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Joseph Ejercito Estrada KGCR (Tagalog: [ʔɛˌhɛːɾ.sɪˈto ʔɛsˈtɾaː.dɐ]; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, [1] [a] is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, and ...
In a prominent example of what Finance Minister Jaime Ongpin later branded "crony capitalism", the Marcos administration had sold its majority shares to Marcos cronies such as Roberto S. Benedicto, [64] Manuel H. Nieto, [64] Jose Yao Campos, [65] and Rolando Gapud [65] in 1982, despite being very profitable because of its role as the sole agent ...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines.It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health.
He runs the Optimum Eye Care Program, which aims to provide eyeglasses to people unable to afford them. [ 4 ] Marcos came to wider public attention when he started a trend on Facebook called the "Mayaman Challenge" urging the rich to make a donation to people affected by the enhanced community quarantine imposed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic .
Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Araneta Marcos III [5] (UK: / ˈ m ɑːr k ɒ s / MAR-koss, US: /-k oʊ s,-k ɔː s /-kohss, -kawss, [6] [7] Tagalog:; born March 7, 1994) is a Filipino politician who is the representative of Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district since 2022, [8] and the eldest of three sons of Philippine President Bongbong Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos.
The facility houses 250 children including a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds, a 3-year-old and "dozens more under 12". The lawyers reported that "kids are taking care of kids, and there's inadequate food, water and sanitation". They reported that the children weren't sleeping in beds but on the concrete floor with only foil blankets.
The first reported COVID-19 case in the Philippines was on January 30, 2020, [287] prompting Duterte to issue bans on the entry of Chinese nationals from China [288] [289] and calling for calm. [290] Duterte changed his tune in March, during which he placed the Philippines under a State of National Calamity [291] and ordered a lockdown in Luzon ...
mandating the President of the Philippines as the Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines: 17 May 1974: Pres. Ferdinand Marcos G.R. No. 80767: Boy Scouts of the Philippines v. National Labor Relations Commission: declaring the BSP a Government-Owned or Controlled Corporation and a government instrumentality: 22 April 1991: Supreme Court