San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora has announced that the San Juan Crematorium and Columbarium will soon be built inside the San Juan City Cemetery in fulfillment of his administration 's promise of "womb to tomb" care for San Juaneños. Zamora led the groundbreaking for the P71-million...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has filed a bill that would grant tax incentives to cremation facilities that would help law enforcement authorities in their effort to destroy seized illegal drugs faster. This is spelled out in...
The Las Piñas City government opened its first-ever operated public crematorium and columbarium on August 4 to serve its residents free of charge. Mayor Imelda T. Aguilar said the 3-story columbarium has 25,000 vaults in Building 1 that could accommodate four standard urns each. Aguilar said...
Smoke coming from crematoriums--which have become more active as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic--is causing a legitimate air pollution issue. (Photo by Ryunosuke Kikuno/ Unsplash) In this regard, pollution watchdog EcoWaste Coalition urged crematorium operators on Thursday,...