Tingog Party List

Tingog Sinirangan (lit. 'Voice of the East'),^[2] also known as the Tingog Party List is a political organization with party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Tingog Party-list Percentage based on the 2022 Philippine general elections

Tingog Party List
President	Glenn Jaro Capucion
Chairman	Mark Roa Gimenez
Founded	October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02)
Headquarters	Tacloban
Ideology	Regionalism
Colors	Blue, Orange
Slogan	Pagbag-o. Paglaum. Pag-uswag. (transl. Change, hope and progress)[1]
Seats in the House of Representatives	2 / 63 (Party-list seats only)
Politics of the Philippines Political parties Elections

Background

Tingog was established on October 2, 2012, as Tingog Leytehon, a provincial political party based in Leyte province. The first chairman of Tingog was Leyte Governor Edgardo Enerlan and Leyte congressman Martin Romualdez. It was accredited on August 19, 2015, by the Commission on Elections as a party-list organization making it eligible to seek party-list representation in the House of Representatives as early as the 2016 elections.^[3]

The Tingog Party List aims to represent the interest of Eastern Visayans.^[4] Although it bills itself as an organization which provides a "regional perspective on national issues". It focuses on issues affecting the countryside or rural areas in general.^[5] "Tingog" came from the Waray word for "voice".^[6]

Tingog fielded Yedda Marie Romualdez, Jude Acidre, Jaime Go, Alexis V. Yu, and Jennifer Padual as its nominees for the 2019 elections. The organization only secured one seat which was filled in by Yedda Marie Romualdez.^[4] She is not a newcomer, having been Leyte's 1st district representative of the then just-concluded 17th Congress.^[7] During the 18th Congress, the Alternative Learning System Act was passed into law. The corresponding bill in the House of Representative, had Romualdez as one of its principal authors and the measure was considered a priority by Tingog.^[8][9]

Tingog took part in the 2022 elections with Romualdez, Acidre, and Karla Estrada, Go, and Yu as its nominees.^[1][10][11] Tingog gathered 886,959 votes, third from ACT-CIS and Rider Partylist during 2022 Elections. Tingog is projected to gain an additional seat.^[4]

Tingog withdrew from the MoU between the DBP and PhilHealth's Rural Hospital Financing Program amid criticism from health activists, finance and civil society groups.^[12]

Electoral performance

Election	Votes	%	Party-list seats
2016	210,552	0.65	0
2019	391,211	1.40	1
2022	886,959	2.41	2

Representatives to Congress

Period	1st Representative	2nd Representative
18th Congress 2019–2022	Yedda Romualdez	—
19th Congress 2022–2025	Yedda Romualdez	Jude Acidre

References

1. "Tingog nominee Yedda Romualdez seeks reelection". Manila Standard. October 9, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
2. "Certified List of Candidates (National) (Philippines) - Party Lists" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
3. "Tingog Party List Profile: What is Tingog?". Manila Standard. February 14, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
4. "Tingog top 3 party-list, gets 2 House seats". Manila Standard. May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
5. "Tingog Party-list ensures countryside concerns will be heard and addressed". SunStar. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
6. Franco, Bernie V. (May 10, 2022). "Karla Estrada ecstatic about party-list win; congratulates Rommel Padilla despite his loss". PEP.ph (in Filipino). Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
7. Gabieta, Joey (May 23, 2019). "2 proclaimed party lists come from Eastern Visayas". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
8. "Romualdezes Hail New Law On ALS". Journal Online. January 5, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
9. Cervantes, Filane Mikee (January 5, 2021). "Alternative learning system law 'a win for marginalized learners'". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
10. "Partylist system needs reforms says Tingog Partylist nominee". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. April 19, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
11. "SRB endorses Tingog Partylist to House of Representatives". Sunstar. March 10, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
12. Flores, Dominique Nicole (December 18, 2024). "Tingog Party-list 'steps back' from rural healthcare financing program". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 17, 2024.