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Nacionalista Party
The Nacionalista Party (Filipino language, Filipino and Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; , NP) is a political party in the Philippines which is the oldest existing party in the country and in Southeast Asia. It is responsible for leading the country throughout most of the 20th century since its founding in 1907; it was the ruling party from 1935 to 1946 (under Presidents Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña), 1953–1961 (under Presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Carlos P. Garcia) and 1965–1978 (under President Ferdinand Marcos). It was dubbed as the Philippines' "''Grand Old Party''". Ideology The Nacionalista Party was initially created as a Filipino nationalist party that supported Philippine independence until 1946 when the United States Treaty of Manila (1946), granted independence to the country.Dayley, Robert (2016)''Southeast Asia In The New International Era'' Avalon Publishing. Retrieved April 19, 2017.Liow, J.; Leifer, M. (1995)''Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Villar
Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (; born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the 20th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. Before his stint in the senate, he represented the district of Las Piñas– Muntinlupa from 1992 to 1998, and Las Piñas's at-large district from 1998 to 2001. He also became the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; in this term, he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada. In 2025, Forbes magazine named Villar as the richest individual in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of $17.2 billion. Villar was born to a poor family in Tondo, an impoverished and densely populated district of Manila. After graduating from the University of the Philippines, he worked as an accountant and financial analyst, then launched a highly successful business in real estate. Villar's companies have built over 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nacionalista Party
The Nacionalista Party (Filipino language, Filipino and Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; , NP) is a political party in the Philippines which is the oldest existing party in the country and in Southeast Asia. It is responsible for leading the country throughout most of the 20th century since its founding in 1907; it was the ruling party from 1935 to 1946 (under Presidents Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña), 1953–1961 (under Presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Carlos P. Garcia) and 1965–1978 (under President Ferdinand Marcos). It was dubbed as the Philippines' "''Grand Old Party''". Ideology The Nacionalista Party was initially created as a Filipino nationalist party that supported Philippine independence until 1946 when the United States Treaty of Manila (1946), granted independence to the country.Dayley, Robert (2016)''Southeast Asia In The New International Era'' Avalon Publishing. Retrieved April 19, 2017.Liow, J.; Leifer, M. (1995)''Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of monarchist France from 1815 to 1830, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek temples and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB color model, RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB color model, RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between Violet (color), violet and cyan on the optical spectrum, spectrum of visible light. The term ''blue'' generally describes colours perceived by humans observing light with a dominant wavelength that's between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; Azure (color), azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering#Cause of the blue colour of the sky, Rayleigh scattering. An optical effect called the Tyndall effect explains Eye color#Blue, blue eyes. Distant objects appear more blue because of another optical effect called aerial perspective. Blue has been an important colour in art and decoration since ancient t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UniTeam
UniTeam was an electoral alliance in the Philippines formed to support the candidacies of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte in the 2022 presidential and vice-presidential elections and their allies in the 2022 Philippine general election. The alliance was formalized on November 29, 2021, with Senator Imee Marcos coining the name UniTeam. UniTeam as an electoral alliance was dissolved shortly after the landslide wins of both candidates in the 2022 national elections. The term "UniTeam" continued to be used to refer to the relationship between the president and vice-president, until relations broke down between the two after Duterte's resignation from the Marcos cabinet in July 2024 and the antagonistic rhetoric of the Duterte family against Marcos in the succeeding months. The resulting feud between the Marcos and Duterte families has also been termed as "Kadiliman vs. Kasamaan" () by critics of the Marcos administration, taken from an accidental quote by lawyer Harry Roque. Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugpong Ng Pagbabago
Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP; ) is a regional political party and former political alliance in the Philippines. Formed in 2018 by Sara Duterte, the party was established in support of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration, and was the administration electoral alliance for the 2019 Philippine general election. In the 2022 Philippine presidential election, the party supported the candidacies of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte for the Philippine presidency and vice presidency, respectively, under the UniTeam alliance. History The party was formally launched on February 23, 2018, by Sara Duterte and four governors from the Davao Region. In addition to the party's alignment with the Duterte administration, Sara Duterte said that she formed Hugpong ng Pagbabago "to pursue the ideals of what we all want, a strong region, a secure life for our constituents, good governance and effective leadership of the members of the party." The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) granted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalition For Change (Philippines)
