Eric Yap

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Go and the surname or paternal family name is Yap.
The Honorable
Eric Yap
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Benguet
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Caretaker: January 20, 2020 – June 30, 2022
Preceded byNestor B. Fongwan
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for ACT-CIS party-list
In office
June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022
Serving with Jocelyn Pua-Tulfo and Niña Taduran
House committee chairmanships
Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 2, 2020
Preceded byIsidro Ungab
Chair of the
House Committee on Games and Amusements
In office
July 22, 2019 – March 2, 2020
Preceded byGustavo Tambunting
Succeeded byJoseph Bernos
Personal details
Born
Eric Go Yap

(1979-05-11) May 11, 1979 (age 45)
Quezon City, Philippines
Political partyLakas–CMD (2024–present)[1]
United Benguet Party
Other political
affiliations		NUP (2019–2024)[2]
ACT-CIS (2018–2022)
Alma materUniversity of Santo Tomas (BS)

Eric Go Yap (born May 11, 1979) is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative for Benguet's lone congressional district since 2022, and was the district's legislative caretaker from January 2020 until he was elected in his own right. He was a party-list representative for ACT-CIS from 2019 to 2022, and is the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations since March 2020.

Yap is among the principal authors of House Bill No. 5477 which was signed into law as Republic Act No. 11463 in December 2019 as an act to establish the Malasakit Centers—a one-stop shop for government medical and financial assistance[3] and among the main proponents of House Bill 7778 or the establishment of the Autonomous Region of the Cordillera.[4]

Yap spearheaded various programs in Benguet such as Mobile Tulong,[5] Mobile Oxygen,[6] Youth Assistance Program,[7] and infrastructure projects.[8]

  1. ^ "Lakas-CMD membership reaches 103, one-third of total House members". House of Representatives (Press release). August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  2. ^ Cruz, RG (August 1, 2019). "Paolo Duterte adopted in National Unity Party". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Ranada, Pia. "Duterte signs Go's Malasakit Center law in Malacañang ceremony". Rappler. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Benguet Caretaker files Cordillera autonomy bill". NEDA CAR. October 5, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Congressman Yap assures continuity of mobile 'tulong' program". Herald Express. February 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "Benguet hospital receives oxygen tanks". Zigzag Weekly. October 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "P25 million set aside for Youth Assistance Program in Benguet". Herald Express. May 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "More infra projects in Benguet". SunStar Baguio. September 16, 2020.