MALAPATAN, Sarangani (September 28, 2009) – The sudden death of Mayor Aida Celozar-Singcoy due to cardiac arrest shocked the town Sunday morning (September 27).
Former mayor and husband Alfonso said at past 12 midnight, Mayor Aida woke up and sat beside him at a sofa where she complained about her chest pain.
“I went outside to get the vehicle and rush her to the hospital, but just moments later I heard the children calling me and already crying,” Alfonso said.
“Gusto nako magpasalamat sa mga tawo nga naa diri karon. Ang uban sa ilaha nakaingon gyud murag nawalaan sila ug ginikanan (I want to say thank you to those who are here today. Some of them really felt they lost their own mother).”
More than a thousand constituents, municipal and provincial employees gathered at the Singcoy residence in poblacion during the day to extend their condolences and comfort the bereaved family.
“Nabuhat gyud niya ang wala nako nabuhat sa una pati na ang paghatag ug livelihood ug pangayo hinabang sa private sector para sa katawhan sa Malapatan (She was able to do what I have not accomplished in my time including the giving of livelihood and asking assistance from the private sector for the people of Malapatan)”.
Aida, 48, was born in November 18, 1961. She was elected mayor of Malapatan in 2007 following her husband Alfonso who finished three consecutive terms.
Mayor Aida was buried in a Muslim ceremony and was laid to rest beside an old mosque built by the Singcoys adjacent to the municipal building. She was succeeded by George Sambaga, the incumbent vice mayor.
The Singcoys were among the pioneering families who migrated to Buayan (now General Santos City) and Malapatan from Kuta Wato (Cotabato) as Islam and Datuism as a way of life and government system spread in Mindanao from the 15th century. (Russtum G. Pelima/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
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