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Divilacan Divilacan, officially the Municipality of Divilacan ( ilo, Ili ti Divilacan; tl, Bayan ng Divilacan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 5,827 people. Etymo ...

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Tumauini, Isabela Tumauini, officially the Municipality of Tumauini ( ibg, Ili nat Tumauini; ilo, Ili ti Tumauini; tl, Bayan ng Tumauini), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

) - War veteran/revolutionary * Florence Finch — ( Santiago, Isabela) — Filipino-American member of the World War II resistance against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. * Heherson Alvarez — ( Santiago, Isabela) - former Senatorhttps://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/04/20/20/heherson-sonny-alvarez-keeper-of-the-flame and Secretary of Agrarian Reform *

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— former Governor of Isabela and former Commissioner of the

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, recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 2008. * Bishop

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Santo Tomas, Isabela Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas ( ibg, Ili nat Santo Tomas; ilo, Ili ti Santo Tomas; tl, Bayan ng Santo Tomas), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a p ...

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Jejomar Binay Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay Sr. (born Jesus Jose Cabauatan Binay; November 11, 1942) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016, under President Benigno Aquino III. A h ...

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Cabagan, Isabela Cabagan, officially the Municipality of Cabagan ( ibg, Ili nat Cabagan; ilo, Ili ti Cabagan; tl, Bayan ng Cabagan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,8 ...

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Ruthlane Uy Asmundson Ruthlane Uy Asmundson (born September 21, 1945) served as mayor of the City of Davis, California from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2010. A native of Gamu, Isabela, Philippines, Asmundson was the first female Filipino migrant to be elected ...

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Gamu, Isabela Gamu, officially the Municipality of Gamu ( ilo, Ili ti Gamu; tl, Bayan ng Gamu), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,655 people. While not a commercially ...

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Silvestre Bello III Silvestre Hernando Bello III (born June 23, 1944) is a Filipino businessman and lawyer from Isabela, who served as the Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment, and concurrently Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process ...

— (

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Gilbert Teodoro Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo Cojuangco Teodoro Jr. (born June 14, 1964), nicknamed Gilbert or Gibo (), is a Filipino lawyer, politician and business executive who served as the Secretary of National Defense (Philippines), Secretary of National Def ...

— former secretary of the

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* Michael Mangaoang - ( Santiago City) - Singer * Mutya Datul — ( Santa Maria, Isabela) - Miss Supranational 2013 and Binibining Pilipinas - Supranational 2013 *

Rogemar Menor Rogemar "Ogie" A. Menor (born December 4, 1986 in Roxas, Isabela) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Bulacan Kuyas of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). High school Menor spent high school at San ...

— ( Roxas, Isabela) - PBA Player *

Ricky Calimag Recaredo Calimag (born June 10, 1978), better known as Ricky Calimag, is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for the Powerade Tigers in the Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Associatio ...

— ( Echague, Isabela) — PBA player *

Mark Telan Mark Clemence Telan (born January 12, 1976) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. A former De La Salle Green Archer, he was 2-time UAAP ...

— PBA Player *

Coco Martin Rodel Pacheco Nacianceno (born November 1, 1981), known professionally by his stage name Coco Martin (), is a Filipino actor, director, and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead roles in ''Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin'', '' Walang H ...

— Actor/Singer * MRLD

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