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OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN AWARD 2021

As a corporate executive he was cited for transforming
calamity stricken Albay into a major global tourism destination.
He excelled in the fields of eco-tourism, real estate, information
technology, leisure hotels and renewable energy projects in
Albay where he was nominated as one of the Ten Outstanding
Young Men (TOYM). In this sector of sustainable tourism,
he committed to uphold the Global Code of Ethics for
Tourism by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
Representative Elizaldy Co is highly recognized in the fields of
construction, real estate, leisure, and energy companies. He
served as President for the Mayon Builders Association and
the Philippine Contractors Association. In 2014, Rep. Co, was
recognized by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and
Banco De Oro Unibank (BDO) as he led one of the best local
companies engaged in renewable energy projects during the
Energy Smart Philippines Awards organized by the European
Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. Representative Co
was witness to the signing of the covenant of the UN World Representative Elizaldy S. Co initiated to support the
Tourism Organization under Secretary-General Dr. TalebRifai. budgetary proposals of different government agencies that
In 2018 he was a director of the Tourism Infrastructure and became part of Republic Act No. 11465, otherwise known as
Enterprise Zone Authority. the General Appropriations Act of 2020. In view thereof, these
legislative measures resulted in the construction of water supply
systems beneficial to the less fortunate barangays in Bicol. He
submitted legislation for Republic Act No. 11465 for the purpose
of rehabilitating and improvements for NORMS, National High
School Multi-Purpose Building at Guinobatan, Albay. Recently,
he authored again with Cong. Alfredo A. Garbin, Jr., House Bill
No. 8425, which is known as, “An Act Providing for the Typhoon
Resilient, Core Shelter Assistance (CSA) and School Buildings
in Typhoon Belt Areas in Eastern Seaboards of the Philippines.”
This bill was filed on January 19, 2021, after visiting the Bicol
region donating relief goods towards the typhoon victims
devastated by super typhoon “Rolly” and the flooding caused
by typhoon Ulysses.

The Constitution of the Philippines expressly provides
in Article II, Section 10 that, “the State shall promote social
justice in all phases of national development.” REPUBLIC
ACT No. 11310 otherwise known as the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4P’s) promoting human development with its
primary purpose; “to provide conditional cash grants to the
poorest of the poor, to improve the health, nutrition, and the
SERVING GOVERNmENT; EDUCATION, education of children aged 0-18”. Pursuant to the classification
HEALTH, AND LIVELIHOOD of its recipients who belong to the poorest of the poor members
In 2019 Congressman Elizaldy S. Co, was elected as member of the communities, it is of paramount importance that shelter
of the House of Representatives of the 18th Congress. His must be provided with protection. It is therefore imperative
passion brought him towards legislation with the Ako Bicol that government must provide a Core Shelter Assistance
Partylist. As the public servant he authored together with (CSA) Program that is by nature a Disaster Resilience
Representative Alfredo A. Garbin sixty-seven House Bills which Program to those who have been classified and identified by
are now pending before the House of Representatives. He is the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
also a co-author of thirty-seven other house bills all of which are as the most vulnerable. This House Bill is the flagship of
of paramount importance. Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Elizaldy S. Co.

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