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48-589: The band was formed in 2001 with Norman Dellosa (vocals, guitars), Paolo Legaspi (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Allen Calixto (drums). They experimented with their music by using classical instruments. To achieve this, they added Anjo Inacay (cellist), Dellosa's high school classmate, to the line-up. In 2002, they guested in UnTV's In the Raw where Anjo asked Jett Ramirez to create string arrangements for their performance. They were joined by other string instrumentalists in

96-616: A 24/7 emergency hotline, and discounts for solo parents and PWDs. Joy also signed a covenant with women leaders of the Quezon City Community Women Leaders’ Federation. This covenant assured adherence to the points of the Quezon City Community Women Leaders’ Federation ten-point agenda, such as having a specialty clinic for women illnesses and mental health and a livelihood training center for women entrepreneurs. She won against her closest rival, then-incumbent 1st District representative Vincent Crisologo , in

144-540: A founding member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and a full member of Liberal International , the Liberal Party advocates the values of " freedom , justice and solidarity ( bayanihan )," as described in the party's values charter. Although this may be deemed theoretically true since the party's founding in 1946, it became more tangible through the party's position of continuing dissent during

192-400: A large margin and was proclaimed the 11th Mayor of Quezon City. On her first months in office, she led road-clearing operations on city roads through the creation of the "Task Force 60 Days" following the 60-day directive to all local executive chiefs given by then president Rodrigo Duterte . Belmonte had also asked for an extension of the deadline, stating that Quezon City is "too large" for

240-476: A potent roadblock to his quest for one-man rule . Led by Ninoy Aquino , Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga , the LP would hound President Marcos on issues like human rights and the curtailment of freedoms . Even after Marcos' declaration of martial law silenced the LP, the party continued to oppose the regime, and many of its leaders and members would be prosecuted and even killed during this time. After democracy

288-530: A representative from Naga City and widow of Jesse Robredo , the DILG secretary who preceded Roxas, as the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates. Robredo won, while Roxas lost. Most of the party's members either switched allegiance to PDP–Laban , joined a supermajority alliance but retained their LP membership (with some defecting later), joined the "recognized minority", or created an opposition bloc called "Magnificent 7". As early as February 2017,

336-494: A seat in one of the chambers, and the second time that a Liberal Party-led coalition suffered a great loss since 1955 . For the 2022 Philippine presidential election , the Liberal Party nominated Leni Robredo and Francis Pangilinan for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively. The party led the Team Robredo-Pangilinan coalition, which included incumbent senator De Lima, other members of

384-518: Is a Filipina politician who has served as the 11th mayor of Quezon City since 2019. A member of the local Serbisyo sa Bayan Party , Belmonte previously served as the vice mayor of Quezon City from 2010 to 2019 under her predecessor, Herbert Bautista . Born Maria Josefina Tanya Go Belmonte on March 15, 1970, in Quezon City . She is the only daughter of journalist Betty Go-Belmonte and lawyer Feliciano Belmonte Jr. , who would later serve as

432-403: Is against extrajudicial killings , any challenge to the rule of law , and curtailments of human rights strictures. The party also aims to form an open government with participatory democracy , positions that have been supported by the party's recent leaders. Senator Leila de Lima , who led an investigation into alleged extrajudicial deaths in the early months of Duterte's war on drugs ,

480-410: The 2010 Philippine presidential election after the latter's death that subsequently showed a groundswell of support for his candidacy. Even though the party had earlier nominated Sen. Manuel "Mar" Roxas II to be its presidential candidate for the 2010 Philippine general election , Roxas gave way to Aquino and instead ran for vice president. The party was able to field new members breaking away from

528-578: The Marcos presidency . Since 2017, the party has opened party membership to the general public and to key sectors of society , aiming to harness a large volunteering base. According to the party, this aims to ostensibly build on "the promise of becoming a true people’s party". The party has declared policies geared toward inclusiveness and people empowerment . It also advocates and supports secure jobs , food , shelter , universal health care , public education access , and other social services , and

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576-542: The People Power Revolution and the establishment of the Fifth Republic . It subsequently served as a senior member of President Corazon Aquino 's UNIDO coalition. Upon Corazon Aquino's death in 2009, the party regained popularity, winning the 2010 Philippine presidential election under Benigno Aquino III and returning it to government to serve from 2010 to 2016. This was the only instance

