Cabuyao City Council

Cabuyao City Council

Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Kabuyaw
Cabuyao City Council ; Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Kabuyaw
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Leif Laiglon A. Opiña, Lakas-CMD
Structure
Seats	12 councilors; (including 2 ex officio members); 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	Aksyon (10);
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Cabuyao City Charter; Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Plurality-at-large voting
Last election	May 9, 2022
Next election	May 12, 2025
Meeting place
	Session Hall of the Cabuyao City Hall
Website
	Official Website of the City of Cabuyao

The Cabuyao City Council (Filipino: Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Kabuyaw) is Cabuyao's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislative body. The council has twelve members which is composed of ten councilors, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen and one presiding officer. The vice-mayor of the city is the presiding officer of the council, who is elected citywide.

The council is responsible for creating laws and ordinances under the city's jurisdiction. The mayor can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds supermajority.

The council meets at the Session Hall of the Cabuyao City Hall for their regular sessions.

Membership

Each of Cabuyao's ten city councilors were elected at large by the voters of the city. In addition, the barangay chairmen and the SK chairmen throughout the city elect amongst themselves their representatives to the council. Hence, there are 12 councilors.

City council elections are synchronized with other elections in the country. Elections are held every first Monday of May every third year since 1992.

Current members

As the presiding officer, Vice Mayor Leif Laiglon A. Opiña (Lakas-CMD) can only vote to break ties.

The parties as stated in the 2022 elections.^[1]

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Leif Laiglon A. Opiña	Lakas
City Councilors	Jaime Onofre D. Battallones	Aksyon
	Richard C. Hain	Aksyon
	Jose Benson G. Aguillo	Aksyon
	Maria Wanda C. Alimagno	Aksyon
	Jose G. Alcabasa	Aksyon
	Gabriel C. Bariring II	Aksyon
	Danna Cozette L. Raymundo	Aksyon
	Emerson L. Devoma	Aksyon
	Sherwin D. Beguico	Aksyon
	Ma. Fe P. Humarang	Aksyon
Ex Officio City Council Member

Past members

2019–2022 membership

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Leif Laiglon A. Opiña	PDP–Laban
City Councilors	Benjamin C. del Rosario	PDP–Laban
	Amelito G. Alimagno	PDP–Laban
	Jaime Onofre R. Batallones	Nacionalista
	Ma. Fe P. Humarang	PDP–Laban
	Jan Christian A. Entredicho	PDP–Laban
	Gabriel C. Bariring II	PDP–Laban
	Maria Wanda C. Alimagno	Nacionalista
	Tito Fortunato A. Caringal II	Nacionalista
	Francis Angelo A. Lopez	PDP–Laban
	Jose G. Alcabasa, Jr.	Nacionalista
Ex Officio City Council Member

2016–2019 membership

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Jose Benson G. Aguillo^[2]	Liberal
City Councilors	Leif Laiglon A. Opiña	Liberal
	Maria Wanda C. Alimagno	Liberal
	Tito Fortunato A. Caringal II	Liberal
	Imelda A. Entredicho	PDP–Laban
	Severiano B. Hain	PDP–Laban
	Kim M. Hain	PDP–Laban
	Richard C. Hain	PDP–Laban
	Jose G. Alcabasa, Jr.	Nacionalista
	Hernani G. Himpisao	Liberal
	Amelito G. Alimagno	Nacionalista

2013–2016 membership

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Rommel A. Gecolea	Nacionalista
City Councilors	Jaime Onofre R. Batallones	Liberal
	Ismael M. Hemedes	Nacionalista
	Leif Laiglon A. Opiña	Liberal
	Richard C. Hain	Nacionalista
	Apolinario B. Hain	Nacionalista
	Tito Fortunato A. Caringal	Liberal
	Benjamin C. del Rosario	Liberal
	Jose Benson G. Aguillo	Liberal
	Amelito G. Alimagno	Liberal
	Imelda A. Entredicho	Nacionalista
Ex Officio City Council Member
ABC President	Severiano B. Hain (Niugan)	Nonpartisan
SKFed President	Jervis R. Himpisao (Mamatid)

Standing Committees

There is a total of twenty seven (27) standing committees in the city council. Each committee is headed and co-headed by a member of the city council.

Committee	Chairperson	Co-Chairperson
Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriation	TBD	TBD
Committee on Women and Family	TBD	TBD
Committee on Human Rights	TBD	TBD
Committee on Youth	TBD	TBD
Committee on Environmental Protection	TBD	TBD
Committee on Cooperatives	TBD	TBD
Committee on Rules and Privileges	TBD	TBD
Committee on Ordinances and Legal Matters	TBD	TBD
Committee on Peace and Order and Public Safety	TBD	TBD
Committee on Transportation and Communications	TBD	TBD
Committee on Health and Demography	TBD	TBD
Committee on Agriculture	TBD	TBD
Committee on Technical and Tertiary Education	TBD	TBD
Committee on Secondary Education	TBD	TBD
Committee on Pre-school and Elementary Education	TBD	TBD
Committee on Good Government, Public Ethics and Accountability	TBD	TBD
Committee on Market and Slaughterhouse	TBD	TBD
Committee on Games and Amusement	TBD	TBD
Committee on Trade, Commerce and Industry	TBD	TBD
Committee on Public Works	TBD	TBD
Committee on Housing and Urban Planning	TBD	TBD
Committee on Barangay Affairs	TBD	TBD
Committee on Social Welfare	TBD	TBD
Committee on Human Resources Development, Labor and Employment	TBD	TBD
Committee on Tourism	TBD	TBD
Committee on Sports	TBD	TBD
Committee on People Empowerment and Accreditation	TBD	TBD

Prominent councilors

Dennis Felipe "DenHa" Hain, city mayor
Leif Laiglon A. Opiña, vice mayor
Benjamin C. del Rosario, former vice mayor
Tutti Caringal, 6 Cycle Mind lead vocalist

References

^ "2019 NLE List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-06.
^ "2016 Certified List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

External links

Official Website of the City of Cabuyao

[1] "2019 NLE List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates" (PDF). Commission on Elections (Philippines). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-06.

[2] "2016 Certified List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

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