SunStar Barugo at 450: Rising above the pandemic
LEYTE. Barugo Mayor Ma. Rosario Avestruz (center), together with local officials, leads the town’s 450th founding anniversary on November 3, 2020. (Contributed photo)
+ December 30, 2020 BARUGO, a quaint town in the province of Leyte, is “adaptive and resilient” amid the challenges brought by the global health crisis.
Mayor Ma. Rosario “Macel” Avestruz, the second woman to become the town’s chief executive, said that this became possible because Barugonons or the locals have “held on, united, and fought back” despite the threat of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, which already brought many other places to their knees.