In Carcar City, Cebu, a 22-year-old’s corpse was found defiled

Futch Anthony Inso 10/21/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – A 22-year-old woman’s corpse was allegedly defiled inside her casket by an unidentified person at the Ocaña Roman Catholic Cemetery in Barangay Ocaña, Carcar City, on Sunday morning, October 20, 2024. The woman…

Jeslar Uriel Larumbe, hit-and-run victim, laid to rest in Minglanilla cemetery

Emmariel Ares 02/24/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The 23-year-old basketball player, whose promising future was destroyed by a tragic accident that led to his untimely death, was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon, February 24. Over a hundred people, that…

Matthew Perry laid to rest in Los Angeles cemetery — media

Reuters 11/04/2023

Actor Matthew Perry, who died last Saturday, was laid to rest on Friday, Nov. 3, at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom “Friends,” show business media…

Kalag-Kalag 2023: 192K people visited cemeteries in Cebu Province on All Saints’ Day

Emmariel Ares 11/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – At least 192,000 people were recorded to have visited the different cemeteries in Cebu Province on November 1, 2023, during the observance of the All Saints’ Day. But despite the significant number of…

Mayor Rama mulls “Gabii sa Kagikan,” a heritage tour of city’s old cemeteries

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is planning to launch a heritage walk to some of Cebu City’s old and historic cemeteries, which he called “Gabii sa Kagikan.” In his message after the regular…

Lapu police intensify preparations for Kalag-Kalag 2022

Futch Anthony Inso 10/20/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) has intensified its preparation for the upcoming observance of All Saints and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2, respectively. P/Col. Elmer Lim, OIC director of…

Lapu-Lapu mayor: Rules for cemetery visitation to be announced after IATF issues guidelines

Futch Anthony Inso 10/13/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government will still wait for the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the visitation of cemeteries during the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on…

FACES OF CEBU: Roy Liloan and Teodorico Bilao, gravediggers

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Roy and Rico are the names one will hear often being recommended to clients who seek services of gravediggers. Both are gravediggers, or locally called “sepultureros,” of the Carreta Cathedral Cemetery located along…

Cebu City police anticipate influx of cemetery visitors this week

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office anticipates an influx of individuals in the coming All Saints and All Souls Days as they observed minimal cemetery visitors for the past first week.  Police Lieutenant Colonel…

Humay-humay cemetery in Lapu-Lapu to be closed on Nov. 1 and 2

Futch Anthony Inso 10/12/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines– The Humay-humay Public Cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City, will temporarily be closed during the observance of All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2. This was revealed by Fr.…

Cemetery in A. Lopez, Cebu City closed due to illegal exhumations

Dyrecka Letigio 08/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Families of deceased individuals have been illegally exhuming bodies in a cemetery along A. Lopez Steet in Cebu City prompting the city government to close down the cemetery. Councilor David Tumulak said that…

Humay-Humay public cemetery in Lapu-Lapu reopened

Futch Anthony Inso 07/30/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Nuestra Señora de Regla Parish National Shrine in Lapu-lapu City has already reopened the Humay-humay Public Cemetery in Barangay Gun-ob since Monday, July 26, 2021. This was confirmed by Fr. Reynante Joseph…

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