Kilusang Pagbabago () was the informal name of a multi-party umbrella coalition formed by the supporters of the administration of Rodrigo Duterte and the 17th Congress of the Philippines. Headed by PDP–Laban, it has formed coalition agreements with the Nacionalista Party, Lakas–CMD, Nationalist People's Coalition and National Unity Party (Philippines), National Unity Party, as well as the Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines, Centrist Democratic Party and an independent congressional block of 24 party-list groups. Coalition partners Political parties file:Koko_Pimentel_meets_Korean_Ambassador_Kim_Jae-shin_(cropped).jpg, alt=, Senator Koko Pimentel, the leader of PDP–Laban and the Coalition for Change Party-lists The following is a list of party-lists associated with the coalition: Non-political groups *Mayor Rodrigo "Rody" Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD NECC) *Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) Former members * Maka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team PNoy
Team PNoy, formerly known as the LP–Akbayan–NPC–NP–LDP Coalition, was a political umbrella coalition in the Philippines, originally formed to support the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2013 Philippine Senate election. Team PNoy is composed mostly of supporters of former President Benigno Aquino III (President Noynoy, or PNoy). The coalition is composed of the Liberal Party, the Nacionalista Party, the Nationalist People's Coalition, the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, the PDP–Laban and the National Unity Party. Its official slogan is ('The truly righteous people on the straight path'). History 2013 elections The Liberal (LP) was open to creating coalitions or alliances with other parties for the 2013 general election as long as the politicians had aligning principles. Secretary of Budget and Management Florencio Abad said on April 7, 2012 that it was too early to make conclusions. Two days later, the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genuine Opposition
The Genuine Opposition (GO) was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. The alliance's members were in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It was originally called the United Opposition (UNO), founded by Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay in June 2005 to unite all politicians who wanted to impeach President Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC), with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15, 2007, the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar due to the defection of senators Edgardo Angara, Tessie Aquino-Oreta, and Tito Sotto to Arroyo's senatorial slate, TEAM Unity. In the Senate election, GO won seven of the 12 contested seats. They gained one more seat in 2011 after an electoral protest, through which GO's Koko Pimentel replaced TEAM Unity's Migz Zubiri. However, GO failed to dominate th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koalisyon Ng Katapatan At Karanasan Sa Kinabukasan
The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan also known as K4 or K-4, () was the political multi-party electoral alliance that supported president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidential campaign for a full term. Arroyo won 2004 Philippine presidential election. It is the remnant of the People Power Coalition (PPC) that was formed following the ascendancy of President Arroyo to power. She picked Senator Noli de Castro, an independent, yet popular, politician, as her running mate. History People Power Coalition fallout In December 2003, People Power Coalition (PPC) was totally dissolved, as Aksyon, Partido Reporma, and PROMDI left the PPC in November. Formation By December 2003, administration's camp taking and negotiating with Aksyon and Liberal, with only the latter joined the camp. Later, People's Reform Party led by former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago joined. Former basketball superstar and incumbent Senator Robert Jaworski and former Defense Sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Alliance For Democracy
The Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) was a political multi-party electoral alliance during the 1987 Philippine legislative election. The coalition opposed the policies of incumbent president Corazon Aquino and her Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN; People's Power) coalition, while severing ties with ousted president Ferdinand Marcos. The coalition consisted mostly of defectors from the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (New Society Movement), Marcos' political party, the Nacionalista Party and the United Nationalist Democratic Organization, the coalition that supported Aquino during the 1986 presidential election. History In the Senate election, LABAN won 22 of the 24 seats, with only San Juan mayor Joseph Estrada winning a seat outright for GAD; former Minister of Defense Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the leaders of the People Power Revolution that ousted Marcos, was eventually declared the winner of the last Senate seat, bringing the winning GAD candidates to two. Estrada later defected to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nationalist Democratic Organization
The United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) was the main political multi-party electoral alliance of the traditional political opposition during the turbulent last years of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in the mid-1980s. It was formed in January 1980, and was originally known as the United Democratic Opposition from 1980 to 1982. It was initially a union of eight major and minor political parties and organizations with the main aim to oust President Marcos through a legal political process. In April 1982, the coalition received its present name, and increased its members to twelve parties. Shortly after the assassination of popular opposition senator Benigno Aquino Jr., the party was led by Senator Salvador Laurel of Batangas. History The political leaders forming UNIDO such as prominent anti-Marcos leaders like former Senator and Batangas Assemblyman Salvador Laurel, former president Diosdado Macapagal, former Senator Edmundo B. Cea, Zamboanga City Mayor Ces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
