House necrological rites for Dax Cua set for Monday, Sept. 21

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will hold a necrological service on Monday, Sept. 21, for the late Quirino Gov. Dakila Carlo “Dax” E. Cua, honoring him for a quarter-century of public service that took him from the provincial capitol to Congress and eventually to the leadership of local governments across the Asia-Pacific.

The service will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the House Plenary Hall, where Cua represented the lone district of Quirino from the 15th to the 17th Congresses from 2010 to 2019.

Earlier, the House adopted a resolution expressing its condolences to the Cua family. The resolution was principally authored by Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III, Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, and Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan.

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Started a country’s youngest vice governor

Cua began his political career at only 23, after being elected vice governor of Quirino in 2001, becoming the country’s youngest vice governor at the time and serving in the post until 2007.

He was elected governor in 2007 before moving to the House in 2010, where he completed three consecutive terms representing his home province.

During his nine years in Congress, Cua chaired the House Committees on Ecology and Ways and Means and became a principal author of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act.

He also authored the House measure that became Republic Act No. 10230, which established Quirino State University by integrating higher education institutions in Diffun, Cabarroguis, and Maddela.

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Quirino governor at 48

After completing his congressional tenure in 2019, Cua returned to Quirino as governor and remained the province’s chief executive until his death at age 48.

His work in local government eventually gave him a national platform as president of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines and national chairman of the League of Provinces of the Philippines.

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Cua’s advocacy for stronger local governments also reached the regional stage when he became the first Filipino elected president of United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific, or UCLG ASPAC, in 2023 and was reelected for another term covering 2025 to 2027.

A graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree in Business Administration, Cua spent virtually his entire adult life in public service, moving between provincial leadership, national legislation and advocacy for greater local autonomy and stronger local institutions.

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Monday’s necrological service will bring Cua back to the chamber where he spent nine years as a legislator, as the House pays its final respects to a former colleague whose public career began in Quirino and grew into a voice for local governments far beyond his province. /atm