Cebu City saw one of its most challenging years historically in 2021, a year of 'loss and disasters.'
This was the first in history that Cebu City lost its chief executive mid-term. His funeral became a parade of tears as his remains were taken from the Metropolitan Cebu Cathedral to his resting place in Golden Haven, Barangay Binaliw.“When the pandemic struck, Noy Edgar led the city amid this crisis. My brother’s labor and personal struggles were all hidden from public view. The cancer came back. Because of the constraints of lockdown, the mayor was not able to get the treatment he needed.
“It was difficult because there are changes of management in the City Hall. I was not there when these people were appointed so there had to be change,” said the mayor. On December 17, 2021, Cebu City saw the devastation of over P2 billion worth in structures, agriculture, utility, and business.The typhoon that brought gustiness of up to 23o kilometer per hour caused chaos after it made landfall.
Over 700 linemen of Visayan Electric and other energy utilities from the rest of the country now work nearly 24 hours just to bring back power to the city and its nearby local government units . The focus, for now, is to hasten the rehabilitation of the urban area to bring back the economy, and then rebuild the infrastructure and agriculture in the mountain barangays.
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