TAGBILARAN CITY—Former mayor and incumbent town councilor Benedicto Alcala of Panglao town, Bohol passed away on Monday morning.
He was 73.
His family has yet to reveal the cause of his death.
Panglao Mayor Leonila Paredes-Montero said Alcala was her “kumpare,” being the godfather of her second child, Panglao Councilor Amira Alia Montero-Caindec.
“I sincerely thank him for having led the town during his incumbency,” Montero said in a statement.
The late president Corazon Aquino appointed Alcala as officer-in-charge of Panglao from November 1986 to November 1987.
Alcala, who served as mayor for three consecutive terms from 1988 to 1997, instituted the “Hudyaka sa P…
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