06/10/2026
The 61ST Regular Session of the 15th Sangguniang Panlungsod was presided over by Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer Hon. Gabriel H. Bordado Jr. City Councilors present were Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro, Hon. Jessie R. Albeus, Hon. Ghiel G. Rosales, Hon. Gilda Gayle R. Abonal-Gomez, Hon. Melvin Ramon G. Buenafe, Hon. Wilfredo Jude A. Diokno, Hon. Francisco M. Mendoza, Hon. Allan Reiz C. Macaraig, and Liga ng mga Barangay President Hon. Ma. Corazon M. Peñaflor.
Presiding Officer Vice Mayor Gabby, together with the Members of the 15th Sangguniang Panlungsod, formally welcomed and acknowledged their City Senior Citizen Counterparts through the passage of a resolution, on joint and collective motion. The Senior Citizen counterparts of the 15th SP are as follows: Mrs. Emelie N. Dela Cruz, counterpart for the Vice Mayor; and for the Councilors, Mrs. Avelina B. Andes, Mrs. Fe DLT Simbahon, Mrs. Consuelo A. Sempuego, Mrs. Belen T. Doctor, Mrs. Lydia V. Villanueva, Mr. Ferdinand B. Valencia, Mrs. Recha Isabel P. Quinn, Mrs. Henedina P. Cabrito, Mrs. Cita A. Camba, Mrs. Juliet M. Noora, Mrs. Erlinda A. Eguia, and Mrs. Purificacion V. Paglinawan. The counterpart for the SP Secretary is Mr. Celso B. Julia. The Body likewise extended its welcome to visiting guests from the Sangguniang Bayan of Calauag, Quezon.
Privilege speeches were delivered by Councilors Baldemoro and Diokno. Councilor Baldemoro presented a proposed ordinance, jointly authored with Councilor Diokno, granting Persons with Disability, Senior Citizens, Solo Parents, and Indigenous Peoples who are residents of Naga City exemption from the payment of filing and other fees collected by the Naga City Civil Registry Office.
Councilor Diokno, on the other hand, sounded the alarm on the Super El Niño phenomenon, stressing that it poses an immediate and serious threat to the country and its people. He emphasized that El Niño is not merely a weather concern but a multifaceted crisis affecting water supply, food production, health and hygiene, livelihood, and overall public welfare. He underscored the urgent need for coordinated action to safeguard water sources and protect communities from its adverse impacts.
The Body suspended the rules to allow the General Manager of the Metropolitan Naga Water District (MNWD), GM Jun Mongoso, to present the current situation of the city’s water supply and operations, in view of the ongoing shortage and delivery issues brought about by the impending El Niño crisis. GM Mongoso responded to queries from the members regarding the measures undertaken by the agency to mitigate the impact of El Niño and assured the Body that, while challenges remain, the water supply will not be completely disrupted.
The Committee Reports were presented by their respective Committee Chairs: Councilor Buenafe for the joint committee report of the Committee on Transport with the Committee on Peace and Order and Public Safety; Councilor Abonal-Gomez for the Committee on Organizational Development and Review; Councilor Baldemoro for both the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Education; and Councilor Macaraig for the Committee on Culture and the Arts.
For additional information, please check out the LIVE recording of the Regular Session on the Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Naga page.
