GOVERNOR ERICO B. AUMENTADO ( ACCOMPLISHMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT FROM 1967-PRESENT)
2010 - 2013 : CONGRESSMAN-elect - Member, Philippine House of Representative - 2nd District Bohol
2001 - 2010 : GOVERNOR - Province of Bohol
NATIONAL PRESIDENT of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP)
NATIONAL PRESIDENT of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP)
1992 - 2001 : Member, PHILIPPINE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE - 2nd District Bohol
DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE for the Visayas
1988 - 1992 : VICE GOVERNOR , Province of Bohol
1967 - 1986 : SENIOR BOARD MEMBER , Province of Bohol
EDUCATION
Governor Erico B. Aumentado was orphaned at eight years old by his fathers death, Erico learned early on the value of hard work and self-reliance. Rose from extreme poverty to become a scholar. He finished his elementary and high school at Holy Child academy, Ubay, Bohol as valedictorians. He graduated Bachelor of arts in Political Science in 1960 as magna cum laude and Bachelor of Laws at the University of Bohol in 1963 as cum laude. While studying as an outstanding student and scholar, he fought for the rights of students in the Visayas. he was also a former campus press editor, champion orator and debater.
LAW PROFESSION
When he became a lawyer, he was choosen "Outstanding Lawyer of 1974" by the Citizens Legal Aid Society of the Philippines (CLASP), headed by then Sen. Salvador Laurel, for bringing justice within the reach of the poor.
PUBLIC SERVICE
He was elected Provincial Board Member in 1967-1980 and 1984-1986. As a Senior Provincial Board Member, he went out of his way to negotiate for the surrender of the Rizalian rebels in their mountain citadel of Lundag, Pilar, Bohol in 1975. This courageous move earned him military citation for valor beyond the call of duty.
After then, he was elected Vice governor of Bohol in 1988-1992. As Vice Governor, he also successfully negotiated with the New Peoples Army (NPA) headed by Kumander Vargas in 1990 to withdraw its demands for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to pay the insurgents P7.1 million access fee for Japan's multi-billion peso projects in Bohol. This paved the way for the implementation of the Capayas Irrigation Project, Bohol Circumferential Road Improvement Project (BCRIP), Bohol Irrigation (BHIP) and the Leyte-Bohol Interconnection Project (LBIP).
He became Representative of the 2nd district of Bohol for three consecutive terms in 1992-2001. His peers at the House of representatives best remember him for two unprecedented events.
First, as Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, he stood for 12 hours to defend the general Appropriations Act of 1999, sometime in October 1998, in what was to be the longest budget defense in the history of Congress.
Second, as Chairman of the Committee on ethics he stood alone to successfully foil a House Resolution asking the Supreme Court to allow a congressman convicted of statutory rape, to attend the sessions and public committee hearing of the House of representatives pending the resolution of his case. Aumentado's fearless discourse triggered the withdrawal by about 40 congressmen (out of the 119 signatories) of their signatories, which led to the defeat of the masure on the floor during the marathon debate on the issue in 1999. Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Belinda Olivarez-Cunanan, in a rare public commendation for a solon, raved about Erico's valiant efforts.
While at the House of Representatives, he gained membership to various committees such as the Commission on Appointments, Committees on Public Works and Highways, Agriculture, Education, Foreign Affairs, Energy, Transportation and communications, and was chairman of the Committee on appropriations, Sub committee on Justice and constitutional Bodies, Agriculture and natural Resources.
Moreover, he was elected unopposed by his peers as Deputy Speaker for the Visayas on January 24, 2000 and then as chairman of the 52 man Visayas Bloc. He holds the distinction of being the first Boholano to ever hold these positions. The Visayas Bloc sponsored the multi-billion peso Trans-Visayas Intermodal Transport Network system (Trans-Viz Link) approved by congress and designated to establish Ro-Ro ports, fast craft services and access highways in the Visayas provinces, cities and municipalities.
As an esteemed member of congress, he was invited to be one of the keynote speakers during the International Symposium on human Rights on May 15 to 18, 1993 in Budapest, Hungary, and the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference on March 24-30, 1999 in Brussels, Belgium. He was also one of the keynote speakers in the 102nd IPU Conference in Berlin, Germany from October 10-16, 1999 and the only ever member of the House of Representatives invited to speak on "Crime Prevention and criminal Justice and International Drug control" before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA on December 17-24, 1999.
He led the Philippine delegation of Senators and congressmen to the 2001 ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization (AIPO) in Singapore where he delivered the Philippine position on various concerns in Asia including the Spratly Island flash points.
