Yahoo! Philippines released a list of the top 10 newsmakers of 2012 and here are the 10 people in the field of politics who made it.
Ronald Llamas
The prominent Filipino activist and the current political adviser of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, was caught buying pirated DVD in January this year.
Iggy Arroyo
The late Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio Arroyo died due to liver ailment in London in February.
Renato Corona
The former Supreme Court Chief Justice was the first official to be impeached in May.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
The former president and the current Pampanga Representative’s arrest, hospitalization and failed attempts to seek medication abroad made her one of the top newsmakers of the year.
Jesse Robredo
The interior minister in President Aquino’s cabinet died in plane crash in August.
Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
He was accused of plagiarism during Reproductive Health Bill Debates in September.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
He was accused of working for Beijing in the dispute between the Philippines and China over Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno
He became one of the Top 10 newsmakers on Yahoo! for being the youngest appointed SC chief justice in September.
Peace panel chair Marvic Leonen
The chief negotiator signed the framework agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in October.
Juan Ponce Enrile
The Senate president who led impeachment of the former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.
