VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter's Square, an event unprecedented in modern times. Scarlet-clad cardinals, dignitaries and thousands of priests and nuns from around the world...
Pope Francis speaks during the end of year Vespers and Te Deum prayer at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican on December 31, 2022. The End of year vespers at St Peter’s Basilica takes place as former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in six centuries to step down as head of...
A bill seeking to grant a P15,000 funeral package that includes burial services to indigent Filipino families has been filed at the House of Representatives. (GRECLAURENTIU | iStock | Getty Images) House Bill (HB) No. 3678 or the proposed “Indigent Funeral Package Act”, authored by Cavite 1st...
Cavite First District Rep. Jolo Revilla filed on Tuesday, Aug. 16, a bill mandating funeral service providers to offer an indigent funeral package. House Bill No. 3678 proposes a P15,000 funeral package for poor families, covering the retrieval and embalming of the deceased, selection of the...
Shortly after the inurnment ceremony for late former president Fidel V. Ramos started on Tuesday, Aug. 9, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. arrived at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City to personally bid his last farewell to the former leader. FAREWELL, FVR—President Ferdinand...
Everything ran like clockwork as former president Fidel V. Ramos would have wanted it. Funeral procession of former president Fidel V. Ramos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) From the seamless transfer of his ashes from his wake at...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) brought the late former president Fidel V. Ramos to his final resting place at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Tuesday, Aug. 9. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vincent...
Former president Fidel Valdez Ramos was laid to rest on Tuesday, Aug. 9, following a state funeral that was accorded a leader of the country for the first time in 25 years. The vicinity of The Heritage Memorial Park and the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City was filled by families, friends,...
Vice President Sara Duterte paid her last respects to former president Fidel V. Ramos, whom she remembered as the “most disciplined and mission accomplished“ chief executive. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) Duterte visited the wake of Ramos at the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is prepared to bring former Commander in Chief and President Fidel V. Ramos to his final resting place at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig City on Tuesday, August 9. Former first lady Amelita Ramos spends a few moments in front of...
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,...
Filipinos continue to pay their last respects to former president Fidel V. Ramos at the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City on Sunday, Aug. 7, the scheduled public viewing for the urn containing the ashes of the former chief executive. Former first lady Amelita Ramos spends a few moments in front...
