Surigao del Norte Provincial Board

Surigao del Norte Provincial Board Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Surigao del Norte
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer	Eddie Gokiangkee, Jr., Nacionalista since June 30, 2019
Structure
Seats	13 board members 1 ex officio presiding officer
Political groups	Nacionalista (5)   Lakas (4)   PFP (1)   Nonpartisan (2)   Vacancy (1)
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Multiple non-transferable vote (regular members) Indirect election (ex officio members)
Last election	May 12, 2025
Next election	May 8, 2028
Meeting place
Surigao del Norte Provincial Capitol, Surigao City

The Surigao del Norte Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Surigao del Norte.

Most of its members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each having five seats. A voter votes up to five names, with the top five candidates per district being elected. The vice governor is the ex officio presiding officer, and only votes to break ties. The vice governor is elected via the plurality voting system province-wide.

Aside from the regular members, the board also includes the provincial federation presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay (ABC, from its old name "Association of Barangay Captains"), the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK, youth councils) and the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) as ex officio members. They join the board shortly after they are elected as president of their respective league or federation following the regular local elections (in the case of PCL) or the barangay and SK elections (in the case of ABC and SK).

Apportionment

The districts used in the appropriation of members is coextensive with the legislative districts of Surigao del Norte.

Elections	Seats per district		Ex officio seats	Total seats
	1st	2nd
1992–1998	4	4	3	11
1998–present	5	5	3	13

List of members

Current members

These are the members after the 2023 barangay and SK elections and the 2025 local elections. ^[1]

The names of regular members are listed in order of their rank in the local election in their respective district.

• Vice Governor: Eddie Gokiangkee, Jr. (Nacionalista)

Seat	Board member		Party	Term number	Start of term	End of term
1st district		Veronico G. Solloso	Lakas	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		John T. Cubillan	Nacionalista	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Aiken T. Andanar	Lakas	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Catherine T. Gopico	PFP	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Julecs C. Sunico	Lakas	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
2nd district		Noel Christian G. Catre	Nacionalista	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Victor F. Bernal	Nacionalista	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
		Michael Jose M. Patiño	Nacionalista	1	June 30, 2025	June 30, 2028
		Juan Fernando J. Larong	Lakas	3	June 30, 2019	June 30, 2028
		Kaiser B. Recabo Jr.	Nacionalista	2	June 30, 2022	June 30, 2028
ABC		Jaime A. Cortes [2]	Nonpartisan	1	January 22, 2024 [3]	January 1, 2026
PCL	Vacant [a]				[ to be determined ]	June 30, 2028
SK		Goldwin P. Pegarro [2]	Nonpartisan	1	[ to be determined ]	January 1, 2026

1. Vacant pending the election of a new set of officers of the province's Philippine Councilors League.

Vice Governor

Election year	Name	Party
1992 [4]	Alejandrino Echin		NPC
1995	Regina Barbers		Lakas–NUCD
1998	Cruz Yuipco, Jr.		Lakas–NUCD
2001	Rodolfo Navarro		Lakas–NUCD
2004			Lakas
2007	Noel Catre		Lakas
2010	Arturo Carlos Egay, Jr.		Lakas–Kampi
2013			Liberal
2016
2019	Eddie Gokiangkee, Jr.		PDP–Laban
2022
2025			Nacionalista

1st district

• Municipalities: Burgos, Dapa, Del Carmen, General Luna, Pilar, San Benito, San Isidro, Santa Monica, Socorro
• Population (2020): 136,092

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
1992 [4]		Dominador Taruc (LDP)		Elvis de la Merced (LDP)		Clarito Sering (LDP)		Reyneria Borja (NPC)	—
1995		Dominador Taruc (NPC)		Elvis de la Merced (NPC)		Edilberto Florendo (NPC)		Rumar Andanar (Lakas–NUCD)
1998		Rodolfo Navarro (Liberal)		Elvis de la Merced (Liberal)		Edilberto Florendo (Liberal)		Reyneria Borja (Lakas–NUCD)		Antioco Bonono (Lakas–NUCD)
2001		Jose Alabat, Jr. (Lakas–NUCD)		Norman Gopico (Lakas–NUCD)		Edilberto Florendo (Lakas–NUCD)		Reyneria Borja (LDP)		Merlinda Lagroma (Lakas–NUCD)
2004		Jose Alabat, Jr. (Lakas)		Norman Gopico (Lakas)		Elvis de la Merced (Lakas)		Allan I Ecleo (Lakas)		Merlinda Lagroma (Lakas)
2007				Simeon Vicente Castrence (PSP)		Cesar Bagundol (Kampi)		Margarito Longos (Kampi)		Leonila Gorgolon-Licuan (Kampi)
2010 [5]		Mamerto Galanida (Lakas)				Cesar Bagundol (Lakas)		Margarito Longos (Lakas)		Edgar Andanar (Nacionalista)
2013 [6]		Mamerto Galanida (Liberal)				Cesar Bagundol (Liberal)		Margarito Longos (Liberal)		Leonila Gorgolon-Licuan (Liberal)
2016				Constantino Navarro IV (Liberal)		Edgar Andanar (Liberal)		Nathaniel Plaza (Liberal)
2019		Guillermo Boncaros (PDP–Laban)		Constantino Navarro IV (PDP–Laban)		Edgar Andanar (PDP–Laban)		Nathaniel Plaza (PDP–Laban)		Julecs Sunico (Nacionalista)
2022		Catherine Gopico (Nacionalista)								Julecs Sunico (PDP–Laban)
2025		Catherine Gopico (PFP)		John Cubillan (Nacionalista)		Aiken Andanar (Lakas–CMD)		Veronico Solloso (Lakas–CMD)		Julecs Sunico (Lakas–CMD)

