Jessie Castillo

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Jessie Castillo
Mayor of Bacoor, Cavite
In office
1998 – 2007
Preceded by Jose Ignacio Francisco
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born June 15, 1956
Bacoor, Cavite
Political party Nacionalista (2004–)
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/Partido Magdalo (1998–2004)
Spouse Minerva Gomez
Children 3
Religion Roman Catholic

Jessie Banayad Castillo (born June 15, 1956 in Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines) is a Filipino politician. He is the incumbent mayor of Bacoor, a position he has held since 1998. He also chairs the Southern Luzon (Region IV-A) cluster of the Peace and Order Development Council, a position bestowed by appointment of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in 2004.

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On February 7, 2007, Castillo made national headlines after he ordered the closure of the town's police headquarters and its four other detachments and confiscated all the force's seemingly-dilapidated vehicles and radio equipment donated to them after receiving information that his right-hand man, municipal police chief Chief Insp. Alex Borja, and the entire police force, would be replaced in a reshuffle in connection with the 2007 midterm elections. [1]

Castillo, already in the twilight of his term, justified his move and blamed his local arch-rival, Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. as the brains behind the supposed move (Bong's brother, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Board Director Strike Revilla, is challenging the mayor's wife, the former Minerva "Ner" Gomez, for his position), alleging that the senator wanted to replace the police force with policemen loyal to Revilla. Also, instead of challenging his boss and on willful orders of the former, Borja ordered his men to camp outside the police detachments.

The siege ended when Castillo agreed to repoen the locked-up police stations and return the confiscated vehicles to the local police, after a meeting with local government and police officials.

Castillo is the son of Arsenio Castillo, a post-war mayor of Bacoor, and the former Amalia Banayad, a housewife (both deceased). He and his wife have three daughters. His eldest, Macy, is the municipal president of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation of Bacoor.

  1. ^ "Bacoor mayor faces sanctions for locking up PNP stations", ABS-CBN Interactive, February 28, 2007.


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