Phoebe Cabagnot

Phoebe Clarice "Ning" Legaspi Cabagnot (born 6 October 1978), is a Filipina politician and an incumbent member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Board) for the Western District of Aklan, Philippines.

Advocacy Cabangot’s main legislative priorities are: Poverty Reduction, Education, Energy, Food Security, Health and Eco-Tourism. She supports Gawad Kalinga as Sponsor for Poor Children for over six years, and the Philippine Red Cross with assistance for victims of Typhoon Ondoy and Typhoon Pablo.

In Aklan, she supports STAC-Kalibo (Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center) by promoting increased awareness of the needs of special children. She also donates funds to the center so that the latter will be able to help special children uplift their condition through therapy and specialized educational learning methods. She celebrated her birthday with the children of STAC in 2010.

Early life

Cabangot was born into a long line of politicians, her father being Frenz Gomez Cabagnot, a businessman, and her mother Atty. Corazon "Nining" Tumbokon Legaspi-Cabagnot, a former Governor of Aklan and Vice-Consul to Guam. Ning's maternal grandfather was Dr. José Baltazar Legaspi, a former Governor and Congressman of Aklan, married to Rafaelina Concepción Tumbokon (National Board of Examiners, Pharmacy). Her maternal great-grandfather was Dr. Rafael Silva Tumbokon, a former Assemblyman for Capiz and Undersecretary at the Department of Health married to teacher Pilar Mijares Concepción. Cabagnot spent her early childhood overseas as her mother, former Governor Corazon L. Cabagnot, was a diplomat stationed in Guam.

Education Elementary

Her elementary education began at Santa Barbara Catholic School in Dededo on Guam, with a brief stay at St. Mary's College in Quezon City, and continuing at Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City after the family returned to the Philippines in 1988. She and her siblings moved to Aklan as their mother was governor in 1989. She then continued the remaining two years of elementary at the Kalibo Pilot Elementary School under the special or highest section for grades 5 and 6.

High school Cabagnot qualified for a seat in the star section of the Science Development High School of Aklan (now the Regional Science High School for Region VI). She spent her first two years of high school in SDHSA and then transferred to Saint Joseph's College of Quezon City, where she finished high school.

University Shortly after leaving Aklan, Cabangot was reunited with some of her friends and classmates who were also accepted to the University of the Philippines Diliman. She completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Research in the year 1999, and while there championed the cause of various students' clubs and organizations.

Club/Organization Role / Position Held UP Tomo-Kai – Philippine-Japanese Friendship Club Finance Committee Head UP Student Catholic Action Member, Cell Supervisor UP Hubeag it mga Akeanon Member UP Junior Marketing Association External Committee Member UP Mass Communicators' Organization Finance Committee Member UP Anthropological Society Member

Private career As a fresh graduate in 1999, she worked in various multinational firms in the private sector. She has worked extensively as an IT Project Manager in a variety of global and regional projects whose clients are based in Europe, the US, Central America, Japan and Singapore. Her global experience also attests to her being based for projects in Singapore, Japan and the United States of America.

Political career Provincial Board Member Achievements

Ning's achievements as Member of the Aklan Provincial Board from July 2010 to December 2012 include: 141 projects for both Eastern and Western Districts of Aklan More than 1,730 poor patients helped financially for both Eastern and Western Districts of Aklan 41 resolutions authored/co-authored. This includes Resolution No. 2011 – 056, directing the Committee on Human Resources and Committee on Appropriations, Budget and Finance to conduct an investigation, in aid of legislation, the non-remittance of at least ₱1,700,000.00 in contributions of Provincial Capitol employees to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), as supported by Republic Act No. 8291 (the GSIS Act of 1997) 5 ordinances authored/co-authored

Committee Leadership and Participation Committee Leadership / Participation Labor and Employment Chairman Appropriations, Budget and Finance and Ways and Means Member Health and Social Services Member Education, Culture, Science and Technology Member Energy, Public Utilities, Transportation & Facilities Member Cooperatives, Food, Agriculture and Environmental Protection Member Tourism, Trade, Industry and Commerce Member

Bid for Congress In the 2013 midterm elections, Cabagnot ran as an independent candidate for Representative of the former Lone District of Aklan.