624-547: The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office . Belmonte denied the accusations and filed a libel case against 11 people including Morato. On February 14, 2018, she announced that she intends to run for the mayoral position of Quezon City in the 2019 local elections . She had agreed to run under the Hugpong ng Pagbabago with incumbent councilor and actor Gian Sotto as her running mate. She

672-525: The Philippines and lockdowns was enforced, the relief goods was distributed in Pasong Tamo , but it was loaded from a garbage truck. Belmonte was later criticized in social media, and some of the personalities who questioned it was comedian Kitkat , and manager Ogie Diaz . But in some barangays were safely loaded in a service van. The city government later denied the issue, and later stated that

720-678: The University of Leicester where she earned her master's degree in Museum Studies. In 1996, she again took up her graduate studies at University College London where she earned her master's degree in Archaeology . For the duration of her masters program, she focused on studying about Southeast Asia and its culture, which led her to take up an internship in Thailand. She became an archeologist, and eventually ended up teaching

768-467: The "Batas QC" was launched, spearheaded by Belmonte. This initiative is the first mobile application in the Philippines to feature local ordinances. Its aim is to raise awareness regarding the rules and the corresponding penalties of non-compliance in order to minimize the violations among the people in the city. In February 2019, Belmonte was accused of graft by Manuel Morato , a former chairman of

816-657: The "Liberal Wing" of the Nacionalista Party . Two more Presidents of the Philippines elected into office came from the LP: Elpidio Quirino and Diosdado Macapagal . Two other presidents came from the ranks of the LP, as former members of the party who later joined the Nacionalistas: Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos . During the days leading to his declaration of martial law , Marcos would find his old party as

864-480: The 1995 elections. In 2024, members of the Liberal Party formed a sectoral wing called Mamamayang Liberal (ML) for the 2025 House of Representatives elections for party-list seats. De Lima, who was released from detainment in November 2023, was selected as ML's first nominee. Former senator and vice presidential candidate Kiko Pangilinan will be the Liberal Party's sole candidate for the senatorial elections. While

912-456: The 9th Mayor of Quezon City , a representative from Quezon City's 4th congressional district , and House Speaker . She has three brothers: Isaac Belmonte, the current head of the editorial board of The Philippine Star , Kevin Belmonte, the vice-chairman of Nuvoland Philippines, and Miguel Belmonte, the current president and CEO of The Philippine Star . Her first cousin, Kit Belmonte, was

960-473: The LP installed Manila Mayor Lito Atienza as the party president, which triggered an LP leadership struggle and party schism. The Supreme Court later proclaimed Drilon the true president of the party, leaving the Atienza wing expelled. The Liberal Party regained influence when it nominated as its next presidential candidate then-Senator Benigno Aquino III, the son of former President Corazon Aquino , for

1008-481: The Liberal Party defines its ideology as social liberalism , the party has often been described as a " centrist " or " liberal " party. Historically, the Liberal Party has been evaluated as a " conservative " party, with an ideology similar to or indistinguishable from the Nacionalista Party 's ideology, until it became the opposition party under the Marcos Sr. Presidency , wherein it became more liberal. Being

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1056-400: The Liberal Party, and several guest candidates from other parties such as Akbayan, as well as independents. Robredo ran as an independent candidate whilst remaining affiliated with Liberal Party. Both candidates lost the election to Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte, respectively, finishing second. No candidate from the Liberal Party won a seat in the senatorial elections, for the first time since

1104-463: The Philippines ( Filipino : Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas ) abbreviated as the LP , is a liberal political party in the Philippines . Founded on January 19, 1946 by Senate President Manuel Roxas , Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino , and former 9th Senatorial District Senator José Avelino from the breakaway liberal wing of the old Nacionalista Party (NP), the Liberal Party remains

1152-500: The band's vocalist. Jett Ramirez left the band, after they released their debut single "Rebound" in 2006. Jason Rondero, vocalist/bassist of indie band New Modern became the band's new bassist when Paolo Legaspi left the band after their successful label debut album called Fuchsiang Pag-ibig , a year after Sarangay joined the band. The band was scheduled to be a performer at the 2023 Pride PH Festival in Quezon City (QC). However,

1200-458: The city's molecular laboratory was built for speedy release of coronavirus test results. The local government had also provided financial aid to employees of high-risk establishments affected by lockdowns, and care kits to closed-care setting facilities grappling with virus outbreaks. Controversies during this period included a chaotic and overcrowded distribution of supplemental aid in April 2021 and

