• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental held its 37th inaugural session yesterday and approved a resolution granting an authority for the presiding officer, Vice Governor Jose Benito Alonso, to appoint the chairpersons of the 30 standing committees.
First District Board Member Marxlen de la Cruz was designated as the chairperson of the committees on budget and finance, trade industry and commerce, and ways and means; First District Board Member Araceli Somosa – health and social services and human resources; Second District Board Member Sixto Guanzon – laws, rules and ordinances, internal ethics and discipline, and transportation, and public utilities; Second District Board Member Christopher Marañon – tourism, history, culture and arts;
Third District Board Member Hope Marey Depasucat – oversight; Third District Board Member Andrew Montelibano – agriculture, environment, and games and amusement;
Fourth District Board Member Paula Alonso – public works and land use and government enterprise and privatization; Fourth District Board Member Nicholas Yulo – investment and promotions and international relations; Fifth District Board Member Rita Gatuslao – women, family welfare and Negros child, education, senior citizens, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples; Fifth District Board Member Hadji Trojillo – human rights; Sixth District Board Member Ralph Alvarez – disaster preparedness; and Sixth District Board Member Jeffrey Tubola – cooperatives and labor and employment;
Board Member Julius Martin Asistio – information and communications technology; Board Member Richard Julius Sablan – barangay affairs, peace and order, good government and accountability; and Board Member Mayvelyn Madrid – youth and sports and government assets.
The SP also approved the designations of Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II and Provincial Legal Officer Alberto Nellas Jr. | GB
