Honey Lacuna

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In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Honrado, the birth surname or paternal family name is Lacuna, and the marital name is Pangan.
The Honorable
Honey Lacuna
Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna flashes one finger up gesture after she got inoculated with the first dose of CoronaVac.jpg
Lacuna following her inoculation with the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
23rd Vice Mayor of Manila
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
MayorJoseph Estrada (2016–2019)
Isko Moreno Domagoso (2019–present)
Preceded byIsko Moreno Domagoso
Director of the Manila Department of Social Welfare
In office
2013–2015
Member of the Manila City Council
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Constituency4th District
Personal details
Born
Maria Shielah Honrado Lacuna

(1965-05-06) May 6, 1965 (age 56)[1][2]
Manila, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Political partyAksyon Demokratiko (2021–present)
Asenso Manileño (local party)
Other political
affiliations		PMP (2013–2019)
Nacionalista (2007–2013)
NUP (2019–2021)
Spouse(s)Arnold Martin Pangan
Children1
Parent(s)Danilo Lacuña
Melanie Honrado
EducationUniversity of Santo Tomas (BS)
De La Salle University – Emilio Aguinaldo College (MD)
OccupationPhysician and politician
ProfessionDermatologist

Maria Sheilah Honrado Lacuna-Pangan (born May 6, 1965), publicly known as Honey Lacuna,[1] is a Filipino physician and politician currently serving as the Vice Mayor of Manila since 2016.

Early life[]

Lacuna-Pangan was born to Danilo Lacuna, a lawyer who would later serve as Councilor (1967–1975) and Vice Mayor of Manila (1988–1992; 1998–2007), and Melanie Honrado, a former Philippine National Bank (PNB) executive.[1][3] She earned a Biology degree at the University of Santo Tomas, passed the physician board examination in 1992, completed her Residency Training in Dermatology at the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from De La Salle University – Emilio Aguinaldo College.[1][3] Soon after taking her residency training for dermatology at the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, she eventually became a Fellow of the Philippine Dermatological Society.[2]

As Doctor[]

A dermatologist by profession, Lacuna worked as a resident physician of the dermatology department of Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center from 1992 to 1995 and as the Public Health Center Physician under the Manila Health Department from 1995 to 2004. As the latter, she was assigned at the Bacood Health Center in Santa Mesa and later at the Tondo Health Center in Tondo. Her father, then Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna, then tasked her to head the medical team of his office's regular medical and dental mission conducted every week in various depressed communities in Manila.[2]

She served the Director of the Social Welfare Department of the city from 2013 to 2015.[1][3] Even as a politician, Lacuna continued her door-to-door visit to patients that she has been doing since before entering politics.

Political career[]

Lacuna then entered politics when she substituted a candidate for councilor in the 4th district of Manila who withdrew from the race ahead of the 2004 city elections. She then won, serving as a Manila City Councilor from the 4th district for three consecutive terms from 2004 to 2013.[1] As councilor, she served in the Minority Whip from 2004 to 2007 and as the chairperson of the Committee on Education, a member of 38 committees, and Majority Floor Leader, the first woman to be named so.[2][3]

Joseph Estrada's (second from right) election campaign rally in Tondo, Manila in 2016 along with Isko Moreno (left), Grace Poe (second from left), and Honey Lacuna (right)

In the 2016 city election, she was chosen as the running mate of the incumbent Mayor Joseph Estrada, who was seeking re-election under Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP);[4] she then won the vice mayoralty race.[5] She became the first woman to be elected vice mayor since the post became an elective position. She was then reelected in 2019, this time as the running mate of her predecessor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, who was running for mayor under Asenso Manileño.[1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she stood as a point person for Moreno in coordinating with the hospital directors of Manila, applying her expertise as a medical doctor that proved to be advantageous.[6]

With Moreno running for president in 2022, Lacuna was nominated by Asenso Manileño to run for mayor in 2022 to succeed him, with Manila's 3rd district representative Yul Servo Nieto as her running mate and vice mayoralty candidate.[7]

Personal life[]

Lacuna is married to Arnold Martin Pangan, a fellow physician who is the Director of the Manila Health Department and a 2013 candidate for Manila councilor from the 4th district.[8] They have one daughter.[3]

Lacuna was diagnosed with COVID-19 in August 2021.[9] She later recovered from the disease in the same month.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Casucian, J. A. C.; Gonzales, K. I. C. (June 30, 2019). "'Door-to-Door' Thomasian Doctor Wins Second Term as Manila Vice Mayor". The Varsitarian. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Cabayan, Itchie (March 22, 2021). "Lacuna excels as Manila's vice mayor". Journal Online. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Vice Mayor". City of Manila. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  4. ^ "5 Politikos Compete for Manila Vice Mayor in 2016". Politiko Luzon. October 9, 2015. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Torres-Tupas, Tetch (May 10, 2016). "Estrada reelected Manila Mayor". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Talabong, Rambo (March 26, 2020). "Fighting coronavirus: How Manila stays ahead of the curve – for now". Rappler. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  7. ^ De Leon, Dwight (September 22, 2021). "Honey Lacuna seeks to succeed Isko Moreno as Manila mayor – sources". Rappler. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "MISMONG si Manila Health Department Director, Dr. Arnold "Poks" Pangan ang nagsimula ng pagbabakuna sa unang senior citizen at healthcare worker". Hataw (in Filipino). March 10, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Moaje, Marita (August 9, 2021). "Manila vice mayor joins list of officials infected with Covid-19". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  10. ^ De Leon, Dwight (August 25, 2021). "Manila Mayor Isko Moreno recovers from COVID-19, leaves hospital". Rappler. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

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