Posts Tagged Nacionalista Party
Imelda Marcos
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in Ilocos Norte on February 23, 2010
Imelda R. Marcos is the widow of former President Ferdinand Marcos, and is herself an influential political figure in the Philippines. She is sometimes referred to as the Steel Butterfly or the Iron Butterfly.
Imelda was born on July 2, 1929 in San Juan de Dios Hospital in Manila. Her parents were Vicente Orestes Lopez Romuáldez (of Spanish-Chinese-Filipino blood) and Remedios Trinidad (1902–1938), the second wife of the widowed Vicente. She is of Visayan and Tagalog descent. Her paternal ancestors, the wealthy and prominent Lopezes of Leyte, claimed to have founded the town of Tolosa, Leyte. Her own branch of the family was not political. Her father was a scholarly man more interested in music and culture than in public life. Her mother, Remedios Trinidad, a dressmaker who grew up in an orphanage in Manila, said to have been an illegitimate offspring of a friar, was from the town of Baliuag, Bulacan.
Pia Cayetano
Loading ...Pilar Juliana "Pia" Cayetano, born Pilar Juliana Schramm Cayetano, popularly known as Compañera Pia or Pia, is a Filipino lawyer, politician in the Philippines. She is the only daughter of the late Senator Renato "Compañero" Cayetano and German-American former school teacher Sandra Schramm. She has three brothers. Alan Peter is a current senator (until 2013) and a popular critic of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Rene Carl is an ex-councilor of Muntinlupa City and the owner of the collectible figurine store "Maxicollector", while Lino Edgardo is a popular television and movie director and former beau of KC Concepcion.
From 1992 until 1995, she was an associate lawyer of the Castillo, Laman Tan, and Pantaleon Law Offices who specializes in corporate law and intellectual property laws. From 1996 to 1999 she was an officer for the legal and corporate affairs of the Belle Corporation and its affiliates including the gaming conglomerate BW Resources. In 2000, she was a general counsel of the Philweb Corporation. In 2001 she was appointed as chairman of the Maxi Group of Companies, a retailer and distributor of educational toys, infant apparel and accessories.
Gilbert Remulla
Loading ...Gilbert Cesar Remulla is a Filipino newscaster and politician. Gilbert is the ninth and youngest child of Governor Remulla and Ditas Catibayan Remulla. Gilbert spent his childhood in Bel-Air, Makati and Imus, Cavite.
He spent his elementary years in the now defunct De La Salle University Grade School, high school at the Ateneo de Manila and went to the University of the Philippines, Diliman for his college education. As an undergraduate in UP, Gilbert mixed academic excellence with extra-curricular activities. He was National President of AIESEC, and an active member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi Fraternity. After obtaining a degree in Broadcast Communication in 1993, Remulla joined ABS-CBN as part of its news team. Remulla started as a production assistant, and then became a reporter and a regular in the morning and evening news.
Adel Tamano
Loading ...Adel Fadel Abbas Tamano is the spokesperson of the United Opposition and currently the President of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. Tamano is the eighth son of the late Senator Mamintal Tamano and civic leader Hadja Putri Zorayda Abbas Tamano. Tamano is married to Atty. Rowena Kapunan, daughter of Supreme Court Justice Santiago Kapunan. They have two children.
During the 2007 elections, Tamano was the spokesperson for the United Opposition. He is also a partner at the law firm of Kapunan Tamano Javier & Associates. He lectures on legal writing at the Ateneo Law School, and on constitutional law at the Far Eastern University Institute of Law and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Ma. Laarni Cayetano
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in House of Representatives, Taguig on September 13, 2009
Other Information
- Name : Ma. Laarni L. Cayetano
- Birthday : December 11, 1981
- Political party : Liberal Party, Nacionalista Party
- Spouse : Alan Peter Cayetano
- Religion : Catholic
Florencio Garay
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in House of Representatives, Surigao del Sur on September 13, 2009
Florencio C. Garay is the representative of the second district of Surigao del Sur in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is one of the signers of House Resolution 1109 calling for a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
Anna York Bondoc
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in House of Representatives, Pampanga on September 13, 2009
Anna York P. Bondoc is the representative of the lone district of Pampanga in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He is one of the signers of House Resolution 1109 calling for a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
Salvador Laurel
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in Rizal, Vice-President on September 12, 2009
Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel (November 18, 1928 – January 27, 2004), also known as Doy Laurel, was Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under Corazon Aquino. Before that, he briefly served as Aquino’s first (and only) Prime Minister from February 25 to March 25 of 1986.
Laurel is the fifth son of President José P. Laurel, president of the second Philippine Republic. He first enrolled at Centro Escolar de Señoritas (1933-35) then Paco Elementary School (1935-36) followed by Justo Lukban Elementary School (1936-1937) and he graduated from elementary at Ateneo de Manila in 1941. He graduated from high school at De La Salle College High School in 1946.
Fernando Lopez
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in Iloilo, Vice-President on September 12, 2009
Fernando López (April 13, 1904—May 26, 1993) was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential López Family of Iloilo, Fernando López served as Vice President for three terms, under President Elpidio Quirino (1949—1953) for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos (1965—1969 and 1969—1972) for the Nacionalistas.
López was born on April 13, 1904 in Iloilo City, Iloilo to Benito López and Presentación Hofilena. The López family was a rich and influential family in the province.
López studied high school at San Juan de Letran College, finishing in 1921. He then studied law in the University of Santo Tomas, earning his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1925. After passing the bar examinations, he did not go into private practice but helped his older brother manage the family business.
Arturo Tolentino
Loading ...Posted by blogtopia in Manila, Vice-President on September 12, 2009
Arturo Modesto Tolentino (September 19, 1910 – August 2, 2004) was a prominent political figure in the Philippines who briefly held the position of vice president in 1986. He is more well known as the father of the Philippine “archipelagic doctrine” and expert on the Law of the Sea.
Tolentino was also a former congressman (1949 – 1957) and senator 1957 – 1972). He held the Senate Presidency from (1965 – 1967). He was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Marcos administration (1984 – 1985), served in the Batasang Pambansa. He was elected and again served in the Philippine Senate (1992 – 1995).
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