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Gwendolyn Ecleo-Pols | |
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![]() Gwen Ecleo, Mayor of Dinagat, Dinagat Islands from 2004-2013 | |
Mayor of Dinagat Township | |
In office 2004–2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gwendolyn Buray Ecleo [1] August 25, 1974 Dinagat, Dinagat Islands, Philippines |
Political party | Nacionalista |
Spouse(s) | Terence David Pols Baltazar Robert Durano |
Alma mater | Centro Escolar University |
Gwendolyn Buray Ecleo-Pols (born August 25, 1974) is a Filipino politician and Mayor of Dinagat, Dinagat Islands, Philippines, since May 2004 until 2013. She also serves in various capacities as an official of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated (PBMA, INC.), widely considered a cult based on its practices. [2]
Ecleo is the youngest daughter of the late Supreme President of P.B.M.A and the former longest running Mayor of Dinagat Islands, Ruben Edera Ecleo, Sr. and Glenda B. Ecleo, the former Congresswoman who served as the second Governor of the province of Dinagat Islands.
As for her primary education, Ecleo went to Saint Theresa's College of Cebu City, in Cebu City. She went to high school in La Consolacion College Manila and continued her studies in Don Jose Ecleo Memorial Foundation and graduated in the year 1990. She attended college and graduated in Centro Escolar University with a degree in Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) in the year 2001.
In 2004, Gwendolyn Ecleo ran for and won the Mayor's position in Dinagat, Dinagat Islands to replace her brother, Allan B. Ecleo I, who became the Mayor of Basilisa, Dinagat Islands, and now a congressman of the province's lone congressional district.
In her 3rd term as mayor, Ecleo progressed on a lot of projects specifically on these guided terms which she developed: H-EALTH, E-DUCATION, L-IVELIHOOD, P-ROTECTION TO ENVIRONMENT, !-NFRASTRUCTURE (H.E.L.P ! Pangga Dinagat).
She was also elected national auditor of the Philippines International Sisterhood and Twinning Association (PHISTA).
In 2013, she was succeeded by her son, Mayor Craig Ecleo.
All these projects were honored by the Local Government Unit (LGU)
As projects were in progress, honorary titles were awarded as:
The finished and ongoing projects with the strict implementation of NG and COA:
Health & Education: Water system, Brgy. Health stations, Classrooms, 100 HS Scholarship, Dispersal, Philhealth, Free hospitalization, Operation bukol (care of Gov. Glenda B. Ecleo), Ambulance, Medicines, ZERO waste management, Free circumcision & immunization, 1 town, 1 scholar
Livelihood: carabaos, goats, pigs, fish sanctuary, sea weeds, lapu-lapu, lobsters, crab production, banig & dinagat hat souvenirs, mariculture, cold-storage, rice production
Protection to environment: Fruit trees & plant a tree program, Patrol boat for illegal fishing, Patrol car for crime watch, beautification, post-harvest facilities, solar drier
Infrastructure: Brgy. Hall, Kalahi, Gymnasium, Housing, Road w/ drainage, bridge, Library hub, Botica sa Brgy., Sea wall, New Police Station, farm to market road, road widening & maintenance.
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