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Ang Kapatiran Party
Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP, ), also known as the Alliance for the Common Good, is a political party in the Philippines founded by Reynaldo "Nandy" Pacheco in 2004. The party participated in the 2007 elections and was not affiliated with either major coalition. Beliefs and ideologies The AKP's political and social ideology is based on "Traditional Papal" (Catholic) beliefs and is opposed to abortion, divorce, and religious intolerance. Senatorial candidates The 2007 Senate elections had three AKP candidates: * Zosimo Jesus Paredes II, former executive director for Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement. * Dr. Martin Bautista, a gastroenterologist who spent past 17 years working in the United States. * Adrian Sison, a tax and family law attorney. New officers On September 26, 2007, the AKP nominated new officers. Renato H. Peronilla, was appointed as the president, replacing Mario E. Ongkiko. Manolo K. Dayrit became chair and David S. Lim, vice chair. Benj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontifical Council For The Laity
The Pontifical Council for the Laity was a pontifical council of the Roman Catholic Curia from 1967 to 2016. It had the responsibility of assisting the Pope in his dealings with the laity in lay ecclesial movements or individually, and their contributions to the Church. Its last Cardinal President from 4 October 2003 to 31 August 2016 was Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko. Its undersecretary from 1967 to 1976 was Professor Rosemary Goldie, the first woman to be the Undersecretary of a Pontifical Council and the highest-ranking woman in the Roman Curia at the time. Another layman, Professor Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour, was undersecretary from 1991 to 2011. The Pontifical Council for the Laity had its foundation in Vatican II's ''Apostolicam Actuositatem''. The council was created in January 1967 by Pope Paul VI's motu proprio ''Catholicam Christi Ecclesiam''. In December 1976, the council was included as a permanent fixture of the Roman Curia. In September 2016, its functions were shift ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Presidential Election, 2010
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Robredo–Pangilinan
Team Robredo–Pangilinan (TRoPa), also known as Tropang Angat, is an electoral alliance that supported Philippine vice president Leni Robredo's Leni Robredo 2022 presidential campaign, presidential campaign and Senator Francis Pangilinan's vice presidential campaign in the 2022 Philippine general election. Its senatorial slate included members of the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal Party, Akbayan, Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino, and Ang Kapatiran. Guest candidates in the TRoPa slate are members of Bagumbayan–VNP, Nationalist People's Coalition, and United Nationalist Alliance. Senatorial slate Robredo and her running mate, Francis Pangilinan, Kiko Pangilinan, endorsed the following candidates for the 2022 Philippine Senate election, thus making up the campaign's senatorial slate. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri was initially part of the slate; however, he was removed on April 27, 2022, after a campaign against his inclusion in the roster was started by Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Lacson
Alexander Ledesma Lacson (born January 5, 1965) is a Filipino bestselling author of patriotic books, a poet, lawyer, businessman, civil society leader, and NGO leader. He is best known as the bestselling author of the books ''12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do to Help Our Country'' and ''Five Hundred Years Without Love'', for the poem "I am Filipino" and for running in the 2010 Philippine Senate election. Early life Lacson was born on January 5, 1965, Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, the sixth of eight children. His mother, Fe Tenefrancia Ledesma, was a public school teacher who taught second graders in the barrios of Kabankalan. His father, Jose Ramos Lacson, who had only a high school education, became a land surveyor and eventually a businessman. Lacson's parents separated when he was in high school. Lacson graduated fifth in his class at Esteban R. Abada Memorial School (ERAMS) in Kabankalan in 1978. He went on to graduate from Kabankalan Catholic College in 1982, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Philippine General Election
The 2022 Philippine general election took place on May 9, 2022, for executive and legislative branches of the government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials. At the top of the ballot is the election for successors to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo. There were also elections for: * 12 seats to the Senate; * All 316 seats to the House of Representatives; * All 81 governors and vice governors, and 782 seats to provincial boards in all provinces; * All 146 city mayors and vice mayors, and 1,650 seats to city councils in all cities * All 1,488 municipal mayors and vice mayors, and 11,908 seats to municipal councils in all municipalities The first election to the Bangsamoro Parliament was scheduled to be held on the same date, but was rescheduled to 2025. This is the first election in Davao de Oro under such name, as it was renamed from "Compostela Valley" in December 2019 after a successful plebiscite. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Philippine General Election
