Vizcaya board members shopping for luxury cars

By Charlie Lagasca 

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The 13 members of the provincial board who reportedly gifted themselves with a brand new sport utility vehicle (SUV) worth P1.5 million each through the passage of a resolution are now shopping for the these.

Gov. Ruth Padilla approved Ordinance No. 2013-245, providing each board member not only with new vehicles but also new gadgets such as tablets and laptops.

The board members, according to one of their colleagues, are currently busy choosing the SUV models they want to get for themselves.

The source said board member Efren Quiben, one of the ordinance’s prime movers, is eyeing a Toyota Fortuner, along with his colleagues Nestor Sevillena, Johnny Liban, Percival Marcos, FilmaDulay-Perez, Dolores Binwag and Emerlene Jane Galanta.

On the other hand, board members Pepito Balgos, Donior Tidang, Flodemonte Gerdan and Rex Iritan are picking Nissan Navarra while board members Santiago Dickson and Merlie Talingdan reportedly prefer a Mitsubishi Montero and Isuzu D-Max, respectively, the source said.

“I think it’s time for us to have a new service vehicles so we could function effectively and reach our constituents easily, particularly in the mountain barangays,” one of the board members said.