He was chosen by the Philippine News Agency as One of the Top 10 Performers in the 10th Congress for filing 133 bills of local and national application. These include the Limited Potability Scheme (RA 7699), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Act of 1995 (RA 7875), Agricultural Tarrification Act (RA 8178), Social Security Act of 1997 (RA 8282), Official Development Assistance Act of 1998 (RA 8555), GSIS Act of 1997 (RA 8291), Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1998 (RA 8435), Home Guaranty Corporation Act 2000 (RA 8763) and the Fair Election Act (RA 9006), among others.
Aumentado was also cited by then President Fidel V. Ramos as the "Philippines 2000 Advocate for Bohol's Development" for securing the approval of flagship projects such as the first phase of BCRIP, LBIP, and BHIP, as well as other vital projects for the province amounting to P6.9 billion. He also played a major role in the approval of the P2.38 billion BHIP II, and the P1.4 billion BCRIP II, for funding under the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) 23rd Yen Loan Package. He pushed for the approval of these projects when he represented Congress to the Tokyo Pledging Session on the loan package in April 1999. He then worked for their favorable action by the national economic Development Authority, the National Irrigation - Department of Agriculture and the Department of public works and highway as project proponents.
Aumentado likewise worked with another Boholano, national Power Corporation (NPC) executive vice president Asiscio Gonzaga, for the implementation of the P2.4 billion LBIP I and the P2.1 billion LBIP II for a power generation of 100 megawatts to spur the economic development of Bohol. The mega projects which are under implementation amount to P5.88 billion, or a total of about P12 billion worth of projects he brought to Bohol during his nine year stint in congress.
On May 14, 2001, he won landslide victory where he garnered a 39,550 vote lead over then incumbent governor Rene Relampagos to elevate him to the highest public office in Bohol as provincial governor. He officially assumed office at the Capitol on July 1, 2001.
Today, he is on his unprecedented 3rd term as Governor of Bohol, being the only governor elected for three consecutive terms, and winning all his political battles since 1967 to the present. He presided over Bohol's phenomenal socio-economic development which pushed the province outside of the 20 poorest provinces to its present 52nd position upwards of the country's 81 provincial LGU's.
He has served as the immediate past National President of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) and, is on his last mile as National president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), the umbrella organization of the 1.5 million local officials of the Philippines, the 1st Boholano ever elected to the position. He likewise sits as co-chair of the Council of Advisers of the LPP.
He also served as Regional Development Council and Regional Tourism Council chairman of Central Visayas and as a major regional tourism destination of the country.
He has brought to Bohol about P15 billion worth of mega infrastructures. He is now working for the civil implementation of the P6 billion Panglao Bohol Island Airport Development Project (PBIADP) targeted for completion on 2013. This is a domestic airport but of international standard - as recently approved by President Gloria Arroyo and her Cabinet under the Medium Term Investment Philippine Development Program and poverty reduction projects. He has restored Bohol as one of the country's most peaceful provinces through his program on Poverty Reduction For Peace and development as cited by the National Peace and Order Council, the Gawad Galing Pook and the National Security Council.
He also supervises the completion of the provincial flagship projects in agriculture, eco-tourism and livelihood.
Under Aumentado watched, Bohol attained a 113% rice self-sufficiency in 2008 through Project RACER- Rice Accelerated Enhancement Response to the rice crisis in tandem with the Department of Agriculture's rice hybridization and fertilizer subsidy program, additional appropriation from the province and with the full operation of major irrigation projects.
In tourism, Bohol has breached the 500,000 mark of foreign and domestic tourists last year and still counting with the implementation of the Panglao Bohol International Airport Development project. Arrivals got a big boost with Danao Eco-/ Extreme Adventure Tourism.
Late last year ,the military declared Bohol as an insurgency free province. Team Bohol is the key player in sustaining the province's peace and development. As the quality of life improved, insurgency dwindled.
Leveraging the budget. through prudent fiscal fundamentals, Bohol steadily increased locally generated revenues, allowing it to leverage a growing 20% Development Fund for ODA-NGO-LGU counter parting.
Aside from construction and improvement of roads and bridges, hospitals, school buildings, housing, barangay water works and electrification projects, among others, the province also invested in human development, including the skills trainings, civic actions especially in former conflict areas and free medical-dental- surgical missions .
For not tainting a single office of the provincial government with corruption in his 9 years stint as governor according to surveys made by the Holy Name University Research Center. While not working just for awards, Governor Aumentado is nonetheless proud of these.
"The outstanding performance of the Provincial Government of Bohol under his joint stewardship is validated by International major awards and domestic major awards."
CONGRATULATIONS CONG.-ELECT ERICO B. AUMENTADO !!! MORE POWER AND GOD BLESS!!! Linkback: https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=27928.0
