Plaza,the Lacson Tourism Strip and the Bacolod City Government Center.
Monico Ogtong Puentevella is a Filipino politician. Formerly a member of Lakas-Kampi-CMD,he was elected to three terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines,representing the Legislative district of Bacolod City. He was first elected to Congress in 2001,and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007. He was also the mayor of Bacolod from 2013 to 2016.
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.
Elections were held in Negros Island Region for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 9,2016.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
These are term limited and retiring members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines during the 16th Congress of the Philippines. Term limited members are prohibited from running in the 2016 elections;they may run for any other positions,or may wait until the 2016 elections.
The City Mayor of Bacolod is the local chief executive and head of the City Government of Bacolod. Along with the Governor of Negros Occidental and the Governor of Negros Oriental,as mayor of a highly urbanized city,he sits as one of the chief executives of Negros Island.
Local elections were held in Bacolod on May 9,2016,as part of the Philippine general election. The elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the congressman,and twelve councilors,were filled in.
The Negros Island Region,also abbreviated and officially designated as NIR,was a short-lived administrative region in the Philippines which comprised the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental,both of which cover the island of Negros,currently proposed for re-establishment. It existed from May 29,2015,to August 9,2017. Local officials and the Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution have proposed to reinstate Negros as a region or state of a Philippine federation.
Paglaum Party,officially the Partido Paglaum sang Banwa,is a provincial political party in Negros Occidental,Philippines based in Bacolod.
United Negros Alliance,abbreviated as UNA,is a provincial political party in Negros Occidental,Philippines based in Bacolod.
Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Bantug Benitez is a Filipino-American businessman and politician 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. He was one of the richest congressmen in the Philippines.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Western Visayas on March 20,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bacolod. All provinces have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.
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.
Local elections were held in Bacolod on May 9,2022,as part of the Philippine general election. The elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the congressman,and twelve councilors,were filled in.
Jocelle Batapa-Sigue is a Filipino politician,currently serving as Undersecretary for Informations and Communications Technology Industry Development of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. She previously served as a member of the Bacolod City Council. She is the founding chairperson of the Bacolod –Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology,one of the founding organization of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines where she became president from 2010-2012.
Greg Gasataya is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative of the Lone District of Bacolod since 2016.
