Youth leaders elect provincial federation officers

By BONG PEDALINO (PIA Southern Leyte)
December 19, 2007

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte  –  Nineteen Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation Presidents representing 18 municipalities and one city of Southern Leyte province met for the past two days at the Country Lodge Hotel here and elected their new set of officers on Monday, December 17, as the culmination of their two-day activity.

Elected President of the “Panlalawigang Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan (PPSK)” was Joyce Mejia, SK President of San Ricardo town, and daughter of incumbent San Ricardo Mayor Virginia Mejia.

By virtue of her election as the provincial SK head, the younger Mejia will sit as ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan up to 2010, according to a press release from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) provincial office written by Loren Abrau Aniciete, the Information Officer.

The other elected officers of the provincial SK federation included the following: Vice-President - John Robei C. Lantog, from Malitbog; Secretary - Mavel A. Docdoc, from Tomas Oppus; Treasurer - Janice Portia Q. Uy, from Sogod; Auditor - Nheza May L. Loquinte, from Anahawan; PRO - Ronalyn A. Epis, from Maasin City; and Sgt.-at-Arms - Jade F. Alila, from Bontoc.

Earlier, the youth leaders attended the Integrated SK Organizational, Leadership and Reorientation Program - Basic Orientation Seminar (ISKOLAR-BOS), a program initiated by the DILG, said Info Officer Aniciete.