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Ernest Ramel
Ernesto M. Ramel Jr. is a Filipino political party official who currently serves as chairman of Aksyon Demokratiko since August 12, 2021. Before serving as Aksyon's chairman, he formerly served as its secretary-general. Profile Party official of Aksyon Ramel served as executive director, and later from 2013 as secretary-general of Aksyon Demokratiko. After the death of Herminio Aquino in 2021, Ramel was elected to replace Aquino's position, with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno elected as party president. In the campaign team of Moreno, Ramel was tapped as spokesperson for party-related and election issues. Calling out Marcos' Php 203B estate tax While in the middle of 2022 presidential elections, Ramel and Moreno's campaign manager Lito Banayo called out the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to collect the Php 203 billion unpaid estate tax of Bongbong Marcos, Moreno's opponent. He also stated that BIR sent letters to Marcos, and also called out the Presidential Commission on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aksyon Demokratiko
Aksyon Demokratiko (, ), or simply Aksyon, is a political party in the Philippines founded by Raul Roco. It was recognized as a national political party in 1998 by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and is considered to be one of the major parties in the Philippines. Manila Mayor-elect Isko Moreno currently acts as president of the party. History 1998 elections: Foundation of Aksyon Senator Raul Roco resigned from LDP to form ''Aksyon Demokratiko'' for his plans for running in the 1998 presidential elections. He chose peace negotiator Irene Santiago as his vice-presidential candidate. However, both lost to then Vice President Joseph Estrada and then-Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. 2001 elections Aksyon joined the People Power Coalition, with economist and former NEDA Director General Winnie Monsod as one of its senatorial candidates from Aksyon in 2001 senatorial elections. Monsod campaigned for IT-ready teachers, and solving Mindanao issues, but she lost th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herminio Aquino
Herminio Sanchez Aquino (April 25, 1949 – July 31, 2021), also known as Hermie Aquino, was a Filipino businessman, politician, and a vice presidential candidate who ran as the running mate of Raul Roco in 2004. Early life and education Aquino was born in 1949 in Manila, Philippines to Gen. Servillano "Mianong" Aquino and Belen Sanchez. He was the half-uncle of Benigno Aquino Jr. (Ninoy) and half-grand uncle of former President Benigno Aquino III. He graduated with honors with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1969. Business career As a businessman, he held various top-management positions that included vice president of G.A. Machineries Inc. from 1974 to 1981, senior consultant of Management and Investment Development Associates Inc. from 1972 to 1985, and vice president of Circa Nila Development Corp. from 1981 to 1985. Political career After the People Power Revolution in 1986, he was invited by his relative by marriage, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Manila
The City Mayor of Manila (, sometimes referred to as, ''Alkalde ng Maynila'') is the head of the executive branch of Manila's city government. The mayor holds office at Manila City Hall. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via first past the post, popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor. History Prior to the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi, Manila was a chiefdom headed by datus. From the defeat of Rajah Sulayman's forces in 1575 to the passage of the Maura Law in 1895, the chief executive of the city was appointed by the Spanish government to a person of Spanish descent. The highest position a Filipino was able to hold was the ''cabeza de barangay''. With the passage of the Maura Law, the office of ''capitan municipal'' was established, with the people elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isko Moreno
Francisco "Isko" Moreno Domagoso (; born October 24, 1974) is a Filipino politician, actor, host and entrepreneur who is the mayor-elect of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, having been 2025 Manila local elections, elected in 2025. He previously served as the 23rd mayor of Manila from 2019 to 2022. Before entering politics, Moreno first gained notability as an actor and television personality. Moreno was born and raised in the Slums in Metro Manila, slums of Tondo, Manila, and spent his childhood in poverty. After a modest career in show business, he entered politics in 1998, standing for election as a Manila City Council, city councilor of Manila; he was elected for three consecutive terms. He then pursued higher education, including some non-degree postgraduate education at Harvard Kennedy School and Saïd Business School, Oxford Saïd Business School. In 2007, he was elected as vice mayor of Manila for the first of three consecutive terms. In 2016, he was term- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isko Moreno 2022 Presidential Campaign
The 2022 presidential campaign of Isko Moreno began on September 22, 2021, when Isko Moreno announced his intention to run for the President of the Philippines, presidency in the 2022 Philippine presidential election. Isko Moreno has served as the Mayor of Manila, mayor of Manila, Philippines, the country's capital city, from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2022. Moreno ran on a platform highlighting his track record in Manila and promising to replicate his 3-year achievements as first-termed mayor on a national scale. His economic platform covers health, housing, education, infrastructure, tourism, agriculture, livelihood, digital transformation, good governance, and "e-governance, smart governance". He also vowed to lower utility expenses and continue certain policies of then incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte such as Build! Build! Build!, infrastructure development and the Philippine drug war, campaign against illegal drugs while maintaining adherence to human rights. Moreno lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Philippine Presidential Election
