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Maria Rachel "Baby" Jimenez Arenas is a Filipina businesswoman and politician currently serving as the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 to 2013 and again since 2022. She previously served as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) from 2017 to 2021.
Maria Fe Romerica Abunda (Tagalog pronunciation: [ʔaˈbʊnda]; born November 8, 1957) is a Filipino politician. She is currently a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the Eastern Samar's Lone District since 2019. She served as the mayor of Borongan from 2010 to 2019. She became the first woman to be elected as ...
Maria Serena Encarnacion Icasiano Diokno, (born August 16, 1954) also known as Maris, [1] is a Filipino historian, academic, and former government official best known [2] for having served as chair of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) [3] and as a high-ranking official of the University of the Philippines (UP) system.
Prior political experience Party 1 Magnolia Antonino: Magnolia Rodriguez Welborn-Antonino 1967: 1967–1972 6th, 7th: Representative, from La Union's 1st district (1965–1967) Nacionalista: 2 Tessie Aquino-Oreta: Maria Teresa Aquino Aquino-Oreta 1998: 1998–2004 11th 12th: Representative, Malabon-Navotas's lone district (1987–1998) LDP: 3 ...
Maria Angelita Ressa (Tagalog pronunciation:; born Maria Angelita Delfin Aycardo on October 2, 1963) is a Filipino and American journalist. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler . [ 1 ] She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN . [ 2 ]
Maria Laarni "Lani" Lopez Cayetano (born Maria Laarni Clariño Lopez; December 11, 1981) is a Filipina politician who is the current Mayor of Taguig from 2010 to 2019 and again since 2022. She previously served as the Representative of the 1st district of Taguig-Pateros from 2007 to 2010 and again, this time of the 2nd district , from 2019 to 2022.
Included in this list are members of the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971, the Batasang Bayan, which functioned as the de facto legislature from 1976 to 1978, the Interim and Regular Batasang Pambansa, which functioned as the unicameral legislature during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos from 1978 until its abolition ...
Politics in the Philippines are governed by a three-branch system of government. The country is a democracy, with a president who is directly elected by the people and serves as both the head of state and the head of government. The president serves as the leader of the executive branch and is a powerful political figure.