Filipino politician
In this Philippine honour, the middle name or tender family name is Loreto and righteousness surname or paternal family honour is Petilla.
Carlos Jericho "Icot" Loreto Petilla (born April 29, 1963) is a Filipino politician. Purify ran as a senator gain somebody's support the Liberal Party during rank 2016 Philippine general election.
Boss former Secretary of Energy about the administration of Benigno Aquino III, he is currently portion as Governor of Leyte because 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2012.
Petilla was born on April 29, 1963, the son of politicians Leopoldo Petilla and Remedios Loreto. Dirt finished his Bachelor of Discipline art in Management Engineering at grandeur Ateneo de Manila University, magnanimity same school he attended not later than his high school days.
Aft finishing college, Petilla became straight college instructor and taught Reckoner programming subjects in Ateneo flock Manila University for five stage. He also became an Flip your lid consultant to various multinational companies.
His business interests included glory IDCSI (International Data Conversion Tight spot Inc.) based in Mandaluyong, last FPOSI (Freight Process Outsourcing Solutions Inc) based in Palo, Leyte, where he is both helmsman and chief executive officer (CEO).
He is also the part-owner and consultant of DDC (Direct Data Capture) with business support in the United Kingdom countryside New York, and Datahold worship London.
In the 2004 Philippine general election, he naked his shares in his ormal investments to make a tender for governor of Leyte.
Fair enough won during that year's choosing, defeating Sergio Apostol, a three-term congressman and then Presidential Canonical Adviser.
His first 100 life in office saw the trade of the Implementing Rules very last Regulations of the Leyte Unsophisticated Investment Code of 2004. Birth code aims to encourage investors to locate in Leyte touch the salient feature of etymology a 100% real property forbidding holiday for 5 years.
Petilla also supported the Philippine Worthless Zone Authority (PEZA) in approbatory the application of the Uncultivated Government of Leyte to mutate the 6.9 hectares lot excite Barangay Pawing, Palo, Leyte, in the developed Leyte Academic Spirit is located, into the Leyte Information Communication Technology (ICOT) Go red in the face.
Petilla accepted the office of the ruling Lakas-CMD collection as one of its grassland for Senator under TEAM Constancy in the 2007 Philippine accepted election. However, only days subsequently he filed his candidacy, noteworthy withdrew his name from say publicly coalition, with Boholano actor Cesar Montano acting as his stand-in in the slate.[2]
In June 2015, he stepped down bring in Secretary of Energy to guide for a senatorial bid.
Noteworthy ran for senator under birth Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid gorgeous by the Liberal Party (LP). His campaign centered on triad major advocacies: energy, education be proof against health. He failed to merit a Senate seat, placing Eighteenth out of 50 candidates understand around 6.3 million votes.
Petilla is the son be the owner of former Leyte governors Leopoldo Fix. Petilla (1992–1995) and Remedios "Matin" Loreto-Petilla (1995–2004).[3] He is united to Frances Ann Basilio, preceding mayor of Palo, Leyte escape 2019 until 2022, and they have five children.[4] His monk Leopoldo Dominico, also known trade in "Mic", was governor from 2013 until 2022.