Presidential elections in the Philippines were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 Philippine general election, 2022 general election. This was the 17th direct presidential election and 15th vice presidential election in the country since 1935 Philippine presidential election, 1935, and the sixth wikt:sextennial, sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992 Philippine presidential election, 1992. Incumbent president Rodrigo Duterte was ineligible for re-election because the president is limited to a single term under the Constitution of the Philippines, 1987 Philippine Constitution. Incumbent vice president Leni Robredo was eligible for re-election but chose to run for the presidency instead. Therefore, this election determined the 17th President of the Philippines, president and the 15th Vice President of the Philippines, vice president. The president and vice president are elected separately, so the two winning candidates can come from different politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lito Banayo
Angelito "Lito" Tan Banayo (born 1946) is a Filipino politician with the Nationalist People's Coalition. He was appointed Chairman and Representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, the ''de facto'' embassy of the Philippines in Taiwan, by President Rodrigo Duterte on June 30, 2016. Formerly the Postmaster General under Cory Aquino and then head of the Philippine Tourism Authority during the Joseph Estrada administration, he later became administrator of the National Food Authority under Secretary of Agriculture Proceso Alcala during the presidency of Benigno Aquino III. He resigned from the latter post in September 2012 to run for the House of Representatives, but then withdrew from the race in December of that same year. He served as the campaign manager for politicians such as Panfilo Lacson in 2004, Noynoy Aquino in 2010 and Isko Moreno's presidential campaign in 2022. Personal life Banayo grew up in Butuan, Agusan del Norte, where his family had moved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureau Of Internal Revenue
The Bureau of Internal Revenue'' ''(BIR; ) is a revenue service for the Philippine government, which is responsible for collecting more than half of the total tax revenues of the government. It is an agency of the Department of Finance and it is led by a Commissioner. Romeo Lumagui, Jr. currently serves as the Commissioner of BIR since November 15, 2022. The BIR is responsible for collection of all internal revenue taxes, fees and charges and the enforcement of all forfeitures, penalties, and fines connected with these including the execution of judgments for which it has police powers. History Following the period of the American regime of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, the first civil government was created under William Howard Taft, Governor-General of the Philippines, in 1902. The BIR would be created under the second civil governor, Luke E. Wright, with the passage of Reorganization Act No. 1189 on July 2, 1904 by the Philippine Commission. With only 69 officials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child and only son of 10th president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos. In 1980, Marcos was elected vice governor of Ilocos Norte, running unopposed with the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan party of his father, who Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, was ruling the Philippines under martial law at the time. He then became Governor of Ilocos Norte, governor in 1983, holding that office until his family was ousted from power by the People Power Revolution and fled into exile in Hawaii in February 1986. After the death of his father in 1989, President Corazon Aquino allowed his family to return to the Philippines to face various charges. Marcos and his mother, Imelda, are currently facing arrest in the United States for defying a court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Commission On Good Government
The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is a quasi-judicial government agency of the Philippines whose primary mandate is to recover the ill-gotten wealth accumulated by Ferdinand Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates and close associates, whether located in the Philippines or abroad. It was created by President Corazon Aquino shortly after she was sworn in as president in the aftermath of the 1986 People Power revolution.Manapat, Ricardo (1991) Some Are Smarter Than Others. Aletheia Press. In addition to recovering the Marcos wealth, it is also tasked with investigating other cases of graft and corruption; and instituting of corruption prevention measures. Soon after the PCGG was created, Aquino issued an executive order freezing the assets of the Marcoses in the Philippines, and assigning the PCGG to negotiate with foreign governments so that the Marcoses' wealth overseas could be repatriated to the Philippines, giving the PCGG diplomatic powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine News Agency
Philippine News Agency (PNA) is the official news agency of the Philippine government. PNA is under the supervision and control of the News and Information Bureau, an attached agency of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. It was established on March 1, 1973, by President Ferdinand Marcos, and currently has its headquarters in Quezon City. History Philippine News Service The Philippine News Service (PNS) was organized in 1950 as a news gathering cooperative by the publishers of the then-leading national newspapers: the Manila Times-Mirror-Taliba, '' Manila Chronicle'', ''Manila Bulletin'', ''Philippines Herald'', ''Evening News'', ''Bagong Buhay'', and '' The Fookien Times''. Its main function was to supply daily news and photos from the provinces to these newspapers, as well as to those in other provinces. Radio and television stations also used PNS stories for a fixed monthly fee or subscription. Foreign news agencies, such as the ''Associated Press'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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