1248-547: The festival organizers and QC Mayor Joy Belmonte made several announcements that the band was dropped from the line-up after its former vocalist Ian Carandang protested their inclusion. In a statement in his social media account, Carandang said that during his time with the band his bandmates made homophobic remarks against him and told him he "needed to go back into the closet if (he) wanted to keep being (the band's) vocalist". Joy Belmonte Joy Belmonte-Alimurung (born Maria Josefina Tanya Go Belmonte ; March 15, 1970)

1296-428: The leaders of the Liberal Party chose to focus on rebuilding the party by inviting sectoral representation of non-politicians in its membership numbers. Since then the party had been inducting new members who were non-politicians, some of whom applied online through the party's website, Liberal.ph. Before the scheduled 2019 general elections , the LP formed Otso Diretso , an electoral coalition of eight candidates for

1344-749: The mandate to be done within the required duration. In September 2019, she ordered to relocate a monument dedicated to former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. at the intersection of Quezon Avenue and Timog Avenue for road-widening with the consent of the Aquino family . Stalls inside the Quezon City Memorial Circle were also dismantled. She also created the "Task Force on Solid Waste Collection, Cleaning, and Disposal Services Management". Belmonte took charge of Quezon City's COVID-19 pandemic response beginning in 2020. Free COVID-19 tests were made available for its residents and workers and

1392-533: The mauling by local officials of a fish vendor that was not wearing a face mask outdoors in 2020. She also gave Quezon City Task Force Disiplina head Rannie Ludovica, who posted a "shoot-to-kill" threat online against quarantine violators, a "second chance" despite calling his statement "appalling." She was re-elected to her second consecutive term in 2022 through a landslide victory , defeating her closest rival, AnaKalusugan party-list representative Mike Defensor . In March 2020, amidst of COVID-19 pandemic in

1440-400: The mayoralty race, and assumed office on June 30, 2010. She was reelected in 2013 and in 2016 . She was also a major backer of the successful 2016 vice presidential campaign of Leni Robredo . On May 10, 2017, Belmonte took oath as a new member of the ruling PDP–Laban , the party of President Rodrigo Duterte , after leaving the Liberal Party. On July 27, Belmonte made headlines when she

1488-453: The party had won the presidency since the end of the Marcos dictatorship, however, as it lost control of the office to Rodrigo Duterte of PDP–Laban in the 2016 presidential election and became the leading opposition party once again. Its vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo won in the same election, however, narrowly beating the second candidate by a small margin. The Liberal Party

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1536-454: The party's principles and how members have adhered to them. Senator De Lima has been fully acquitted of all criminal charges on June 24, 2024, marking the end of her legal battle and detention that lasted over six years. De Lima, a prominent critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte, described the charges as politically motivated to silence her investigations into Duterte's controversial drug war and alleged human rights abuses. In 2019,

1584-478: The post-revolution, liberal-democratic status quo of the Philippines in contrast to authoritarianism , conservatism , and socialism . Aside from presidents, the party has been led by liberal thinkers and progressive politicians including Benigno Aquino Jr. , Jovito Salonga , Raul Daza, Florencio B. Abad Jr., Franklin Drilon , and Mar Roxas . Two of its members, Corazon Aquino and Leila de Lima , have received

1632-402: The prestigious Prize For Freedom , one of the highest international awards for liberal and democratic politicians since 1985 given by Liberal International. The Liberal Party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and Liberal International . The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946 by Manuel Roxas and Elpidio Quirino . It was formed by Roxas from what was once

1680-608: The representative of Quezon City's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2022. She attended Saint Pedro Poveda College for her grade school and high school education, where she became the first student council chairman of the school. She graduated with a Jose Segovia Award for Service and Gerry Roxas Award. In 1992, Belmonte graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. Afterwards, in 1995, she took up her graduate studies in

1728-570: The said episode. Later, Jett Ramirez (violist) and Chino David (violinist) were both asked as formal members of the band. The name Silent Sanctuary was coined by Dellosa. In February 2004, they released an independently produced full-length album in Millennia Bar and Cafe in Kamuning entitled Ellipsis of the Mind . On the same year, Dellosa left the band. Sarkie Sarangay succeeded Dellosa as

1776-456: The second-oldest active political party in the Philippines after the NP, and the oldest continually-active party. The LP served as the governing party of four Philippine presidents: Manuel Roxas , Elpidio Quirino , Diosdado Macapagal , and Benigno Aquino III . As a vocal opposition party to the dictatorship of their former member Ferdinand Marcos Sr. , it reemerged as a major political party after

