2019 - Present	Provincial Governor, Surigao del Sur
2016 - 2019	City Mayor, Tandag
2013 - 2015	City Administrator, Tandag
2012 - 2013	City Mayor, Tandag City
2009 - 2011	Municipal Mayor, Tandag / President League of 16 cities
2007 - 2009	City Mayor, Tandag City
2004 - 2007	Municipal Mayor, Tandag / President League of 16 cities
1998 - 2004	Vice Mayor of Tandag / President, Vice Mayors League of the Philippines
1997 - 1998	Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member / ABC President
1994 - 1997	Barangay Captain, Bongtod, Tandag, Surigao del Sur
1989 - 1994	Joined the Philippine Army
1988 - 1989	Consultant, Department of National Defense By: Usec Lourdes Quisumbing
1987 - 1988	Appointed OIC Provincial Governor of Pres. Cory Aquino
1982 - 1987	Sangguniang Bayan Member / ABC President
1975 - 1982	FABC President and Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member

3-time National Awardee, Seal of Good Local Governance, 2016 - 2018

Passer, Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit (Tandag City)

Certificate of Drug-Cleared Province (Surigao del Sur)

Gawad kalasag 2020 Fully Complaint (Surigao del Sur)

Regional Farm Youth (4-h) Summit

Philrice RCEF award

Gawad kalasag seal (2022)

Top 1 - 2019 Year-on-Year Growth in Locally Sourced Revenues

Gawad Pasidungog

Performance Awards (Cy 2022 Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Council)

2022 Subaybayani Award

Gawad Kalasag Seal of Excellence

Best Partner Provinvial Local Government Unit (For Sustainable Livelihood Program Implementation)

Sibol Pagpapahalaga

Philrice Excellence Award

Philrice Excellence Award (Large Scale Category 2023 Dry Season)

Gawad Paglilingkod sa Sambayanan Award (Best PLGU Implementing Alternative Family Care)

2023 Subaybayani Award

Advocate of the Sea and Life below Water