Nancy Binay

The Honourable
Nancy Binay
Binay in 2018
Senator of the Philippines
Assumed office
June 30, 2013
Chair of the Philippine Senate
Cultural Communities Committee
Assumed office
July 25, 2016
Preceded by Loren Legarda
Chair of the Philippine Senate
Tourism Committee
Assumed office
July 25, 2016
Preceded by Lito Lapid
Personal details
Born Maria Lourdes Nancy Sombillo Binay[1]
(1973-05-12) May 12, 1973
Makati, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party United Nationalist Alliance
PDP-Laban (2012–2014)
Relations Abigail Binay (sister)
Junjun Binay (brother)
Parents Jejomar Binay (father)
Elenita Binay (mother)
Residence Makati
Alma mater University of the Philippines-Diliman
Occupation Politician

Maria Lourdes Nancy Sombillo Binay-Angeles[1] (born May 12, 1973)[2] is a Filipino politician. She ran as a candidate of the 2013 Philippine Senate elections, placing fifth. She ascended as senator of the 16th Congress in 2013 and the 17th Congress in 2016.[3][4]

Education

Binay pursued her elementary and secondary education at St. Scholastica's College, Manila.[3] She entered the University of the Philippines in June 1991 initially studying culinary arts and later earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Tourism from the University of the Philippines Diliman seven years later graduating in 1997.[3][5][6]

Political career

Nancy Binay is the eldest daughter of the former Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar C. Binay [5][6][7][8] and Dr. Elenita Binay. Nancy Binay is also the older sister of Abigail Binay, the current mayor of Makati, and Jejomar Binay, Jr.e, former mayor of Makati.[1][5]

Between 1998 and 2001 she performed administrative duties as personal assistant to her mother,[6][8] liaising between the Mayor's office and other governmental departments and offices as well as with the private sector. From 2010 she has been functioning as personal assistant to her father,[1][5][6][8] who is the Vice President at the time. In this role she liaises between the Office of the Vice President and the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, as well as with other local government offices. In 2012, she was listed as one of the top 20 potential senatorial candidates for the UNA.[3]

Senate

On October 5, 2012 Binay replaced Joey de Venecia to run for senator for the 2013 elections.[1][5][6][9] De Venecia had earlier withdrawn his candidacy from the UNA's ticket.[10][5] Binay is a member of the same party as her father's coalition, the United Nationalist Alliance[10] for which she was the Deputy Secretary General.[11] Leading up to her selection as a senatorial candidate for the alliance, Binay consistently ranked in the top 12 in the Pulse Asia November 2012 survey which ranked the popularity of potential candidates.[12][13] Binay is a child advocate. The charitable foundations with which she has been involved are geared towards caring for abandoned children and providing educational opportunities for the less fortunate. Her platform for the 2013 Senate elections is on improving the outlook for pregnant women, particularly those of poor economic status, as means of improving infant mortality and health.[14]

Binay has not attended any of the public debates for senatorial candidates, according to Prospero De Vera, "preferring to engage in debate when she's already in the Senate."[15]

She was selected as the 12th senatorial nominee for the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), and later won in the 2013 senatorial race and became a senatorial on the 16th Congress.[16]

16th Congress

Binay won in the 2013 senatorial elections, placing 5th place. She has been criticized for her silence on controversial issues regarding her father from 2013 to 2016, when her father Jejomar Binay, was the vice president of the Philippines, and her opposition to the anti-political dynasty bill as she is part of a political dynasty in Makati City, where her father, mother, and brother have become mayors. During the 16th Congress, she filed 119 bills and 151 resolutions advocating the interests of women and children, the youth, the elderly, and housing for the poor. Among her bills that passed into law were An Act Repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage under Article 251 of the Revised Penal Code (R.A. 10655), Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2015 (R.A. 10659), and An Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability (R.A. 10754). She also sponsored the passage of the Centenarians Act of 2016 (R.A. 10868).[17] She aided in the presidential bid of her father during the 2016 Philippine presidential race. Her father, who initially placed 1st, eventually lost and placed 4th on election day.[18] Binay has been cyber-bullied by numerous Filipino social media comedic accounts due to her fashion sense during the annual SONA and her natural Filipino skin color, to a point that she has been compared with the Black Nazarene. She retaliated stating, 'I was born this way. We should just accept who we are'.[19]

