Lucy Torres-Gomez

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In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Martinez, the birth surname or paternal family name is Torres, and the marital name is Gomez.

The Honorable
Lucy Torres-Gomez
Torres-Gomez in 2019
Mayor of Ormoc
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Vice MayorLeo Locsin Sr. (2022-2025)
Leo Locsin Jr. (2025-present)
Preceded byRichard Gomez
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Leyte’s 4th district
In office
June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2022
Preceded byVacant
Succeeded byRichard Gomez
In office
June 30, 2010 – March 19, 2013
Preceded byEufrocino Codilla Sr.
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
BornLucy Marie Martinez Torres
(1974-12-11) December 11, 1974 (age 51)
Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines[1]
PartyPFP (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations		PDP–Laban (2016–2023)
Liberal (2009–2016)
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
ChildrenJuliana Marie Beatriz T. Gomez
EducationUniversity of the Philippines Visayas / University of the Philippines Cebu (BS)
WebsiteHouse of Representatives
Military career
Allegiance Philippines
Branch Philippine Army
Army Reserve Command
Service years2023–present
RankLieutenant Colonel

Lucy Marie Martinez Torres-Gomez (née Torres; December 11, 1974), is a Filipino actress and politician currently serving as the mayor of Ormoc since 2022. She previously served as the Representative for Leyte's 4th district from June 2010 to March 2013 and from June 2013 to June 2022.[2]

She is married to fellow actor turned politician Richard Gomez, who currently serves as the representative for Leyte's 4th district.[3][4]

Early life and media career

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Torres-Gomez was born on December 11, 1974, in Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines to Manuel "Manoling" Torres Jr. and Julie Martinez, the second of four children. She has an older sister and two younger brothers.[5][6] For primary and secondary school, she attended the Benedictine founded Saint Peter's College in Ormoc.[7] Torres-Gomez later attended the University of the Philippines Cebu (then a college of the University of the Philippines Visayas), from which she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business management.[6]

In 1993, Torres-Gomez shot a TV commercial for Lux Shampoo at Lake Caliraya, Laguna, where she met her future husband, Richard Gomez. Five years later in 1998, the two starred in the ABS-CBN television sitcom Richard Loves Lucy, and married that same year.[3][6][8] Torres-Gomez has also hosted the TV5 reality dance competition show Shall We Dance? and the Q lifestyle show The Sweet Life, and endorses Philippine brands bench/, and Kashieca.[3][9]

Political career

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Torres-Gomez was elected the Representative for Leyte's 4th legislative district as substitute candidate for her husband Richard Gomez on May 10, 2010. Gomez was disqualified by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) due to his lack of one year residency in the district, a requirement of eligibility for office.[10] On March 19, 2013, the Supreme Court, ruled on a protest filed by fellow congressional candidate Eufrocino Codilla Jr., ousting Torres-Gomez from office. The Courts said that she "did not validly substitute" her husband.[11] Her ousting did not affect her re-election bid, and she regained her seat in May of that same year, beating incumbent Ormoc Mayor Eric Codilla.[12] In May 2016, Torres-Gomez was again re-elected as representative, defeating Violeta Codilla.[13]

As congresswoman, Torres-Gomez has principally authored over 100 bills and co-authored 35. She is the chairperson of the House Committee on Disaster Resilience, and the vice chairperson of committees on Tourism, and Women and Gender Equality, and the special committee on Creative Industry and Performing Arts.[2] She voted against the Reproductive Health Bill in December 2012, explaining that the refusal of Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, one of the bill's authors, to include a definition of when human life begins was the "core of my objection to the bill".[14][15] Although she is a Marian devotee, Torres-Gomez voted in favor of a bill reimposing the death penalty in March 2017, reasoning that it was only limited to those who engaged in the illegal drug trade.[15][16]

Torres-Gomez, together with husband Richard Gomez, was a member of the then-ruling Liberal Party during her early political career, but left in June 2016 to join the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) shortly after Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential election.[17]

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020, Torres-Gomez expressed her support for the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, stating that fear of the abuse of law is not a valid reason to reject needed legislation.[18] The bill was signed into law as Republic Act No. 11479 on July 3, 2020.[19] The law's constitutionality was challenged in the Supreme Court by multiple groups and were later declared unconstitutional some parts of thaw law.[20][21]

Controversies

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Torres-Gomez and her husband, representative Richard Gomez of Leyte's 4th district, have been alleged by Albuera, Leyte mayoral candidate Kerwin Espinosa to be connected to an assassination attempt on his life on April 10, 2025.[22][23] In his claim, Espinosa stated that Ormoc police chief Reydante Ariza, a suspect in the incident, would have only answered to the Gomez couple, though he refrained from accusing them outright of instructing Ariza to target him.[23] Gomez has denounced Espinosa's statement, claiming that the assassination attempt on Espinosa was "scripted",[24][25] while Torres-Gomez would later file both a disqualification case and a criminal case against Espinosa for challenging her husband to a gun duel, which she deemed a threat against his life.[26]

Personal life

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Torres-Gomez married actor and Leyte representative Richard Gomez on April 28, 1998 at the Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Ormoc, Leyte.[27] They currently reside in Ormoc, and have one daughter, Juliana Marie Beatriz (b. 2000),[3][28] who graduated cum laude from the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance.[29]

Torres-Gomez is Roman Catholic.[7] She speaks Cebuano, English, and Tagalog.

In 2018, Torres-Gomez was named Most Stylish Woman by Philippine Tatler.[30]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Lucy Torres-Gomez
Year Office Party Votes received Result
Total % P. Swing
2010 Representative (Leyte–4th) Liberal 101,250 56.79% 1st — Won
2013 106,291 53.29% 1st -3.50 Won
2016 137,601 62.50% 1st +9.21 Won
2019 PDP–Laban 178,919 77.77% 1st +15.27 Won
2022 Mayor of Ormoc 73,866 62.28% 1st — Won
2025 PFP 89,123 65.00% 1st +2.72 Won

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2011 Ang Panday 2 Ina Engkantada

Television

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Year Title Role
1998–2001 Richard Loves Lucy Lucy
2003–2004 All About You Host
2004–2007 Bahay Mo Ba 'To? Lucinda
2004–2005 Forever in My Heart Herself
2005–2010 Shall We Dance? Host
2007–2011 The Sweet Life
2007 Mga Mata ni Anghelita Birheng Maria
2010–2011 P.O.5 Host
2010–2013 Talentadong Pinoy Judge
2013 Showbiz Police: Intriga Under Arrest Host
2014 Celebrity Dance Battle

References

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