Officials confirm Gov. Reyes of Negros Oriental passed away

NEGROS Oriental Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes passed away on Wednesday morning, provincial officials have confirmed.

In a video posted online by the Negros Oriental provincial government, provincial administrator Karen Lisette Molas she received the information from Guihulngan City Vice Mayor Eunica Reyes.

In a GMA News report, Molas said: “About two and a half hours ago, I received a call from Vice Mayor Eunica Reyes. She informed me that the governor passed away this morning. I don’t have the exact time of death yet, but I do know that it happened today in the morning.”

The official said she had not been authorized by the family to disclose details regarding Reyes’ illness and death.

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