2nd district

• City: Surigao
• Municipalities: Alegria, Bacuag, Claver, Gigaquit, Mainit, Malimono, Placer, San Francisco, Sison, Tagana-an, Tubod
• Population (2020): 398,544

Election year	Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)		Member (party)
1992 [4]		Nila Pantejo (NPC)		Rene Medina (NPC)		Cruz Yuipco, Jr. (NPC)		Regina Alaan (Lakas–NUCD)	—
1995		Nila Pantejo (Lakas–NUCD)		Rene Medina (Lakas–NUCD)		Cruz Yuipco, Jr. (Lakas–NUCD)
1998		Victor Bernal (Lakas–NUCD)				Adolfo Pantilo (Lakas–NUCD)		Manuel Tan (Lakas–NUCD)		Rosario Digao (Lakas–NUCD)
2001		Prince Elipe (Lakas–NUCD)		Isabelita Edera (Lakas–NUCD)		Luceniano Lancin (LDP)		Manuel Tan (LDP)		Rosario Digao (LDP)
2004		Victor Bernal (Lakas)		Isabelita Edera (Lakas)		Leo Philip Orquina (Lakas)		Noel Catre (Lakas)		Rohito Madelo (Lakas)
2007		Arturo Carlos Egay, Jr. (PSP)				Melva Garcia (Lakas)		Regina Alaan (Lakas)		Victor Borja (Lakas)
2010 [5]		Myrna Romarate (Lakas)		Fernando Larong (Lakas)		Leonilo Aldonza (Nacionalista)		Regina Alaan (Nacionalista)		Victor Borja (Nacionalista)
2013 [6]		Myrna Romarate (Liberal)		Fernando Larong (Liberal)		Melva Garcia (Nacionalista)				Victor Borja (Liberal)
2016		Eddie Gokiangkee, Jr. (Liberal)				Melva Garcia (PDP–Laban)		Cristina Romarate-Arcillas (Nacionalista)		Cayetano Recabo (Nacionalista)
2019		Myrna Romarate (PDP–Laban)		Juan Fernando Larong (PDP–Laban)				Elvira Egay (PDP–Laban)		Cayetano Recabo (PDP–Laban)
2022		Victor Bernal (Nacionalista)				Kent Yuipco (PDP–Laban)				Kaiser Recabo, Jr. (PDP–Laban)
2025				Juan Fernando Larong (Lakas)		Noel Christian Catre (Nacionalista)		Michael Jose Patiño (Nacionalista)		Kaiser Recabo, Jr. (Nacionalista)

Liga ng mga Barangay member

Election year	ABC/LB President	Barangay Captain of
2018	Roger Pomoy [7]	Bgy. Poblacion 2, Burgos
2023 [a]	Jaime Cortes	Bgy. Banbanon, San Francisco

1. Took office in 2024. Ma. Luz Eupeña briefly sat as ex officio member in her capacity as interim LB president in December 2023. ^[8]

Philippine Councilors League member

Election year	PCL President		Councilor in
2019		James Masuhay [7] (PDP–Laban)	Sison
2022		Allan Turtur [9] (PDP-Laban)	Placer
2025		[ to be determined ]

Sangguniang Kabataan member

Election year	SK President	SK Chairperson of
2018	Angelou Jess Lagus [7]	Bgy. Tayaga (Pob. East), Claver
2023	Goldwin Pegarro	Bgy. Alambique, Gigaquit

References

1. "LIST OF ELECTED PROVINCIAL CANDIDATES" (PDF). COMELEC.gov.ph.
2. "Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 142 series of 2024". The Local Government Unit of Sta. Monica, Surigao del Norte. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2025-06-26– via Facebook. (Shows list of SP members as of March 25, 2024.)
3. "January 22, 2024, JoyFM Surigao (Assumption of office of Cortes.)". JOY TV Surigao (in Cebuano). 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2025-06-26– via Facebook.
4. "Philippine Local Government Interactive Dataset". University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
5. Surigaonon Ako (2010-05-16). "Former DepEd Director proclaims winner in Surigao Norte gubernatorial race" . Retrieved 2025-06-27.
6. "Certified List of Elected Provincial Candidates". Scribd. Commission on Elections . Retrieved 2025-06-27.
7. "Sangguniang Panlalawigan Ordinance No. 9 series of 2020". PIA-Surigao del Norte. 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2025-06-26– via Facebook. (Shows list of SP members as of June 29, 2020.)
8. "Highlights (of December 7, 2023 SP session)". Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Surigao del Norte. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2025-06-26– via Facebook.
9. "Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the Philippine Councilors League - Surigao del Norte!". Atty. Lalo Matugas. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2025-06-26– via Facebook.