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Laoag Vice Mayor Michael Fariñas dies in car crash

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Laoag Vice Mayor Michael Fariñas dies in car crash
(UPDATED) The vice mayor is a nephew of House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Laoag City Vice Mayor Michael Fariñas died in a car crash, police confirmed to Rappler on Wednesday, June 6. He would have turned 53 in August.

According to Laoag City police chief Dominic Guerrero, the vice mayor died in a crash along Bypass Road as he was going home between 4:45 pm and 6 pm on Wednesday.

Fariñas was driving his Mercedes-Benz. He was with a friend – a policeman – who survived the crash, Guerrero said.

A veteran local politician, the vice mayor was a nephew of House of Representatives Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas. Both finished college at the Ateneo de Manila.

He had served as a 3-term mayor of Laoag until 2013. In the election that year, his wife Chevylle ran and won as mayor. 

Fariñas started in politics as a barangay captain when Rudy Fariñas served as governor. He was born and grew up in the city, finishing his high school in 1981 at the Mariano Marcos State University Laboratory High School.

Ilocos Norte Governor  Imee Marcos conveyed her condolences to the Fariñas clan on Friday, June 8.

“We are shocked and saddened by the loss of our Vice Mayor. He has been a real leader in Laoag City, and his contributions to its development will never be forgotten,” she said in a press statement – Rappler.com

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Rambo Talabong

Rambo Talabong covers the House of Representatives and local governments for Rappler. Prior to this, he covered security and crime. He was named Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In 2021, he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.