The Negros Occidental board members with Govenor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jose Benito Alonso (9th and 8th from left) on Saturday, June 28.*Richard Malihan photo
The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) will hold its inaugural session at the provincial Capitol in Bacolod City on Tuesday, July 8.
Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is expected to deliver his State of the Province Address during the inaugural session.
The SP led by Vice Gov. Jose Benito Alonso has come up with its tentative list of committee chairpersons, which is subject for approval during the inaugural session.
The board members of the 37th Sangguniang Panlalawigan are Marxlen dela Cruz and Araceli Somosa – 1st District, Arthur Christopher “Atoy” Marañon and Sixto “Pal” Guanzon – 2nd District, Andrew Montelibano and Bambi Depasucat – 3rd District, Paula Alonso and Nicholas Yulo – 4th District, Hadji Trojillo and Rita Gatuslao – 5th District, and Ralph Alvarez and Jeffrey Tubola – 6th District.
Dela Cruz, former Don Salvador Benedicto mayor and neophyte board member, is expected to head two of the most powerful SP committees.
The list of committees to be chaired by the following board members are:
Dela Cruz
◦ Finance, Budget, Ways and Means
◦ Trade, Industry and Commerce
Somosa
◦ Health and social services
◦ Human Resource
Guanzon
◦ Laws, Rules and Ordinances
◦ Internal Ethics and Discipline
◦ Energy, Transportation, and Public Utilities
Marañon
◦ Tourism
◦ History, Culture and Arts
Depasucat-Sazon
◦ Oversight
Montelibano
◦ Agriculture
◦ Environment
◦ Games and Amusement
Alonso
◦ Public Works and Land Use
◦ Government Enterprise and Privatization
Yulo
◦ Investments and Promotions
◦ International Relations
Gatuslao
◦ Women, Family Welfare, and the Negros Child
◦ Education
◦ Senior Citizens, PWD, and IP
Trojillo
◦ Human Rights
Alvarez
◦ Disaster preparedness
Tubola
◦ Cooperatives
◦ Labor and Employment
The three other members of the provincial board are Julius Martin Asistio representing the Philippine Councilor’s League, Richard Julius Sablan – Association of Barangay Captains, and Mayvelyn L. Madrid – Sanguniang Kabataan.
They will chair the following committees:
Asistio
◦ ICT
Sablan
◦ Barangay Affairs
◦ Peace and Order
◦ Good government and accountability
Madrid
◦ Youth and Sports
◦ Government Assets*