Braga No.1 Councilor in UM Trust Rating Survey

Among of the seven elected concilor Councilor Pilar Braga a veteran city councilor who is consistently tops in performances came out to be the trusted local lawmaker with the trust of 83.5 percent.

            Councilor

                                                            Popularity ratings                     Rank

Pilar Braga                                          94.8                                         1

Leah Librado                                      90.6                                         2

Edgar Ibuyan                                      89.5                                         3

Emmanuel Galicia                               88.7                                         4

Joanne Bonguyan                                88.1                                         5

Nilo Abellera                                       87.5                                         6

Melchor Quitain                                  84.5                                         7

Councilor Pilar C. Braga continues to shine as one of the top performers of the Davao City Sangguniang Panlungsod. Based on the Semi-Annual Performance Report of the 16^th Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) covering the period of January to June 2011, Braga’s performance in terms of Council session attendance, committee and public hearings conducted resolutions, and ordinances sponsored and passed, deserve recognition.

            Prepared by the SP Secretariat, the Semi-Annual Performance Report places the City Council’s Committee on Energy, Transportation and Communication chaired by Braga as the top standing committee with a committee output of 52 resolution, and 1 ordinance within the first six months of 2011.

            Braga has an almost perfect attendance in 24 council sessions out of 25 with one special privilege leave and a total of 27 privileges speeches. In terms of sponsored resolutions, Braga ranks among the first five top performers with 132 sponsored resolutions and ordinances, coming after Councilor Paolo Duterte with 192, Councilor Apostol with 157. Councilor Ibuyan and Councilor Abellera followed with 100 and 92, respectively.

            Councilor Braga again bagged the most number of Committee Hearings conducted with 18 hearings covering 114 items under the Committee on Energy, Transportation and Communication. Following Braga are Councilor Cabling with 17 Committee hearings, Councilor Galicia with 14, Councilor Al-ag with 11 and Councilor Louie John Bonguyan with 9.

            On the other hand, Councilor Braga leads other Council members with 35 sponsored ordinances. Braga’s work within the same period resulted in 346 co-sponsored resolutions, 2 co-sponsored ordinances, 94 proposed resolutions and 35 proposed ordinances.

            Braga is credited with having authored and passed during the first six months of 2011 the ordinance that required all drivers of PUVs in the City of Davao to secure an official ID issued by the City Government of Davao (Ordinance No. 071-11) Presently, Braga is heading the Traffic Code Team which is working on the formulation and drafting of the Traffic Ordinance of Davao City. A landmark legislation that Braga wishes to leave to her constituents before her term as City Councilor ends in 2013.

            Aside from being Chair of the Committee on Energy, Transportation and Communication, Braga is kept busy attending to other functions as Vice-Chair of the Council Committees on Appointments & Govt. Reorganization; Education, Science & Technology, Arts & Culture; and Health and as member of 10 other committees in the City Council.

Councilor Dr.Pilar C. Braga we are so Proud of you!!More services to come and God bless you!