DUMAGUETE CITY — The vice mayor of this city died on Sunday morning, May 30, just days after he recovered from COVID-19.
Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova, in his early 50s, was riding his bike on his way back to Dumaguete when he collapsed along the national highway in Barangay Bantayan.
Dumaguete City Councilor Joe Kenneth Arbas, a party-mate and close friend of Cordova, said the vice mayor had attended a “bike for a cause” in Tanjay City, about 41 kilometers away from this city, prior to his death.
Cordova was rushed to the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital but passed away after several attempts to revive him.
Arbas said Cordova had recently recovered from COVID-19.
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