LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — A former mayor of Polangui, Albay and father of Albay second district Rep. Joey Salceda died on Sunday after a lingering illness.
Jesus Salceda, 89, served as mayor from 1972 to 1991 and 2001 to 2010. He was also the town’s vice mayor from 1992 to 1995.
Salceda’s body lies at the family’s ancestral house in Barangay Centro Occidental.
The burial date is tentatively set on Nov. 29 in the family mausoleum at the Garden of Grace.