Former Ormoc City mayor Eduard Codilla dies | Inquirer News

Former Ormoc City mayor Eduard Codilla dies

/ 06:15 PM July 29, 2022

Former Ormoc City Mayor Engr. Edward Ondo Capahi Codilla

TACLOBAN CITY — Former mayor Eduard Codilla of Ormoc City, Leyte, succumbed to a lingering illness in a hospital in Manila on Friday. He was 62.

His brother Eric, in an interview, disclosed that the former mayor died of cancer.

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Codilla, he said, visited St. Luke’s Hospital last month for checkup but was infected with COVID-19.

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After recovering from the virus, Codilla visited the hospital again for a checkup after a sudden loss of weight.

“It was then that his doctors advised him to stay in the hospital as they discovered that he has stage 4 cancer already, and worse, it has already spread to his vital organs,” Eric said.

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Codilla served as mayor of Ormoc City for a single term that ended in 2016.

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His attempt for a second term was unsuccessful as he was beaten by Richard Gomez in that election.

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Codilla also ran for mayor in the May 2022 elections but lost.

He was survived by his wife, Violeta, and four children.

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