By NG Seruela
Famy, Laguna Mayor Edwin V. Pangilinan passed away due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Sunday.
The news was confirmed by the Public Affairs Office of Laguna. He was 53 years old.
Mayor Pangilinan’s mother succumbed to COVID-19 on the same day.
The news elicited an outpouring of messages of condolence from netizens, and neighboring local government units (LGUs).