The last time the Philippines held a state funeral for a former president was in 1997 for the late Diosdado Macapagal. The family of the late former presidents Corazon Aquino and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III declined Malacañang’s offer to give each of them a state funeral in 2009 and 2021,...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has a new satellite office, this time in Bacolod City, to provide social services for Filipinos in need. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Vice Presidential Spokesman Reynold Munsayac announced the...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel killed in a recent skirmish in Sibagat, Agusan del Sur has been identified and will be given a decent burial, the military here said. In a statement Monday, July 25, the Philippine Army 65th Infantry Battalion (IB) identified the slain...
The six satellite offices of the Office of Vice President (OVP) have started providing medical and burial assistance to the public nationwide. OVP satellite office in Cebu City (Photo from VP Sara Duterte’s Facebook page) Vice President Sara Duterte opened the satellite offices on the first day...
NAGA CITY (PNA) – A pet owner faces a maximum penalty of imprisonment of not more than a month or be fined P5,000 or both for failure to bury the remains of a pet in the designated resting place. The penalty forms part of the provisions contained in the approved Ordinance 2022-042 of the city...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) rendered full military honors to former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III who was laid to his final resting place at the Manila Memorial Park in Sucat, Paranaque City Saturday noon, June 26. The urn of former Pres. Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed more than 1,000 personnel to secure the burial of former President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said more cops will be be visible in areas where the remains of the former president are expected to pass by...
Vice President Leni Robredo shared that former President Benigno Aquino III offered to bury her husband, the late former Interior secretary Jesse Robredo, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani when he died on a plane crash in 2012. Aquino told her then that there was a proposal to bury Jesse at the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended on Wednesday, June 23, the signing of Executive Order (EO) 139 which grants death and burial benefits to Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs) in the barangays. With the Executive Order, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año...
