Leyte Provincial Board

Leyte Provincial Board

*Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte* (Waray)
*Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Leyte* (Cebuano)
*Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Leyte* (Filipino)
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 29 June 2019
Majority Floor Leader	Florante Cayunda, Jr., PFP ; since 4 July 2019
Minority Floor Leader	none
Structure
Seats	10 district board members; 3 ex officio board members; 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	PDP–Laban (4); PFP (4); NPC (1); NUP (1);
Committees	See Committees
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large voting
Last election	May 9, 2016
Next election	May 9, 2022
Meeting place
	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
Election Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Ex officio seats	Total seats
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

Carlo Loreto, PDP–Laban - Presiding Officer

District Board Members

District	Name		Party	Term	Notes
1st	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Ranulfo Abellanosa	PDP–Laban	3	2nd Deputy Floor Leader
1st	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Gina Merilo	PDP–Laban	3
2nd	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	Trinidad Apostol	PFP	2	1st Deputy Floor Leader
2nd	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	Raissa Villasin	PFP	1
3rd	bgcolor=Template:National Unity Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Anna Veloso-Tuazon	NUP	1
3rd	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Ma. Corazon Remandaban	NPC	2
4th	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Carmen Torres-Rama	PDP–Laban	1
4th	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Mesias Arevalo	PDP–Laban	3
5th	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	Florante Cayunda, Jr.	PFP	3	Majority Floor Leader
5th	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	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 style="width: 2px; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-NUCD-UMDP" \|	Lakas
2001	Nestor Villasin style="width: 2px; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-NUCD-UMDP" \|	Lakas
2004	Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya style="width: 2px; background-color: #4AA02C;" data-sort-value="Nationalist People's Coalition" \|	NPC
2007 style="width: 2px; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" \|		Liberal
2010 style="width: 2px; background-color: #f0e68c;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" \|		Liberal
	Florante Cayunda, Jr.¹ style="width: 2px; background-color: #B0E0E6;" data-sort-value="Lakas-Kampi-CMD" \|	Lakas–Kampi
2013	Carlo Loreto	rowspan=2 style="width: 5px; background-color: Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (Philippines)" \|	[[Liberal Party (Philippines)\|Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/shortname]]
2016	Carlo Loreto
2019	Carlo Loreto style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan" \|	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)

City: None
Municipalities: Alangalang, Babatngon, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tanauan, Tolosa
Population (2015): 268,942

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Evangeline Esperas (NPC)	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Ma. Lourdes Go-Soco (Liberal)
2007	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Ma. Lourdes Go-Soco (Lakas-CMD)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Evangeline Esperas (Lakas-CMD)
2010	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Roque Tiu (Liberal)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Ma. Lourdes Go-Soco (Lakas-Kampi)
2013	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Gina Merilo (Liberal)	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Ranulfo Abellanosa (Liberal)
2016		Gina Merilo (Liberal)		Ranulfo Abellanosa (Liberal)
2019	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Gina Merilo (PDP–Laban)	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Ranulfo Abellanosa (PDP–Laban)

2nd District

Cities: none
Municipalities: Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dagami, Dulag, Jaro, Julita, La Paz, Macarthur, Mayorga, Pastrana, Tabontabon, Tunga
Population (2015): 406,359

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Lesmes Lumen (NPC)	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Simeon Ongbit, Jr. (NPC)
2007	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Lesmes Lumen (Lakas-CMD)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Simeon Ongbit, Jr. (Lakas-CMD)
2010	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Anlie Apostol (Lakas-Kampi)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Niccolo Villasin (Lakas-Kampi)
2013	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Anlie Apostol (Liberal)	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Niccolo Villasin (Liberal)
2016	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Trinidad Apostol (Liberal)		Niccolo Villasin (Liberal)
2019	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	Trinidad Apostol (PFP)	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	Raissa Villasin (PFP)

3rd District

Cities: none
Municipalities: Calubian, Leyte, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba
Population (2015): 179,594

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Rowil Batan (NPC)	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color\|	Rolando Piamonte, Sr. (LDP)
2007	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color\|	Rowil Batan (LDP)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Rolando Piamonte, Sr. (Lakas-CMD)
2010	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Bernard Jonathan Remandaban (Lakas-Kampi)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Rolando Piamonte, Sr. (Lakas-Kampi)
2013	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Alan Ang (Liberal)	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Ma. Mimietta Bagulaya (Liberal)
2016	bgcolor=Template:National Unity Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Alan Ang (NUP)	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Ma. Corazon Remandaban (Liberal)
2019	bgcolor=Template:National Unity Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Anna Veloso-Tuazon (NUP)	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Ma. Corazon Remandaban (NPC)

4th District (excludes Ormoc City)

Cities: none
Municipalities: Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Merida, Palompon
Population (2015): 256,166

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Herville Pajaron (Liberal)	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Antonio Jabilles (NPC)
2007	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Antonio Jabilles (Lakas-CMD)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Deborah Bertulfo (Lakas-CMD)
2010	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Deborah Bertulfo (Lakas-Kampi)	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Antonio Jabilles (Lakas-Kampi)
2013	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Deborah Bertulfo (Liberal)	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Mesias Arevalo (Liberal)
2016	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Manuel Vicente Torres (Liberal)		Mesias Arevalo (Liberal)
2019	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Carmen Torres-Rama (PDP–Laban)	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Mesias Arevalo (PDP–Laban)

5th District

Cities: Baybay
Municipalities: Abuyog, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan, Javier, Mahaplag, Matalom
Population (2015): 398,587

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)
2004	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Carlo Loreto (NPC)	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color\|	Emmanuel Golo (NPC)
2007	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color\|	Carlo Loreto (Lakas-CMD)	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Florante Cayunda, Sr. (Liberal)
2010	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Florante Cayunda, Jr. (Lakas-Kampi)	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Lakas-Kampi-CMD/meta/color\|	Carlo Loreto (Lakas-Kampi)
2010		vacant¹		Carlo Loreto (Lakas-Kampi)
2013	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Florante Cayunda, Jr. (Liberal)	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Emmanuel Gacis (Liberal)
2016		Florante Cayunda, Jr. (Liberal)		Emmanuel Gacis (Liberal)
2019	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	Florante Cayunda, Jr. (PFP)	bgcolor=Template:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas/meta/color\|	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	Wilson Uy¹
2010	Wilson Uy²
2013
2016
2019	Edwin Faller³
2019	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	Enrico Albao
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

References

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

External links

Official Website of the Province of Leyte

[1] Amazona; Roel. "Leyte officials take oath, reaffirm alliance with Petillas". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-05-06.

[lgc-2] 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.

[petilla-5] 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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District apportionment

Current members

Vice Governor

District Board Members

Ex officio Board Members

List of members

Vice Governor

1st District (excludes Tacloban City)

2nd District

3rd District

4th District (excludes Ormoc City)

5th District

Ex officio members

Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation

League of Barangays of the Philippines Provincial Federation

Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation

Committees

See also

References

External links