Leyte Provincial Board

Leyte Provincial Board
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte  (Waray-Waray)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte  (Cebuano)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Leyte  (Tagalog)
8th Leyte Provincial Board
Type
Type
Term limits
 3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Carlo Loreto, Liberal
Since 28 June 2013
Majority Floor Leader
Florante Cayunda, Jr., Liberal
Since 2 July 2013
Minority Floor Leader
none
Structure
Seats 10 district board members
2 ex officio board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups
      Liberal Party (10)
Committees See Committees
Length of term
 3 years
Authority Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Plurality-at-large voting
Last election
 May 13, 2013
Next election
 May 9, 2016
Meeting place
Session Hall, Legislative Building
Leyte Provincial Capitol
Tacloban City, Philippines

The Leyte Provincial Board (Waray-Waray: Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte, Cebuano: Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte) is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Leyte.

The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into five legislative districts, each sending two members to the provincial board; the electorate votes for two members, with the two candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.[1]

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Leyte.[1]

District apportionment

Election Year No. of seats per district Ex officio seats Total seats
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
2004–2010 2 2 2 2 2 3 13
2013 2 2 2 2 2 2 12

Current members

Vice Governor

District Board Members

District Name Party Term Notes
1st Ranulfo Abellanosa Liberal 1
1st Gina Merilo Liberal 1
2nd Anlie Apostol Liberal 2 1st Deputy Floor Leader
2nd Niccolo Villasin Liberal 2 2nd Deputy Floor Leader
3rd Alan Ang Liberal 1
3rd Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya Liberal 1
4th Deborah Bertulfo Liberal 3
4th Mesias Arevalo Liberal 1
5th Florante Cayunda, Jr. Liberal 2 Majority Floor Leader
5th Emmanuel Gacis Liberal 1

Ex officio Board Members

Name Provincial Federation
Edwin Faller League of Barangays of the Philippines
Wilson Uy Philippine Councilors' League

List of members

An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains, the Councilors' League, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, Councilors' League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents which shall be their representatives at the board.[1]

However, with the recent controversy regarding the role of the Sangguniang Kabataan and the proposed amendments to the Local Government Code, specifically the Sangguniang Kabataan provisions, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial chapter president does not currently serve as an ex officio member of the Provincial Board.[2][3]

Vice Governor

Election
year 		Name Party
1998 Trinidad Apostol Lakas
2001 Nestor Villasin Lakas
2004 Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya NPC
2007 Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya Liberal
2010 Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya Liberal
Florante Cayunda, Jr.1 Lakas-Kampi
2013 Carlo Loreto Liberal
^1 Cayunda succeeded Bagulaya as Vice-Governor in November 2012 after Bagulaya succeeded Jericho Petilla as Governor, who in turn vacated his gubernatorial post after being appointed Energy Secretary.[4]

1st District (excludes Tacloban City)

Election
year 		Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Evangeline Esperas
(NPC)		 Ma. Lourdes Go-Soco
(Liberal)
2007 Ma. Lourdes Go-Soco
(Lakas-CMD)		 Evangeline Esperas
(Lakas-CMD)
2010 Roque Tiu
(Liberal)		 Ma. Lourdes Go-Soco
(Lakas-Kampi)
2013 Gina Merilo
(Liberal)		 Ranulfo Abellanosa
(Liberal)

2nd District

Election
year 		Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Lesmes Lumen
(NPC)		 Simeon Ongbit, Jr.
(NPC)
2007 Lesmes Lumen
(Lakas-CMD)		 Simeon Ongbit, Jr.
(Lakas-CMD)
2010 Anlie Apostol
(Lakas-Kampi)		 Niccolo Villasin
(Lakas-Kampi)
2013 Anlie Apostol
(Liberal)		 Niccolo Villasin
(Liberal)

3rd District

Election
year 		Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Rowil Batan
(NPC)		 Rolando Piamonte, Sr.
(LDP)
2007 Rowil Batan
(LDP)		 Rolando Piamonte, Sr.
(Lakas-CMD)
2010 Bernard Jonathan Remandaban
(Lakas-Kampi)		 Rolando Piamonte, Sr.
(Lakas-Kampi)
2013 Alan Ang
(Liberal)		 Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya
(Liberal)

4th District (excludes Ormoc City)

Election
year 		Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Herville Pajaron
(Liberal)		 Antonio Jabilles
(NPC)
2007 Antonio Jabilles
(Lakas-CMD)		 Deborah Bertulfo
(Lakas-CMD)
2010 Deborah Bertulfo
(Lakas-Kampi)		 Antonio Jabilles
(Lakas-Kampi)
2013 Deborah Bertulfo
(Liberal)		 Mesias Arevalo
(Liberal)

5th District

Election
year 		Member (party) Member (party)
2004 Carlo Loreto
(NPC)		 Emmanuel Golo
(NPC)
2007 Carlo Loreto
(Lakas-CMD)		 Florante Cayunda, Sr.
(Liberal)
2010 Florante Cayunda, Jr.
(Lakas-Kampi)		 Carlo Loreto
(Lakas-Kampi)
vacant1
2013 Florante Cayunda, Jr.
(Liberal)		 Emmanuel Gacis
(Liberal)
^1 Cayunda vacated the post after being appointed Vice Governor in November 2012.[4]

Ex officio members

Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation

Election
year 		Name
2004 Wilson Uy
2007
2010
2013

League of Barangays of the Philippines Provincial Federation

Election
year 		Name
2004 Enrico Albao
2007
2010 Margarita Cari
2013 Margarita Cari1
Edwin Faller
^1 Died in office, October 12, 2014.[5]

Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation

Election
year 		Name
2004 Gretchen Nirza
2007 Brent Gerard Daya
2010 Kim Roger Serdoncillo

Committees

Committee Chair[6]
Blue Ribbon Niccolo Villasin
Agriculture Emmanuel Gacis
Banking and Financial Industry Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Barangay Affairs Edwin Faller
Boundary Dispute Emmanuel Gacis
Cooperatives and Organizations Deborah Bertulfo
Education Niccolo Villasin
Energy, Science and Technology Anlie Apostol
Environment and Natural Resources Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya
Finance and Appropriations Deborah Bertulfo
Health and Sanitation Anlie Apostol
Heritage, Culture and Arts Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya
Housing Land Use and Informal Settlers Anlie Apostol
Human Rights Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Infrastructure Alan Ang
Labor and Employment Ranulfo Abellanosa
Public Information Ranulfo Abellanosa
Public Order and Protective Services Mesias Arevalo
Public Utilities Wilson Uy
Rules, Laws and Privileges Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Senior Citizens Mesias Arevalo
Social Services Gina Merilo
Tourism and International Relations Ranulfo Abellanosa
Trade, Investments and Economic Affairs Wilson Uy
Ways and Means Alan Ang
Women, Children and Family Affairs Deborah Bertulfo
Youth and Sports Development vacant

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Government of the Republic of the Philippines. "Republic Act No. 7160". Official Gazette. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Ramos-Araneta, Macon (1 November 2014). "Marcos says SK reforms needed". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Arcangel, Xianne (1 December 2014). "Proposal to postpone SK polls to October 2016 gets House nod". GMA News Online. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 Gabieta, Joey (5 November 2012). "Petilla formally steps down as Leyte governor". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Jimenea, Lalaine (14 October 2014). "Leyte PB member, solon's wife passes away". The Freeman. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Leyte SP elects chairs of various committees". Balita. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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