Jericho Petilla
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| Jericho Petilla | |
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Governor of Leyte
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| Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Remedios Petilla |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Political party | Lakas-CMD (2007–) NPC (2004–2006) |
| Spouse | Frances Ann Regis Basilio |
Carlos Jericho Petilla is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent Governor of Leyte.
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[edit] Education
Petilla finished his Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering in Ateneo de Manila University. He also attended the same school during his high school days.
[edit] Before Politics
After finishing college, Petilla was a professor in Ateneo de Manila University[citation needed] and was a consultant to various companies in Manila such as Meralco, Security Bank and Philphos.[citation needed]
His business interests included the International Data Conversion Solution Inc. in Mandaluyong, Manila and Accudata, Inc. in Tacloban City where he is both President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the same time.[citation needed] He is likewise the part owner and consultant of Direct Data Capture with business offices in United Kingdom and New York and Datahold in the Isle of Man, UK.[citation needed]
[edit] Political Career
Coming from a political family,[citation needed] it was inevitable for the young Petilla to run for a public office. During the 2004 election campaign, he divested his shares in his private investments to make a run as a governor of Leyte, even challenging a more popular bet in the person of three-term Representative and now Presidential Legal Adviser Sergio Apostol. He won during that year's election, thus giving Leyteños a bright future.[citation needed]
His first 100 days of office saw the drafting of the implementing Rules and Regulations of the Leyte Province Investment Code of 2004. The code aims to encourage investors to locate in Leyte with the salient feature of getting a 100% real property tax holiday for 5 years.[citation needed]
Recently his vision of making Leyte an ICT hub with the creation of an ICT Park is now a reality. The Philippine Economic Zone Authority approved the application of the Province of Leyte to convert the 6.9 hectares lot at Barangay Pawing, Palo, Leyte, where the developed and ready for operation Leyte Academic Center is located, into the Leyte Information Communication Technology Park.[citation needed]
[edit] Senate bid
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Petilla caught everyone by surprise when he accepted the nomination of the ruling Lakas-CMD party, where he belonged since the start of the year, as one of its candidates for Senator under the Team Unity umbrella in the May 14, 2007 Philippine midterm elections, although his name was never initially floated by pundits as the candidate who would represent the Visayas region in the slate.[citation needed]
However, only days after he filed his candidacy for the Senate, he withdrew his name from the list of Team Unity candidates and will run for re-election as his mother, incumbent Leyte Rep. and three-term Gov. Remedios "Matin" Loreto-Petilla, decided to retire from politics. Instead, the Petilla's partymates in Lakas selected Boholano actor Cesar Montano as his replacement in the slate, according to Team Unity spokseperson and Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal Life
Icot, as he is called, is the son of former Leyte Governor Leopoldo E. Petilla (1992-1995) and Rep. Petilla. He is married to Frances Ann Regis Basilio of Cebu and they have five children.
