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Leyte Provincial Board
The Leyte Provincial Board ( war, Sangguniang Panlalawigan han Leyte}, ceb, 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. The districts used in appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Leyte. District apportionment Current members Vice Governor *Leonardo M. Javier Jr., PDP–Laban - ''Presiding Officer'' District Board Members ''Ex officio'' Board Members 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PDP–Laban
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (), abbreviated as PDP–Laban, is a democratic socialist List of political parties in the Philippines, political party in the Philippines founded in 1982. It was part of the country's ruling party alliance from 1986 to 1992 under the Presidency of Corazon Aquino, administration of Corazon Aquino and the country's ruling party from 2016 to 2022 under the Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, administration of Rodrigo Duterte. History First major era (1983–1988) The party now known as PDP–Laban is the result of a merger between the ''Partido Demokratiko Pilipino'' and Lakas ng Bayan. Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) was founded on February 6, 1982, in Cebu City by Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel Jr. and a group of protesters against the authoritarian government of Ferdinand Marcos, the List of presidents of the Philippines, 10th president of the Philippines, and his ruling party, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plurality-at-large Voting
Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non- proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The usual result where the candidates divide into parties is that the most popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected in a seemingly landslide victory. The term "plurality at-large" is in common usage in elections for representative members of a body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association). Where the system is used in a territory divided into multi-member electoral districts the system is commonly referred to as "block voting" or the "bloc vote". These systems are usually based on a single round of voting, but can also be used in the runoffs of majority-at-large voting, as in some local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alangalang, Leyte
Alangalang (IPA: Help:IPA/Tagalog, [ʔɐlɐŋ'ʔalɐŋ]), officially the Municipality of Alangalang ( war, Bungto han Alangalang; ceb, Lungsod sa Alangalang; tl, Bayan ng Alangalang), is a 2nd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Leyte (province), Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,185 people. It is a landlocked town with an area of 151 km2. It is bounded on the north by Barugo, Leyte, Barugo and San Miguel, Leyte, San Miguel, on the south by Pastrana, Leyte, Pastrana, on the north-east by Tacloban City, on the east by Santa Fe, Leyte, Santa Fe and on the west by Jaro, Leyte, Jaro. On the way to Carigara, Leyte, Carigara is a steel bridge spanning the Mainit River. There was a time when only footpaths existed and the river was far too wide for a leap and too deep to wade in, travelers were undecided what to do. Hence the name Alangalang was given to the town, from the vernacular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of The Philippines
A municipality ( tl, bayan/munisipalidad; hil, banwa; ceb, lungsod/munisipalidad/munisipyo; pag, baley; pam, balen/balayan; bcl, banwaan; war, bungto/munisipyo; ilo, ili) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines. It is distinct from ''city'', which is a different category of local government unit. Provinces of the Philippines are divided into cities and municipalities, which in turn, are divided into barangays (formerly barrios) – ''villages''. , there are 1,488 municipalities across the country. A municipality is the official term for, and the official local equivalent of, a town, the latter being its archaic term and in all of its literal local translations including Filipino. Both terms are interchangeable. A municipal district is a now-defunct local government unit; previously certain areas were created first as municipal districts before they were converted into municipalities. History The era of the formation of municipalities in the Philippines sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of The Philippines
A city ( fil, lungsod/siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities ( fil, nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies their administrative structure and powers. As of December 17, 2022, there are 148 cities. A city is entitled to at least one representative in the House of Representatives if its population reaches 250,000. Cities are allowed to use a common seal. As corporate entities, cities have the power to take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property for its general interests, condemn private property for public use (eminent domain), contract and be contracted with, sue and exercise all the powers conferred to it by Congress. Only an Act of Congress can create or amend a city charter, and with this city charter Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of Energy (Philippines) ...
