Leyte Provincial Board

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Leyte Provincial Board

  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte  (Waray)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte  (Cebuano)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Leyte  (Filipino)
10th Leyte Provincial Board
Type
Type
Unicameral
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Carlo Loreto, PDP–Laban
since 30 June 2019[1]
Majority Floor Leader
Florante Cayunda, Jr., PFP
since 4 July 2019
Minority Floor Leader
none
Structure
Seats13 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Leyte Provincial Board composition.svg
Political groups
  PDP–Laban (4)
  PFP (4)
  Liberal (1)
  NPC (1)
  NUP (1)
  Nonpartisan (2)
CommitteesSee Committees
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityLocal Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
Next election
Meeting place
Leyte Provincial Capitol 2.JPG
Session Hall, Legislative Building
Leyte Provincial Capitol
Tacloban City, Philippines

The Leyte Provincial Board (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.[2]

The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Leyte.[2]

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
2013–2016 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
2019–present 2 2 2 2 2 3 13

Current members[]

Vice Governor[]

District Board Members[]

District Name Party Term Notes
1st Ranulfo Abellanosa PDP–Laban 3 2nd Deputy Floor Leader
1st Gina Merilo PDP–Laban 3
2nd Trinidad Apostol PFP 2 1st Deputy Floor Leader
2nd Raissa Villasin PFP 1
3rd Anna Veloso-Tuazon NUP 1
3rd Ma. Corazon Remandaban NPC 2
4th Carmen Torres-Rama PDP–Laban 1
4th Mesias Arevalo PDP–Laban 3
5th Florante Cayunda, Jr. PFP 3 Majority Floor Leader
5th Emmanuel Gacis PFP 3

Ex officio Board Members[]

Name Provincial Federation
Nolie Caña League of Barangays of the Philippines
Chiqui Ruth Uy Philippine Councilors' League
Jo Vanille Chua Sangguniang Kabataan

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.[2]

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 did not serve as an ex officio member of the Provincial Board until 2019.[3][4]

After the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the SK provincial chapter president has been seated as an ex officio member of the Provicial Board since 2019.

Vice Governor[]

Election
year		 Name Party
1998 Trinidad Apostol Lakas
2001 Nestor Villasin Lakas
2004 Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya NPC
2007 Liberal
2010 Liberal
Florante Cayunda, Jr.1 Lakas
2013 Carlo Loreto Liberal
2016
2019 Carlo Loreto PDP–Laban
^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.[5]

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)
2016
2019 Gina Merilo
(PDP–Laban) 		Ranulfo Abellanosa
(PDP–Laban)

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)
2016 Trinidad Apostol
(Liberal)
2019 Trinidad Apostol
(PFP) 		Raissa Villasin
(PFP)

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)
2016 Alan Ang
(NUP) 		Ma. Corazon Remandaban
(Liberal)
2019 Anna Veloso-Tuazon
(NUP) 		Ma. Corazon Remandaban
(NPC)

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)
2016 Manuel Vicente Torres
(Liberal)
2019 Carmen Torres-Rama
(PDP–Laban) 		Mesias Arevalo
(PDP–Laban)

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)
2016
2019 Florante Cayunda, Jr.
(PFP) 		Emmanuel Gacis
(PFP)
^1 Cayunda vacated the post after being appointed Vice Governor in November 2012.[5]

Ex officio members[]

Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation[]

Election
year		 Name
2004 Wilson Uy1
2007
2010 Wilson Uy2
2013
2016
2019 Edwin Faller3
Chiqui Ruth Uy
^1 Served in his capacity as councilor from Tacloban City.
^2 Served in his capacity as councilor from Palo, Leyte.
^3 Faller was temporarily seated in his capacity as the Vice-President of the Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation until the election of the League President.

League of Barangays of the Philippines Provincial Federation[]

Election
year		 Name
2004 Enrico Albao
2007
2010 Margarita Cari
2013 Margarita Cari1
Edwin Faller
Nolie Caña2
2018 Nolie Caña
^1 Died in office, October 12, 2014.[6]
^2 Replaced Faller as LnBP Provincial President when Faller became a Sangguniang Bayan Member for Hilongos, Leyte in 2016.

Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation[]

Election
year		 Name
2004 Gretchen Nirza
2007 Brent Gerard Daya
2010 Kim Roger Serdoncillo
2018 Jo Vanille Chua

Committees[]

Committee Chair[7]
Blue Ribbon Carlo Loreto
Agriculture Emmanuel Gacis
Appointments Trinidad Apostol
Banking and Financial Institutions Ma. Corazon Remandaban
Barangay Affairs and Community Development Nolie Caña
Boundary Disputes Anna Veloso-Tuazon
Budget Management and Appropriations Mesias Arevalo
Cooperatives and Accreditations Emmanuel Gacis
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Carlo Loreto
Education Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Energy, Science and Technology Carmen Torres-Rama
Environment and Natural Resources Mesias Arevalo
Federalism Reform and Governance Anna Veloso-Tuazon
Finance and Economic Enterprise Development Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Games and Amusement Mesias Arevalo
Health and Sanitation Raissa Villasin
Heritage, Culture and the Arts Ma. Corazon Remandaban
Housing, Land Use and Informal Settlers Raissa Villasin
Human Rights and Justice Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and New Media Development Raissa Villasin
Labor and Employment Trinidad Apostol
Prisons and Jail Management TBD
Public Information Florante Cayunda, Jr.
Public Order, Human Rights and Protective Services Carlo Loreto
Public Utilities Carmen Torres-Rama
Rules, Laws and Privileges Anna Veloso-Tuazon
Senior Citizens Trinidad Apostol
Social Services Gina Merilo
Tourism, Trade and International Relations Ma. Corazon Remandaban
Trade, Investments and Economic Affairs Raissa Villasin
Ways and Means Anna Veloso-Tuazon
Women, Children and Family Welfare Trinidad Apostol
Youth and Sports Development Jo Vanille Chua

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Amazona; Roel. "Leyte officials take oath, reaffirm alliance with Petillas". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  2. ^ a b c Government of the Republic of the Philippines. "Republic Act No. 7160". Official Gazette. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ Ramos-Araneta, Macon (1 November 2014). "Marcos says SK reforms needed". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. ^ Arcangel, Xianne (1 December 2014). "Proposal to postpone SK polls to October 2016 gets House nod". GMA News Online. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b Gabieta, Joey (5 November 2012). "Petilla formally steps down as Leyte governor". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. ^ Jimenea, Lalaine (14 October 2014). "Leyte PB member, solon's wife passes away". The Freeman. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. ^ Amazona, Roel (2019-07-06). "Leyte provincial board organizes various committees" (PDF). Leyte Samar Daily Express. Retrieved 2020-05-06.

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