A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9, 2016, for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government – national, provincial, and local, except for the barangay officials. At the top of the ballot was the election for successors to Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay. There were also elections for: * 12 seats to the Senate; * All 297 seats to the House of Representatives; * All governors, vice governors, and 772 seats to provincial boards for 81 provinces; * All mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities and for 1,489 municipalities; * All members of the city councils and 11,924 seats on municipal councils; and * Governor, vice governor and all 24 seats in the regional assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The regional elections for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were scheduled for May 9, but that would have changed if the Bangsamoro political entity had replaced the ARMM. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Philippine Senate Election
The 2013 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 31st election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 13, 2013 to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2010, the candidates elected in this election shall comprise the 16th Congress. The senators elected in 2010 will serve until June 30, 2016, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2019. The elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines use plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate: the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes win the twelve seats up for election. The Senate seat vacated by President Benigno Aquino III in 2010 was among the twelve seats to be put for election. While the Philippines is a multi-party democracy since 1987, parties have not been able to complete a 12-candidate slate. This means parties have to form coalitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Riñoza-Plazo
Maria Gracia "Grace" de Veas Riñoza-Plazo (born March 10, 1948) is a Filipino lawyer and mediation counselor. She is best known for running in the 2010 Philippine senatorial election as one of seven candidates fielded by the conservative Ang Kapatiran party, where she placed 60th in the overall tally. Biography Grace Riñoza-Plazo was born in Nasugbu, Batangas on March 10, 1948, the daughter of Perla V. de Veas of Looc, Occidental Mindoro, and Pedro L. Riñoza, who served as mayor of Nasugbu from 1956 to 1968, and subsequently from 1981 to 1987. She completed her elementary education at the Looc Central School in 1960, where she graduated valedictorian, and completed her secondary education at the Immaculate Conception College in Balayan in 1964, where she graduated first honorable mention. Riñoza-Plazo then began her tertiary studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1964, pursuing a degree in political science, but then transferred to Canossa College, Lip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Air Force
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Initially formed as part of the Philippine Army (Philippine Army Air Corps), the PAF is responsible for both defending the Philippine airspace, and conducting aerial operations throughout the Philippines, such as close air support operations, combat air patrols, aerial reconnaissance missions, airlift operations, helicopter tactical operations and aerial humanitarian operations. The PAF is headquartered at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay, and is headed by the Chief of the Air Force, who also serves as the branch's highest-ranking military officer. History Philippine Commonwealth and Independence Early years and World War II The forerunners of the Philippine Air Force was the Philippine Militia, otherwise known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Tarrazona
Hector M. Tarrazona (born 1944), is a former Philippine Air Force colonel and a founding member of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM). In the May 10, 2010, elections, Tarrazona ran as a senatorial candidate under the Ang Kapatiran Party banner, and was supported by the Roman Catholic Church, along with Rizalito David, Jo Aurea Imbong, Adrian Sison, Reginald Tamayo, and Manuel Valdehuesa, Jr. Early years Tarrazona was born on 26 November 1944 in Cabatuan, Iloilo. He graduated salutatorian of his batch in high school then attended Central Philippine University from 1962 to 1964 and studied civil engineering. Military and political career In 1964, he went to the Philippine Military Academy, and graduated with the Class of '68. In 1970, he took an undergraduate pilot training in the Philippine Air Force Flying School in Fernando Air Base in Lipa, Batangas; and in 1982, he went to Monterey, California, U.S.A. to study International Defense Management at the Naval Postgradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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