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	Atty. Carlo P. Loreto, NPC since 17 July 2025
1st Deputy Floor Leader	Ronnan Christian M. Reposar, Liberal since 17 July 2025
2nd Deputy Floor Leader	Raissa J. Villasin, NPC since 17 July 2025
Structure
Seats	13 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	NPC (5)   Liberal (1)   NUP (4)   PFP (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 12, 2025
Next election	May 8, 2028
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
2022-2025	2	2	2	2	2	3	13
2025-Present	2	2	2	2	2	3	13

Current members

12th Sangguniang Panlalawigan (2025-Present)

• Vice Governor: Leonardo M. Javier Jr. (NPC) - Presiding Officer

Seat	Board member		Party	Start of term	End of term	Origin
1st district		Wilson S. Uy	NPC	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Palo
		Ronnan Christian M. Resposar	Liberal	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Palo
2nd district		Raissa J. Villasin	NPC	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028	Barugo
		Mildred Joy P. Que	PFP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028	Dulag
3rd district		Marie Kathryn V. Kabigting	NUP	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Villaba
		Alan P. Ang	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028	San Isidro
4th district		Flaviano C. Centino Jr.	NUP	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Isabel
		Elmer Frederico N. Codilla	NUP	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028	Kananga
5th district		Michael L. Cari	NPC	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Baybay City
		Carlo P. Loreto	NPC	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Baybay City
ABC		Ma. Martina L. Gimenez	Nonpartisan	January 16, 2024	December 31, 2025	Tanauan
PCL		Carmen L. Cari	NPC	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028	Baybay City
SK		MJ Luinly D. Lumen	Nonpartisan		December 31, 2025	Mayorga

Ex officio Board Members

Name	Provincial Federation
Ma. Martina L. Gimenez (Tanauan)	League of Barangays of the Philippines
Carmen L. Cari (Baybay City)	Philippine Councilors' League
MJ Luinly D. Lumen (Mayorga)	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 M. Javier Jr.		PDP–Laban
2025			NPC

^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)
2025		Wilson Uy (NPC)		Ronnan Christian Reposar (Liberal)

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)
2025		Raissa Villasin (NPC)		Mildred Joy P. Que (PFP)

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 E. Remandaban (Liberal)
2019		Anna Veloso-Tuazon (NUP)		Ma. Corazon E. Remandaban (NPC)
2022		Marie Kathryn V. Kabigting (NUP)		Ma. Corazon E. Remandaban (PDP-Laban)
2025				Alan P. Ang (NUP)

4th District (excludes Ormoc City)

• Cities: none
• Municipalities: Albuera, Isabel, Kananga, Matag-ob, Mérida, 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 (PDP–Laban)		Vincent L. Rama (PDP–Laban)
2025		Flaviano C. Centino (NUP)		Elmer Frederico N. Codilla (NUP)

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)
2025		Michael L. Cari (NPC)		Carlo P. Loreto (NPC)

^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
2025

^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	Mildred Joy P. Que
Agriculture	Carlo P. Loreto
Appointments	Carmen L. Cari
Banking and Financial Institutions	Wilson S. Uy
Barangay Affairs and Community Development	Ma. Martina L. Gimenez
Boundary Disputes	Ronnan Christian M. Reposar
Budget Management and Appropriations	Wilson S. Uy
Cooperatives and Accreditations	Ronnan Christian M. Reposar
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management	Carlo P. Loreto
Education	Carlo P. Loreto
Energy, Science and Technology	Elmer Frederico N. Codilla
Environment and Natural Resources	Leonardo M. Javier Jr.
Federalism Reforms and Governance	Mildred Joy P. Que
Finance and Economic Enterprise Development	TBD
Games and Amusement	Michael L. Cari
Health and Sanitation	Raissa J. Villasin
Heritage, Culture and the Arts	Raissa J. Villasin
Housing, Land Use and Informal Settlers	Ronnan Christian M. Reposar
Human Rights and Justice	Mildred Joy P. Que
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)	Elmer Frederico N. Codilla
Labor and Employment	Mildred Joy P. Que
Prisons and Jail Management	Ronnan Christian M. Reposar
Public Information	Carlo P. Loreto
Public Order, Human Rights and Protective Services	Flaviano C. Centino Jr.
Public Utilities	Alan P. Ang
Rules, Laws and Privileges	Ronnan Christian M. Reposar
Senior Citizens	Elmer Frederico N. Codilla
Social Services	Ma. Martina L. Gimenez
Tourism, Trade and International Relations	Marie Kathryn V. Kabigting
Trade, Investments and Economic Affairs	Marie Kathryn V. Kabigting
Ways and Means	Wilson S. Uy
Women, Children and Family Welfare	Raissa J. Villasin
Youth and Sports Development	MJ Luinly D. Lumen

See also

• Leyte
• Legislative districts of Leyte