Former Cebu fourth district Representative Benhur Salimbangon, 75, died Thursday after a “long battle with cancer.”
Benhur Salimbangon (FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN)
“With heavy hearts, we are informing everyone that at the Lord’s hour of 3:00 pm, Congressman Benhur L. Salimbangon has concluded his 75 years of existence. After a long battle with cancer, he has passed peacefully with his family by his side,” said Salimbangon’s son Francis in a Facebook post.
“Up until his last breath, Cong. Benhur fought a good fight; but now, God has him back in his Kingdom as His warrior,” added Francis, a provincial board member.
Salimbangon died more than a month after the passing of Cebu City North District Rep. Raul del Mar.
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+ December 11, 2020 In my previous column, I already suggested to the incumbent leadership at the Cebu City Government and various institutions like the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) and the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) to honor the late Cebu City North District Rep. Raul del Mar. I urged the City Council to name a street after him. (Renaming a national street needs congressional approval). Sculptures or human-size statues of del Mar should be installed at the CPA and the airport. An annex building inside the VSMMC compound should be named after him.
I think I can say this without fear of contradiction that del Mar introduced developments in his district, specifically, and in the entire city, in general. He brought in both hard (infrastructure) and soft (livelihood and assistance) projects in his district. He authored and crafted laws of local and national significance that benefited his c