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The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is an energy company created on November 9, 1973, as a government-owned and controlled corporation founded during President Ferdinand Marcos ' era to supply oil to the Philippines. Since then, its charter has been amended several times to include exploration, exploitation and development of all energy ...
Rodrigo Duterte assumed office as President of the Philippines on June 30, 2016, and his term ended on June 30, 2022. On May 31, 2016, a few weeks before his presidential inauguration, Duterte named his Cabinet members, which comprised a diverse selection of former military generals, childhood friends, classmates, and leftists.
Raymond Democrito Cañete Mendoza (born July 7, 1962) is a Filipino lawyer, politician and labor leader, serving as the representative of the Trade Union Congress Party since 2009 and is currently one of the Deputy Speakers in the House of Representatives. Since 2016, [1] [2] he serves as the President of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines ...
Petron Corporation is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, [4] supplying more than a third of the country's oil requirements. It operates a refinery in Limay, Bataan with a rated capacity of 180,000 barrels per day (29,000 m 3 /d). From the refinery, Petron moves its products mainly by sea to 32 depots and ...
Diokno is the son of Taaleños Leodegario Badillo Diokno (lived from c. 1898-August 24, 1982) and Loreta Estoista, Leodegario's second wife after the passing of his first spouse. Benjamin Diokno was born on March 31, 1948, in Taal, Batangas. His oldest brother Bayani Diokno (1943–2018), became a member of the US Navy for nearly three decades.
A.B. and LL.B., University of the Philippines, 1952 (Photo from U.P.’s Philippinensian 1952 yearbook) Catalino Tiacho Macaraig Jr. (November 5, 1927 – November 16, 2003 [citation needed]) was a Filipino politician who was the longest-serving (from September 17, 1987, to December 14, 1990) Executive Secretary of President Corazon C. Aquino .
The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would take action against what he called dangerous attacks by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South ...
After the election of his close associate Fidel V. Ramos as president in 1992, Manglapus lowered his political profile, while retaining powerful positions such as chairman of the Philippine National Oil Company and the Lakas-National Union of Christian Democrats (NUCD), Ramos' political party. Manglapus had established the Christian Democratic ...