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CEBU CITY, Philippines — As All Soul’s Day or the Kalag-Kalag draws near, people are preparing to visit the tombs of loved ones who have passed on to pray for their souls and to remember them when…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama expressed his plans to restore the old, heritage chapel inside the Calamba Cemetery. Rama said he would personally raise funds for this undertaking, and he would personally contribute…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak, the chairperson for disaster risk reduction and management in the City Council, wants social distancing markers placed in cemeteries here. This he said after he inspected the Calamba…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tombs holding recently buried bodies collapsed in a cemetery in Barangay Labangon prompting the Cebu City government to close down the area for health and safety reasons. Councilor David Tumulak said that at…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The construction of the proposed new tombs in four major Catholic cemeteries in Cebu City will take approximately only five weeks to complete. However, this can only start once Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 30-year-old lapida maker or headstone maker was believed to have been killed because he failed to finish an already paid lapida or headstone on time. Witnesses told police that this was probably…
Around 7,000 individuals visited the Calamba Cemetery as of 12 noon, Thursday (November 1). Chief Insp. Allan Rosario of the San Nicolas police station said that they expect a bigger crowd in the afternoon. The Calamba Cemetery…
BALLOONS and cotton candy are favorites of children accompanying their parents visiting the graves of their loved ones. With this target market, Matilde Cepillos with the help of her grandson Anthony, 13, sell balloons at the Calamba…
IT IS not only a busy day for people visiting their departed at the Calamba Cemetery, but it was also a hectic day for 68-year-old Dolorina Ebrado, who offers prayers for the dead — for a fee.…
A MAUSOLEUM painted sky blue and fronted by a gold-painted steel gate stands out among the chalk-white and ashen gray tombs that greet visitors at the entrance of the Calamba Cemetery in V. Rama, Cebu City. Yet…
The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) said the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day at the Calamba Cemetery this morning was generally peaceful, except for the case of four men who were arrested after…
CEBU CITY–A 38-year-old suspected pusher was arrested by police for killing his own mother in Barangay Cogon-Pardo, Cebu City on Monday evening. Jonito Lapata allegedly hit the head of his 73-year-old mother with a wood before he…
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