Once again, Filipinos will be venerating the dead in a socially distant manner this 2021 COVID-19 still lingers.
Former 4th District Representative Benhur Salimbangon | FB Photo /Francis SalimbangonFormer 4th District Rep. Benhur Salimbangon passed away last December 2020 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 75.A local of Medellin, a second-class municipality located approximately 120 kilometers north of Cebu City, Salimbangon was first elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 to 2010 and from 2010 to 2019.
In particular, they remembered the late congressman as the ‘Visionary Leader of the North’ for implementing various infrastructural projects and promoting tourism destinations in Cebu’s northern towns.Former Governor Lito Osmena chooses Chiz Escudero as his vice-presidential candidate during a press conference. Ex-governor Emilio Mario ‘Lito’ Osmeña succumbed to the infection last July 2021, his family confirmed. He was 82 years old.
With him at the helm, the Capitol was able to push and complete multiple infrastructural projects including the Transcentral Highway, modernization of the Cebu International Airport , concreting of provincial roads, expanding telecommunications network in the province, to name some. He founded the Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives , a local political party in Cebu, that advocates devolution. Devolution, as defined by Britannica, is ‘the transfer of power from a central government to subnational authorities’.
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