The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on Tuesday, July 8, approved the reappointment of the provincial administrator and provincial legal officer, alongside the appointment of chairpersons for the various provincial board committees.
During its inaugural session, presided over by Vice Governor Jose Benito Alonso, the SP granted Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson’s request for the reappointment of Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz and Provincial Legal Officer Alberto Nellas Jr.
The following committee chairpersons were also approved:
• FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: Andrew Gerard Montelibano
• BARANGAY AFFAIRS: Richard Julius Sablan
• COOPERATIVES: Jeffrey Tubola
• DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Genaro G. Alvarez
• EDUCATION: Rita Angela S. Gatuslao
• ENERGY, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION: Sixto Teofilo Roxas Guanzon Jr.
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: Andrew Gerard L. Montelibano
• INTERNAL ETHICS, PRIVILEGES & DISCIPLINE: Sixto Teofilo Roxas Guanzon Jr.
• APPROPRIATIONS, BUDGET, FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS: Lawrence Marxlen Dela Cruz
• GAMES AND AMUSEMENT: Andrew Gerard Montelibano
• GOOD GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY: Richard Julius Sablan
• GOVERNMENT ASSETS: Mayvelyn Madrid
• GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE AND PRIVATIZATION: Patricia Paula Alonso-Valderrama
• HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES: Araceli Somosa
• HISTORY, ARTS AND CULTURE: Arthur Christopher Marañon
• HUMAN RESOURCE: Araceli Somosa
• HUMAN RIGHTS: Hadji Trojillo
• INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY: Julius Asistio
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Nicholas Yulo
• INVESTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS: Nicholas Yulo
• LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT: Jeffrey Tubola
• OVERSIGHT: Hope Marey Depasucat-Sazon
• PEACE AND ORDER: Richard Julius Sablan
• PUBLIC WORKS, HOUSING AND LAND USE: Patricia Paula Alonso
• RULES, LAW AND ORDINANCES: Sixto Teofilo Guanzon Jr.
• SENIOR CITIZENS, PWD, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: Rita Angela Gatuslao
• TOURISM: Arthur Christopher Marañon
• TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE: Nicholas Yulo
• WOMEN, FAMILY WELFARE AND THE NEGROS CHILD: Rita Angela Gatuslao
• YOUTH AND SPORTS: Mayvelyn Madrid
Meanwhile, re-appointed Executive Assistants to the Governor Charina Magallanes-Tan, Marie June Castro and Roy Plagata, and Private Secretary II Armie Ramirez took their oaths of office before Lacson Tuesday afternoon.*