The House Committee on Muslim Affairs has approved, subject to style, a substitute bill that seeks to establish Muslim cemeteries in cities and municipalities with a significant Muslim population. The House plenary (PPAB) This took place Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 24, during a hearing of the committee...
Cities and municipalities with considerable Muslim populations will be compelled to establish their own Muslim public cemeteries if a proposed measure of a lawmaker from Mindanao becomes law. A woman walks through the Manila Islamic Cemetery and Cultural Hall in Manila. (AP) House Bill No. 3755 or...
Senatorial candidate Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero plans to establish interfaith cemeteries around the country. Sorsogon Gov. Chiz Escudero Escudero said he hopes to institutionalize this through a legislation that he would introduce if and when he wins again a seat in the...
Should he win a Senate seat in the upcoming May 2022 senatorial elections, senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he will pursue the creation of interfaith cemeteries nationwide, which he hopes would be institutionalized. Escudero said the idea is to put all...
Personnel from the Muntinlupa police, together with an augmentation group from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), are now deployed in different public and private cemeteries in the city to implement the ban on visits by the public during...
Ahead of the observation of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day on Nov. 1 and 2, the four-day closure of all cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria nationwide beginning Friday, Oct. 29, did not sit well with some stakeholders who branded it as "incomprehensible." DILG Sec. Eduardo Año (Photo...
Cemeteries, columbaria and memorial parks in Metro Manila are compliant with health protocols set by the national government as the observance of the All Souls' Day nears, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) observed Tuesday, Oct. 26. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos said all cemeteries...
The government's pandemic task force announced that public and private cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbariums in the entire country will be closed from October 29 to November 2 to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 41159 Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...
The distribution of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines should now be focused in the provinces since there is already an improved health situation in Metro Manila. League of Provinces of the Philippines logo This was emphasized by League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and...
All cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria across the country will be closed to the public from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 as the nation observes the traditional All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days (Undas) amid the prevailing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Secretary Eduardo Ano...
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar issued on Friday (Oct. 15) an Executive Order (EO) banning the visits to cemeteries, memorial parks and columbaria from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. (Las Pinas PIO / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Aguilar ordered the local police to conduct inspection together with barangay...
Strict rules would likely be imposed in the areas near and inside the cemeteries and memorial parks for the coming All Saint's and All Soul's Day amid the continuous threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Monday, Oct. 11....
