Pamela Baricuatro: From Civic Leader to Cebu Governor-Elect

Pamela Baricuatro: From civic leader to Cebu governor-elect

CEBU, Philippines — For Pamela Silagan Baricuatro, her stunning victory in the 2025 gubernatorial race was never part of the plan, but perhaps, she says, it was destiny. “You know, I never expected that this would happen to me,” the 58-year-old governor-elect said during a media forum on May 20. “But something I can tell you — this is my guess… my fortune was foretold. Maybe it’s already destiny. I don’t know,” she added. READ: Pam Baricuatro is…

Cebu governor-elect Baricuatro starts transition

CEBU CITY – Cebu governor-elect Pamela Baricuatro has started the transition at the Cebu Provincial Capitol by sending a letter to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Cebu Provincial Office asking them to help coordinate the orderly turnover from the administration of outgoing Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.**media[13061]**In her letter, Baricuatro informed DILG-Cebu Provincial Director Dr. Robel T. Sastrillo Jr. that she also wrot…