Aurora,officially the Province of Aurora,is a province in the Philippines located in the eastern part of Central Luzon region,facing the Philippine Sea. Its capital is Baler and borders,clockwise from the south,the provinces of Quezon,Bulacan,Nueva Ecija,Nueva Vizcaya,Quirino,and Isabela.
Baler,officially the Municipality of Baler,is a 3rd class municipality and capital of the province of Aurora,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 43,785 people.
The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino,formerly Partido ng Masang Pilipino,is a populist political party in the Philippines. It is the political party of former Philippine President Joseph E. Estrada. In the May 1998 presidential election,it aligned itself with other political parties to form the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino.
Maria Aurora,officially the Municipality of Maria Aurora,is the only landlocked and 2nd class municipality in the province of Aurora,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 44,958 people.
The 1998 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 11,1998. In the presidential election,Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as President by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race,Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a six-year term as Vice President,also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both the president and vice president came from different parties.
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.
Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Manalang Angara is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as a Senator since 2013. He is the principal author and sponsor of Republic Act No. 11981 also known as the Tatak Pinoy Act,a landmark law for establishing a policy platform for the public and private sectors to collaborate to help domestic enterprises become more globally competitive and offer more diverse and sophisticated products and services. He is also the chairman of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas,the governing body of basketball in the Philippines.
Dr. Juan C. Angara Airport,also known as Baler Airport,is an airport serving the general area of Baler,the capital of the province of Aurora,located in the province of Aurora in the Philippines. It is named after Juan Calderón Angara,the father of former provincial governor Bella Angara and Senator Edgardo Angara,sometime in early 2006.
Eunice Guerrero-Cucueco was the first woman to serve as the governor of Aurora Province,Central Luzon,Philippines. from 1988 until her death in 1991 in a plane crash. She was succeeded by Edgardo L. Ong.
Amado Totaan Espino Jr. is a Filipino politician and the former representative of Pangasinan's 5th District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He earlier served as Governor of the province of Pangasinan.
The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino is a liberal political party in the Philippines.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 13,2013. All provinces elected their provincial governors for three-year terms who will be inaugurated on June 30,2013,after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
Elections were held in Central Luzon for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 13,2013.
Angara is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arturo J. Angara,otherwise known as Arthur Angara or AJA,was a Filipino politician,dentist,and national awardee for public service. He was the former national deputy secretary-general of and former national adviser for the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP). He was the longest-serving mayor of the municipality of Baler in the Philippine province of Aurora,with his terms of office covering a period of 18 years.
Bellaflor Javier Angara-Castillo,simply known as Bella Angara,is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the lone district of Aurora. She previously served three consecutive terms as governor of Aurora province from 2004 to 2013. She was the third female governor of Aurora province. Prior to being governor,she served three consecutive terms as representative of the lone district of Aurora from 1995 to 2004. She was the first and so far the only woman in the history of the Philippine Congress to become House majority floor leader.
Karen Angara-Ularan is a Filipina politician. She was the vice mayor of the municipality of Baler in the Philippine province of Aurora from 2013 to 2016. She was a former president of the provincial federation of the Philippine Councilors' League (PCL),Aurora Chapter,who served as an ex officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP),or provincial board or legislature,of Aurora province from 2010 to 2013.
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.
