The family of the late president Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) has expressed its gratitude for the assistance extended by the Office of the President (OP) and other government agencies for the wake, which started Wednesday, Aug. 4. A statement from the Ramos family said the OP and other agencies have...
Former president Fidel V. Ramos will be given a state funeral with full military honors, Malacañang said Wednesday, Aug. 3. Former President Fidel V. Ramos (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in Manila) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced that the late president will be accorded a state...
The wake of former president Fidel V. Ramos will be open to the public starting on Sunday, Aug. 7, his family announced. Former president Fidel V. Ramos (Reuters / Romeo Ranoco / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Ramos family and the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation, Inc. (RPDEV) said the...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- The US and EU led an international outcry Saturday after Israeli police charged the funeral procession of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and beat pallbearers who almost dropped her coffin. Thousands of mourners packed Jerusalem's Old City on Friday for the burial...
BAGGAO, CAGAYAN -- A heartbreaking scene of a funeral posted in social media has caught the attention of netizens in Baggao, Cagayan. (Photo courtesy of Genavie Edillo Sumaoang) May-Ann Sumaoang Sales said that the scheduled internment of his grandfather was Saturday. To reach the cemetery, the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) rendered traditional military funeral honors to its former Chief of Staff, General Lisandro Abadia, who was laid to rest at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery) in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Saturday, January 29. The Armed Forces of the...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that funeral claims increased more than threefold in the first semester of the year driven by various online service facilities introduced by the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the company...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate has called for the passage of House Bill 5249 or Free Funeral Services for Indigent Families on Sunday, October 31. Zarate lamented that HB 5249 is still pending at the House Appropriations Committee although the House...
National Scientist Dr. Ramon C. Barba, who was behind the year-round availability of fresh mangoes, was laid to rest on Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) in Taguig City. (Screengrab from DOST Philippines Facebook page) The Philippine government accorded a state...
National Scientist Dr. Ramon C. Barba, who was behind the year-round availability of fresh mangoes, is set to be accorded a state funeral on Saturday, Oct. 16. National Scientist Ramon C. Barba (NAST PHL) The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL), the country’s...
Ballsy Aquino-Cruz, the eldest sister of the late President Benigno Aquino III, on Saturday, June 26 became emotional in her message for her brother, saying that the former Chief Executive was the one who fulfilled their parents’ unfinished business. Ballsy Aquino-Cruz (Screenshot from Radyo...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that history will judge the late former President Benigno Aquino III kindly even as “wrongful accusations and disinformation” were hurled against him in the past five years. Robredo said the people who saw him up close are in grief because “he was not just...
