Experience

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  The Republic of the Philippines House of Representatives

  • Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines

  • Congresswoman, South Cotabato 1st District & General Santos City

    • Nov 2019 - Present
    • Quezon City, National Capital Region, Philippines

    Representative for the 1st District of South Cotabato and General Santos City.Vice Chairperson of the following House of Representatives committees: Special Committee on East ASEAN Growth Area, Committee on Peoples’ Participation, Special Committee on Persons with Disabilities, and Committee on Population and Family Relations.Author of major legislations impacting the district:a. House Bill 5774, Separation of the Lone District of General Santos City from the Province of South Cotabato b. House Bill 6432, Cityhood of Polomolokc. House Bill 6863, Creation of the General Santos City International Airport Authorityd. House Bill 7473 & 7809, Mindanao State University-General Santos City College of Medicine Programe. House Bill 8819, Conversion of Dr. Jorge Royeca Hospital into the General Santos City Medical Centerf. House Bill 8921, TV & Radio Legislative Franchise Grant to Department of Education Region XIICommittee Member for the following committees: Agriculture and Food, Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, Basic Education and Culture, Flagship Programs and Projects, Games and Amusements, Health, Higher and Technical Education, Housing and Urban Development, Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Mindanao Affairs, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, Senior Citizens, Social Services, Tourism, Trade and Industry, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Welfare, and Women and Gender Equality.

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  General Santos City

  • General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines

  • Vice Mayor

    • Jun 2010 - Jun 2019
    • General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines

    9 years of Sanggunian reforms, development push, & cultural heritage conservation.I. MAJOR LOCAL LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTSMandatory Representation of the Indigenous Peoples in the Sangguniang Panlungsod of General Santos City (GSC); Celebration of GSC Blaan Day; Recognizance Program of GSC; Sangguniang Panlungsod Official Website; Creation of GSC Local Youth Development Council; Creation of GSC Culture and Arts Council; Creation of GSC Museum; Creation of GSC Legislative Backstopping Committee; Declaration of Heritage Zones in GSC.II. EXECUTIVE & ADMINISTRATIVE PROFICIENCYGeneral Code of Ordinances of GSC; Institutionalization of Local Recognizance Program of GSC; GSC Sangguniang Panlungsod Legislative Information Tracking System (LITS); GSC Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Website; GSC Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Newsletter; Institutionalization of the “GenSan Hymn”; Technological & Aesthetic Improvements of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of GSC (Paperless Transactions, GenSan SP YouTube Channel & SP Session Livestream, SP CCTV Security); Modernization of the GSC Public Library (Aesthetic Improvements, Free Internet Access & Increased Materials, Establishment of the “GenSan Corner” Museum, KOHA open-source Integrated Library System); Shirlyn Bañas-Nograles’s Biyaheng Barangay Program (Biyaheng Pangkalusugan - health campaign, Biyaheng Pangkabuhayan - livelihood programs, Biyaheng Pang-edukasyon - education and trainings, Biyaheng Pangkalikasan -environmental protection drive; GSC Cultural Mapping Project (in collaboration with Department of Education GSC , resulted into 26 Volumes of Cultural Heritage Data of the City); Recording the Blaan History in GSC (6 volumes of the cultural history of the Indigenous People of General Santos City)

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  Vice Mayor's League of the Philippines Region XII

  • General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines

  • Regional Vice President

    • 2010 - 2016
    • General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines

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  General Santos City

  • General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines

  • City Councilor

    • Jun 2004 - Jun 2007
    • General Santos, Soccsksargen, Philippines

    No. 1 City Councilor. Chairperson of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Committee on Livelihood and Business Enterprises, and Committee on Tourism and Cultural Affairs.As Tourism chairperson, led the recognition of K’laja as a Historical and Cultural Site and Eco-Tourism Site in General Santos City.