Gwendolyn Ecleo


Gwendolyn Buray Ecleo, MDMG is a graduate from UPLB and a Local Government Academy scholar since May 23, 2014, is a Filipino politician who has been the unopposed Mayor of Dinagat, Dinagat Islands, Philippines since May 2004 until 2013, and also the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association, Incorporated Princess.

Biography

Ecleo is the youngest daughter of the late Supreme President of P.B.M.A & the former longest running Mayor of Dinagat Islands, Ruben Edera Ecleo, Sr. and Glenda B. Ecleo, the former Congresswoman who is now the Governor of the province of Dinagat Islands. As for her primary education, Ecleo went to Saint Theresa's College of Cebu City, in Cebu City. She went to high school in La Consolacion College Manila and continued her studies in Don Jose Ecleo Memorial Foundation and graduated in the year 1990. She attended college and graduated in Centro Escolar University with a degree in Doctor of Dental Medicine in the year 2001.
In 2004, Gwendolyn Ecleo ran for and won the Mayor's position in Dinagat, Dinagat Islands to replace her brother, Allan B. Ecleo I, who is now the incumbent Mayor of Basilisa, Dinagat Islands.
In her 3rd term as mayor, Ecleo progressed on a lot of projects specifically on these guided terms which she developed: H-EALTH, E-DUCATION, L-IVELIHOOD, P-ROTECTION TO ENVIRONMENT, !-NFRASTRUCTURE.
She was also elected national auditor of the Philippines International Sisterhood and Twinning Association.
In 2013, she was succeeded by her biological son, also unopposed, Mayor Craig Ecleo.

Achievements and recognition

All these projects were honored by the
As projects were in progress, honorary titles were awarded as:
The finished and on-going projects with the strict implementation of NG and COA:
Health & Education: Water system, Brgy. Health stations, Classrooms, 100 HS Scholarship, Dispersal, Philhealth, Free hospitalization, Operation bukol, Ambulance, Medicines, ZERO waste management, Free circumcision & immunization, 1 town, 1 scholar
Livelihood: carabaos, goats, pigs, fish sanctuary, sea weeds, lapu-lapu, lobsters, crab production, banig & dinagat hat souvenirs, mariculture, cold-storage, rice production
Protection to environment: Fruit trees & plant a tree program, Patrol boat for illegal fishing, Patrol car for crime watch, beautification, post-harvest facilities, solar drier
Infrastructure: Brgy. Hall, Kalahi, Gymnasium, Housing, Road w/ drainage, bridge, Library hub, Botica sa Brgy., Sea wall, New Police Station, farm to market road, road widening & maintenance.