Former Leyte Rep. Carmen Cari dies at 90

TACLOBAN CITY — Former Leyte congresswoman and Baybay City mayor Carmen Cari, who played a key role in the cityhood of Baybay and the transformation of a state university into one of the country’s leading agriculture-focused institutions, died on Tuesday, Sept. 1, after a lingering illness. She was 90. Cari spent nine years in Congress