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BY GLENN BEUP
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January 15, 2018
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ROXAS City – Who has the least number of attendance in sessions of the Capiz Provincial Board last year?
Board member Karen Palomar attended only 18 out of 50 regular and special sessions (49 regular sessions and one special session) at the capitol, the least number of attendance last year, according to the accomplishment report of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) for 2017.
Board member Roberto Ignacio followed Palomar’s record with 25 sessions attended. Board members Camilo Robles and Eleuper Martines, on the other hand, attended 32 sessions.
Association of Barangay Councils president Lilia Demalata attended 36 sessions while presiding officer Vice Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras II, 39 sessions.
Board member Blesilda Almalbis and Provincial Councilors League president Elmer Arevalo both recorded 41 attendances.
Board members Enrique Martin and Eduardo Magallanes attended the sessions 41 times while Board member Victor Tanco Jr., 45, and Board member Jonathan Besa, 46.
Board member Jeffry Layo, meanwhile, got a perfect attendance, the report stated.
Palomar told Panay News that she was on sick leave for three months last year.
“I experienced pain throughout my body especially in my spine area due to fibromyalgia,” she explained. “I have always wanted to attend sessions but my doctors advised me to undergo a three-month rehabilitation, which I did.”
Palomar, who is the chairwoman of the SP health committee, said her leave “did not deter me to continue perform my responsibilities as board member.” She added, “I still worked through phone calls, delegating all my civic duties to my staff.”
The Board passed a total of 342 resolutions and 17 ordinances in 2017, according to Board secretary Zoe Herrera.
Alamalbis and Besa authored the most number of passed ordinances with seven each.
Magallanes, on the other hand, authored the most number of resolutions with 79.
Some of the notable ordinances passed last year were Provincial Ordinance No. 4, or “An Ordinance Mandating All Pregnant Women to Deliver at the Birthing Clinic/ Health Facility, Prohibiting of Home Deliveries, Restricting the Practice of Traditional Health Attendants (hilot) and Strictly Imposing New Born Screening on All New Born Babies and Imposing Fees and Penalties thereof,” and Provincial Ordinance No. 6, or “An Ordinance Granting Monetary Incentives for Capiz Athletes, Trainers, Coaches, Excelling in Regional, National and International Athletics Sports Competitions.”
The former ordinance was authored by Besa while the latter, by Arevalo./PN
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