17th Congress

In the 17th Congress, Binay broke her silence and became proactive in controversial issues under the regime of Rodrigo Duterte, surprising many critics. She supported the Anti-discrimination bill based on SOGIE[20] which protected the rights of Filipino LGBT citizens, the Mental Health Act[21] which establishes a nationwide mental health campaign and inputting of mental health education in the Filipino educational system, the Department of Culture bill[22] which aims to establish a holistic culture department, and the Free Higher Education Law[23] which provides free education in all public colleges and universities in the Philippines. She was co-sponsor of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law of 2017 (SB No. 1305) which grants 120-day maternity leave to female workers regardless of civil status, and The Filipino Sign Language Act (SB No. 1455), which declares the Filipino Sign Language as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official sign language of the government in all transactions with the deaf. She also advocated for the Expanded NIPAS Act of 2017 (SB No. 1444) which enlarged the cover of protected areas in the Philippines, the First 1000 Days of Life Bill (SB 1145), and the amendment to the Local Government Act providing for permanent positions to tourism officers (SB 1565). She was against the re-imposition of the death penalty[24], the 1,000 peso budget of the Commission on Human Rights[25], and amending of the 1987 Constitution via a constitutional assembly. Binay favors a constitutional convention over a constitutional assembly. She has criticized the government for its deadly Philippine Drug War which has killed more than 14,000 Filipinos[26], government's Presidential Communications Operations Office and government-hired bloggers which have caused the surge in Filipino fake news,[27] government's biased diplomacy with China, and the entrance of Chinese foreign ships in the Philippine Rise which was allowed by the President and his foreign affairs secretary.[28] The House Speaker threatened senators who were not in favor of a constitutional assembly, nonetheless, Binay stood her ground and urged politicians to implement the Local Government Code effectively first before a constitutional change via constitutional convention can begin.[29] In February, she urged government again to end contractualization, especially within government agencies.[30] In March, Binay criticized the management of Boracay[31], and presidential palace for false alarming statements that caused public panic.[32] She also supported the proposed anti-dynasty bill in the Senate, surprising many as she was against it during her first three years as senator.[33]

Personal life

Nancy Binay is married to Jose Benjamin Angeles,[1] a construction and real estate businessman with whom she has four children. They reside in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nancy Maria Lourdes Nancy Sombillo Binay – 39 – United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Torrevillas, Domini M. (31 January 2013). "Who is Nancy Binay?". The Philippine Star.
  4. ↑ Reyes, Fat (4 October 2012). "UNA names Nancy Binay as 12th Senatorial Candidate". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Quismundo, Tarra (5 October 2012). "Binay eldest daughter UNA's 12th Senate bet". Inquirer News. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Candidate for Senator 2013: Nancy Binay and her profile". Philippine Elections 2013. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Vice President's eldest daughter Nancy Binay-Angeles meets with Governor". Negros Occidental Provincial Government. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 Wenceslao E. Mateo Jr. "Nancy Binay is not just a daughter of the Vice President". The Daily Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "UNA's Nancy Binay: Black is beautiful". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  10. 1 2 Reyes, Fat (5 October 2012). "Binay daughter to continue family's 'dynasty of service'". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Nancy Binay Accidental Candidate". CBS News. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  12. ↑ Macaraig, Ayee (14 December 2012). "Nancy Binay: The accidental candidate". Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  13. ↑ Malig, Jojo (18 December 2013). "Nancy Binay's popularity puzzling: analysts". ABS-CBNNews. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Esguerra, Christian V. (7 April 2013). "Being a Binay not Nancy's only credential". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  15. ↑ Malig, Jojo (May 7, 2013). "Nancy Binay absent in all debates, forums". ABS-CBN News.
  16. ↑ Reyes, Fat (4 October 2012). "UNA names Nancy Binay as 12th Senatorial Candidate". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  17. ↑ https://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/binay_nancy_bio.asp
  18. ↑ https://www.rappler.com/nation/169295-jejomar-binay-one-year-after-2016-elections
  19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyewbK35myI
  20. ↑ https://www.rappler.com/nation/156139-lgbt-anti-discrimination-bill-senate-plenary
  21. ↑ https://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-1354
  22. ↑ https://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-1528
  23. ↑ http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/philippines/philippines-tuition-free-education-in-state-universities-signed-into-law-1.2068781
  24. ↑ http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/04/27/1694350/death-penalty-dead-senate-drilon
  25. ↑ https://www.rappler.com/nation/182002-senators-hit-house-restore-chr-1k-budget
  26. ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/923980/war-on-drugs-senator-nancy-binay-caloocan-police-anti-drug-operation-kian-loyd-delos-santos
  27. ↑ https://www.rappler.com/nation/184264-nancy-binay-choose-mocha-uson-blogger-asec
  28. ↑ http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/963475/sen-binay-wants-transparency-in-chinas-benham-maritime-research
  29. ↑ http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/640260/senate-leaders-downplay-alvarez-s-call-not-to-elect-senators-against-federalism/story/
  30. ↑ http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/content/641881/senator-binay-calls-on-gov-t-to-end-contractualization-among-agencies/story/
  31. ↑ https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/03/16/1797348/nancy-binay-alarmed-over-1-year-boracay-closure
  32. ↑ https://www.philstar.com/nation/2018/03/20/1798672/suspension-classes-sans-transport-strike-met-confusion-skepticism
  33. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/officialkikopangilinan/photos/a.10152938930103200.1073741864.48622973199/10156289627653200/?type=3
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