hood . ▁Form er ▁representative ▁Cla vel ▁As as - Mart ine z ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁city hood ▁of ▁B ogo ▁has ▁been ▁rat ified . ▁It ▁became ▁the ▁sixth ▁component ▁city ▁of ▁C eb u ▁province . ▁ ▁Government ▁center ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁B ogo ▁City ▁Hall ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁by ▁President ▁Ben ign o ▁Aqu ino ▁III . ▁On ▁ 8 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁a ▁powerful ▁super ▁ty ph oon ▁H ai yan , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Y ol anda , ▁badly ▁hit ▁northern ▁C eb u , ▁where ▁B ogo ▁City ▁is ▁located ▁and ▁not ▁sp ared ▁the ▁w ides p read ▁dev ast ation . ▁Ty ph oon ▁Y ol anda ▁destroyed ▁almost ▁everything ▁from ▁infrastr ucture ▁to ▁agricult ure , ▁▁ 9 0 % ▁left ▁hom eless ▁and ▁th ir teen ▁died ▁in ▁B ogo , ▁among ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁fatal ities ▁in ▁Central ▁Philippines . ▁City ▁Hall ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁structures ▁dam aged : ▁its ▁roof ▁got ▁ri pped ▁off , ▁its ▁windows ▁broken ▁and ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁also ▁affected ▁and ▁dev ast ated . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁F iest as ▁and ▁festiv als ▁ ▁Pi y esta ▁sa ▁B ogo ▁ ▁B ogo ▁City ▁celebr ates ▁two ▁town ▁fi est as ▁in ▁every ▁year ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁its ▁patron ▁saint , ▁Saint ▁Vincent ▁Fer rer . ▁ 5 ▁April ▁is ▁the ▁official