Dauis vice mayor Marietta Sumaylo gets elected as the regional vice chairman of the Vice Mayors League of the Philippines (VMLP) Central Visayas regional chapter while Balilihan vice mayor Trisha Chatto bagged the post of regional treasurer.
Reports say that the VMLP Central Visayas regional chapter held its elections at the Modala Resort in Panglao town, on Oct. 5, 2022.
Sumaylo ran unopposed as regional chairman of the VMLP Central Visayas, the same reports say.
In a radio interview over Open Forum on Oct. 6, 2022, Sumaylo said: “Dako akong pasalamat sa tanang vice mayors ilabi [na] sa Bohol nga nag push nato.”
Sumaylo is the former president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) where her term spanned from 2019 to 2022 while she was the municipal mayor of Dauis.
In a related development, Chatto, who is a political neophyte earned her spurs as she gets another feather in her cap when she got elected as an officer of the VMLP in the regional level.
The elections were attended by 35 vice mayors from Bohol, 33 vice mayors from Cebu, 12 vice mayors from Negros Oriental and 5 vice mayors from Siquijor.
Other Boholano vice mayors were also elected into posts on the regional level. The one who got elected as regional public relations officer was Dagohoy vice mayor Roel Lagroma.
The Bohol vice mayors also elected to the board of directors Sevilla vice mayor Richard Bucag and Catigbian vice mayor Esteban Angilan Jr.
Other VMLP officials who will serve a 3-year term on a regional status are Roy Melgo of Borbon, Cebu as vice chairman; Melvin Justin Labuca of Asturias, Cebu as secretary general; and Ma. Isabel Sagarbarria of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental as auditor.
The Public Relations Officers are Ricci Regen Reluya of San Fernando, Cebu, Roel Lagroma of Dagohoy, Bohol, Joeterry Uy of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, and Ivy Dan Samson of Maria, Siquijor.
The other elected members of the Board of Directors are: Paz Rozgoni of Moalboal, Cebu; Aurelio Damole of Consolacion, Cebu; Eric Montellano Alivio of Tabogon, Cebu; Teodoro Jumawan of Siquijor; Nelda Favillaran of Ayungon, Negros Oriental; and Louie Rastica of Bindoy, Negros Oriental.