Sarangani,officially the Province of Sarangani,is a province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region. Its capital is Alabel. With a 230-kilometre (140 mi) coastline along the Sarangani Bay and Celebes Sea,the province is at the southernmost tip of Mindanao island,and borders South Cotabato and Davao del Sur to the north,Davao Occidental to the east,and the Celebes Sea to the south.
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government,is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy,public administration,and international development,four doctoral degrees,and various executive education programs. It conducts research in subjects relating to politics,government,international affairs,and economics. As of 2021,HKS had an endowment of $1.7 billion. It is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA),a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs.
Alabel,officially the Municipality of Alabel,is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Sarangani,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 88,294 people.
Maria Gracia Cielo "Grace" Magno Padaca is a Filipino politician and former journalist who served as governor of Isabela from 2004 until 2010. She is also the recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2008.
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is a graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin that was founded in 1970 to offer training in public policy analysis and administration for students that are very interested in pursuing careers in government and public affairs-related areas of the private and nonprofit sectors. Degree programs include a Master of Public Affairs (MPAff),a mid-career MPAff sequence,16 MPAff dual degree programs,a Master of Global Policy Studies (MGPS),eight MGPS dual degree programs,an Executive Master of Public Leadership,and a Ph.D. in public policy. The LBJ School is currently ranked 7th among public affairs programs in 2022 by U.S. News &World Report,up from 8th in 2021.
Maria Geraldine Capeña Jamora Pacquiao,more known as Jinkee Pacquiao is a Filipina socialite,media personality,occasional film producer and former politician who served as a vice governor of Sarangani,Mindanao,Philippines from 2013 to 2016. She is well known as the wife of professional Filipino boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao. She also had a brief career in the film industry as a producer for her husband's documentaries and for several box-office titles.
Edgardo Migriño Chatto,more commonly known as Edgar Chatto,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is currently the Representative of the 1st Legislative District of Bohol since 2019. He previously served in that position from 2001 to 2010.
Dakila Carlo "Dax" Enriquez Cua is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the governor of the province of Quirino. He also served as vice governor and a member of the House of the Representatives from the Lone District of Quirino.
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP),also referred to as the League of Provinces,is an organization composed of governors of the provinces in the Philippines. All of the 82 provinces are members of the organization.
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.
Elections were held in Soccsksargen for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10,2010.
The People's Champ Movement (PCM) is a political party in the Philippines,currently affiliated with the PROMDI and previously the United Nationalist Alliance. It is led by Manny Pacquiao,who founded the party,and is mainly based in General Santos and Sarangani.
Local elections were held in Sarangani on May 13,2013,within the Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and a representative for the lone district of Sarangani. Incumbent governor Miguel Rene Dominguez is barred for seeking another term because he is limited to three terms only.
The University of Professional Studies,Accra (UPSA) formerly known as the Institute of Professional Studies (IPS),is a public university in Ghana. The main campus is located in Accra. UPSA is the first university in Ghana to provide both academic and business professional education. The University of Professional Studies Act,2012 (Act 850) changed the name of the Institute of Professional Studies to University of Professional Studies,Accra. UPSA is nationally and internationally accredited by the National Accreditation Board (Ghana) and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP),respectively.
Alabel National Science High School is the Regional Science High School for Region XII situated in Alabel,Sarangani,Philippines. It envisions itself as a regional center of excellence in science and mathematics education at the secondary level that shall develop potential leaders in science and other related fields. It seeks to develop responsible and morally upright science-oriented leaders through relevant and globally competitive science and mathematics education programs.
Emmanuel "Manny" Fantin Piñol is a Filipino politician,journalist,writer,agriculture advocate and agribusinessman. He most recently served in President Rodrigo Duterte's cabinet as chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority (2019–2021) and Secretary of Agriculture (2016–2019).
Nestor Aldave Espenilla Jr. was a Filipino banker who served as the fourth governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) from 2017 until his death in 2019. He began working for the BSP in 1981 and was a deputy governor under his predecessor Amando Tetangco Jr.
The Sarangani Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Philippine province of Sarangani.
Nina Ricci Alcantara Ynares-Chiongbian is a Filipina businesswoman and politician serving as governor of Rizal,Philippines since 2022. Prior to joining politics,she served as a member of the Board of Directors of Manila Hotel and a member of the Board of Trustees of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) until her resignation in 2021. She is the eldest daughter of the former governors Casimiro "Ito" Ynares Jr. and Rebecca "Nini" Alcantara Ynares and the sister of former governor and Antipolo Mayor Casimiro "Jun" Ynares III.
Local elections were held in the Province of Sarangani on May 9,2022,within the Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and a representative for the lone district of Sarangani.
