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	Unicameral
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
Seats	13 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	PDP–Laban (8)   Liberal (1)   NUP (1)   Independent (1)   Nonpartisan (2)
Committees	See Committees
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Multiple non-transferable vote (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members)
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

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

Vice Governor

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

District Board Members

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

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

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

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)

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

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

• 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		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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Philippine Councilors' League Provincial Federation

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

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

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

Committees

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

• Leyte
• Legislative districts of Leyte

References

1. 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. 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.

External links

• Official Website of the Province of Leyte