The secretary of energy (Filipino: ''Kalihim ng Enerhiya'') is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Energy. List of secretaries of energy References External linksDOE website {{DEFAULTSORT:Secretary of Energy (Philippines) Energy Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jericho Petilla
Carlos Jericho "Icot" Loreto Petilla is a Filipino politician. He ran as a senator in the Philippines under the Liberal Party (LP) during the 2016 General Elections in the Philippines. He is also a former Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines. He is currently serving as Governor of the Province of Leyte since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2012 before joining the cabinet of President Benigno Aquino III. Early life Petilla finished his Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering at the Ateneo. He also attended the same school during his high school days. After finishing college, Petilla became a college instructor and taught Computer Programming subjects in Ateneo de Manila University for five years. He also became an IT consultant to various multinational companies. His business interests included the International Data Conversion Solution Inc. based in Mandaluyong and Accudata, Inc. based in Tacloban City where he is both President and Chief Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Loreto
Atty. Carlo Petilla Loreto (born October 6, 1971) is the former vice governor of Leyte from 2013 until 2022. He is a lawyer by profession and is an advocate of environmental and humanitarian concerns. He is also the national vice-president in the League of Vice-Governors of the Philippines (LVGP) for Visayas. He is the former national president in the Provincial Board Members League of the Philippines and national secretary general of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NYML). He also holds various positions in different organizations and committees. Early life and academic background Loreto was born on October 6, 1971. His father, Jose V. Loreto, was a former provincial board member in Leyte while his mother, Asuncion E. Petilla-Loreto, is one of the board of directors in the Philippine Postal Corporation at present. His younger sister, Janette Petilla Loreto – Garin, served as secretary of the Philippine Department of Health (DOH), and was once a representative for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Philippine Barangay And Sangguniang Kabataan Elections
Barangay elections in the Philippines were held on May 14, 2018. The election shall elect the '' Punong Barangay'', more commonly known as barangay captains, and members of the ''Sangguniang Barangay'', or barangay council, in 41,948 barangays (villages) throughout the country whose terms start on June 30, 2018. Barangays are the smallest local government unit in the Philippines. Elections for the reformed Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils) will also be held at the same time. This shall be the first SK elections since 2010. Originally scheduled for October 2016, these elections supposedly concluded the 2016 election cycle that started in May with the election of the Philippine president, the members of Philippine Congress and provincial, city and municipal officials. It was then postponed to October 2017, then was postponed further to May 2018. There were attempts to postpone it further, but Congress ran out of time to pass a law to postpone the elections further. Upon t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Barangay Captains
The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays in the Philippines) and the Asosasyon ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay (Association of Barangay Captains) or ABC are formal organizations of all the barangays in the Philippines. Presently, almost 42,000 barangays are part of this organization, making it the association of Philippine local government units with the largest membership. The current association is just the latest form of an organization that has been known by various names in the past, such as the Barrio Lieutenants’ Association of the Philippines (BLAP), the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC), and the Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Barangay (PKB). Each barangay is represented in the League by their '' Punong Barangay'' (Barangay Chairman/Head/Captain). In case of his absence or incapacity, a ''sanggunian'' member of the barangay shall be its representative after being elected for this purpose by its members. History The Liga ng mga Barangay began with the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangguniang Kabataan
Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; ) is a council meant to represent the youth in each barangay in the Philippines. It was put "on hold", but not quite abolished, prior to the 2013 barangay elections. In January 2016, the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act was signed into law which made some significant changes to the SK and initially scheduled new elections for October 2016. In March 2017, the elections were postponed anew to May 2018. The SK Chairman leads the Sangguniang Kabataan. A Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) composed of representatives of different local youth groups supports the SK and its programs. The Sangguniang Kabataan is the successor of the Kabataang Barangay (KB; ) which was abolished by the Local Government Code of 1991. The author, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. abolished KB because of allegations that this organization faced. Function and structure Each Barangay houses a Sangguniang Kabataan composed of a chairman, seven members, a secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Councilors' League
The Philippine Councilors League – or more simply the PCL – is a formal organization of all the municipal and city councilors in the Philippines. Last February 27, 2020, the outgoing national board declared a failure of elections after the automated election system contracted by the organization to conduct the election of its national officers failed. Competing for the top position were councilors Danilo Dayanghirang from Davao City, who was handpicked by President Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ..., and Jesciel Richard Salceda from Polangui, Albay. References External links * {{Facebook , Philcouncilorsleague Philippine local government unit leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