1824-555: The senate race; led by the party, the coalition field also comprised members of the Magdalo Party-List , Akbayan Citizens Action Party , and Aksyon Demokratiko . None of the eight senatorial candidates under Otso Diretso won a seat, however; it was the first time in the history of the current bicameral composition of the Philippine Congress under the 1987 Constitution that the opposition failed to win

1872-467: The subject in the Philippines. In 2009, Belmonte placed a bid to run for Vice Mayor of Quezon City in 2010 as the running mate of outgoing Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista . She was sworn in as a new member of the Liberal Party in November 2009, alongside her father and Bautista, in support of the presidential run of Senator Benigno Aquino III . She won the elections, with Bautista dominating

1920-531: The then-ruling party Lakas–Kampi–CMD , becoming the largest minority party in Congress. Aquino would later win by plurality, and the LP would become the majority party in Congress. In the 2016 presidential elections, the Liberal Party nominated Mar Roxas, former Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary, and Leni Robredo ,

1968-508: The truck used was only a utility truck. The summit express later tagged it as fake news. Belmonte married Raymond Alimurung, the first Filipino CEO of Lazada Philippines . They have a son. In 2010, she was awarded the Gawad Lingkod Masa Award by Gabriela Women's Party due to her work on protecting and helping out distressed women. On July 8, 2020, Belmonte disclosed that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and

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2016-568: Was a setback for the party, which lost both the Presidency and Vice-Presidency, as well as all of its seats in the Senate, and saw its representation in the House of Representatives reduced. The Liberal Party remains an influential organization in contemporary Philippine politics . With center-left positions on social issues and centrist positions on economic issues, it is commonly associated with

2064-577: Was also among the pioneer members of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas when the party was officially launched in October 2018. Her platform included furthering women's rights, adding closed-circuit television cameras along streets, improving the documentation of public projects, and an intensified anti-drug campaign. The platform was created with the help of 50 experts in multiple fields. Other more concrete points of her platform included child-minding centers , creating homes for abandoned senior citizens,

2112-1244: Was an asymptomatic carrier . As a result, her office and other common areas in the Quezon City Hall were closed for disinfection. On March 29, 2021, Belmonte announced that she had tested positive again and was symptomatic. Caloocan Along Malapitan ( NP ) Manila Honey Lacuna ( Asenso Manileño / Lakas ) Pasay Emi Rubiano ( PFP ) Taguig Lani Cayetano ( NP ) Las Piñas Imelda Aguilar ( NPC ) Marikina Marcelino Teodoro ( NUP ) Pasig Vico Sotto ( Independent ) Valenzuela Wes Gatchalian ( NPC ) Makati Abigail Binay ( MKTZNU / NPC ) Muntinlupa Ruffy Biazon ( One Muntinlupa ) Pateros Ike Ponce ( Aksyon ) Malabon Jeannie Sandoval ( NP ) Navotas John Rey Tiangco ( Navoteño ) Quezon City Joy Belmonte ( SBP ) Mandaluyong Benjamin Abalos ( PFP ) Parañaque Eric Olivarez ( Lakas ) San Juan Francis Zamora ( PFP ) Liberal Party (Philippines) The Liberal Party of

2160-421: Was in-charge as acting mayor during a monsoon because she refused to suspend classes early but still did when the students were stranded already. She predicted that "there would be only light rains" based on a bulletin contrary to what happened. Belmonte said she acknowledges her "shortcomings in this situation", and stated that the residents "'deserve a better leader" because of the incident. On November 6, 2018,

2208-471: Was issued an arrest warrant in 2017 based on charges linked to the New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal , which the party claimed was based on trumped-up charges, labelling the arrest "patently illegal". While on the whole, de Lima's investigation was seen by some pundits as an adversarial investigation that was a strategic mistake, others in the party simply saw it as a call to a review of

2256-625: Was restored after the People Power Revolution , the LP was instrumental in ending more than half a century of US military presence in the Philippines with its campaign in the 1991 senate to reject a new RP-US Bases Treaty. This ironically cost the party dearly, losing for it the elections of 1992 . In 2000, it was in opposition to the Joseph Estrada administration , actively supporting the Resign-Impeach-Oust initiatives that led to People Power II . On March 2 1998, members of

2304-596: Was the political party of the immediate past Vice President of the Philippines . In the 2019 midterm elections , the party remained the primary opposition party of the Philippines, holding three seats in the Senate . The LP was the largest party outside of Rodrigo Duterte's supermajority , holding 18 seats in the House of Representatives after 2019. In local government, the party held two provincial governorships and five vice governorships. The general election of 2022, however,

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