Leyte Provincial Board

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.

Leyte Provincial Board

  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte (Waray)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte (Cebuano)
  • Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Leyte (Filipino)
11th Leyte Provincial Board
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Leonardo M. Javier Jr., NPC
since 30 June 2022
Majority Floor Leader
Carlo P. Loreto, NPC
Minority Floor Leader
none
Structure
Seats13 board members
1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups
  PDP–Laban (8)
  Liberal (1)
  NUP (1)
  Independent (1)
  Nonpartisan (2)
CommitteesSee Committees
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityLocal Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Last election
May 9, 2022
Next election
May 5, 2025
Meeting place
Session Hall, Legislative Building
Leyte Provincial Capitol
Tacloban City, Philippines

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

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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
2019–2022 2 2 2 2 2 3 13
2022-Present 2 2 2 2 2 3 13

Current members

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Vice Governor

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  • Leonardo M. Javier Jr., NPC - Presiding Officer

District Board Members

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District Name Party Term Notes
1st Ronnan Christian M. Resposar Liberal 1
1st Wilson S. Uy NPC 1
2nd Trinidad Apostol NPC 3
2nd Raissa Villasin NPC 2
3rd Marie Kathryn V. Kabigting NUP 1
3rd Ma. Corazon Remandaban PDP–Laban 3
4th Flaviano C. Centino Jr. NUP 1
4th Vincent L. Rama PDP–Laban 1
5th Michael L. Cari NPC 1
5th Carlo P. Loreto NPC 1

Ex officio Board Members

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Name Provincial Federation
Ma. Martina L. Gimenez League of Barangays of the Philippines
Carmen L. Cari Philippine Councilors' League
MJ Luinly D. Lumen Sangguniang Kabataan

List of members

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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 did not serve as an ex officio member of the Provincial Board until 2019.[2][3]

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

Vice Governor

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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–Kampi
2013 Carlo Loreto Liberal
2016
2019 PDP–Laban
2022 Leonardo Javier Jr. 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.[4]

1st District (excludes Tacloban City)

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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)
2022 Ronnan Christian Reposar
(Liberal)
Wilson Uy
(PDP–Laban)

2nd District

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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)
2022 Trinidad Apostol
(PDP-Laban)
Raissa Villasin
(PDP-Laban)

3rd District

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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)
2022 Marie Kathryn V. Kabigting
(NUP)
Ma. Corazon Remandaban
(PDP-Laban)

4th District (excludes Ormoc City)

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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)
2022 Flaviano C. Centino Jr.
(PDP–Laban)
Vincent L. Rama
(PDP–Laban)

5th District

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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)
2022 Michael L. Cari
(PDP-Laban)
Carlo P. Loreto
(PDP-Laban)
^1 Cayunda vacated the post after being appointed Vice Governor in November 2012.[4]

Ex officio members

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Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation

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Election
year
Name
2004 Wilson Uy1
2007
2010 Wilson Uy2
2013
2016
2019 Edwin Faller3
Chiqui Ruth Uy
2022 Carmen L. Cari
^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

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Election
year
Name
2004 Enrico Albao
2007
2010 Margarita Cari
2013 Margarita Cari1
Edwin Faller
Nolie Caña2
2018 Nolie Caña
2023 Ma. Martina L. Gimenez
^1 Died in office, October 12, 2014.[5]
^2 Replaced Faller as LnBP Provincial President when Faller became a Sangguniang Bayan Member for Hilongos, Leyte in 2016.

Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation

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Election
year
Name
2004 Gretchen Nirza
2007 Brent Gerard Daya
2010 Kim Roger Serdoncillo
2018 Jo Vanille Chua
2023 MJ Luinly D. Lumen

Committees

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Committee Chair[6]
Blue Ribbon TBD
Agriculture TBD
Appointments TBD
Banking and Financial Institutions TBD
Barangay Affairs and Community Development TBD
Boundary Disputes TBD
Budget Management and Appropriations TBD
Cooperatives and Accreditations TBD
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management TBD
Education TBD
Energy, Science and Technology TBD
Environment and Natural Resources TBD
Federalism Reform and Governance TBD
Finance and Economic Enterprise Development TBD
Games and Amusement TBD
Health and Sanitation TBD
Heritage, Culture and the Arts TBD
Housing, Land Use and Informal Settlers TBD
Human Rights and Justice TBD
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and New Media Development TBD
Labor and Employment TBD
Prisons and Jail Management TBD
Public Information TBD
Public Order, Human Rights and Protective Services TBD
Public Utilities TBD
Rules, Laws and Privileges TBD
Senior Citizens TBD
Social Services TBD
Tourism, Trade and International Relations TBD
Trade, Investments and Economic Affairs TBD
Ways and Means TBD
Women, Children and Family Welfare TBD
Youth and Sports Development TBD

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. ^ Amazona, Roel (2019-07-06). "Leyte provincial board organizes various committees" (PDF). Leyte Samar Daily Express. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
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