Tag: Libingan ng mga Bayani

AFP Chief of Staff Gapay: Country’s frontliners the “heroes of our time”

(Eagle News) –Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay on Monday, Aug. 31, hailed the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic, calling them the “heroes of our time.” In his National Heroes Day message, Gapay, who represented President Rodrigo Duterte in ceremonies at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, thanked the medical practitioners, law enforcers, government employees, and “everyone who continues to perform their duties despite the threats posed by COVID-19,” […]

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Palace: Health workers who died in fight vs COVID-19 may be buried at Libingan ng mga Bayani

(Eagle News) — Health workers who died in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 may be buried in Libingan ng mga Bayani. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, also the presidential legal counsel, made the remark after a congressman made the suggestion, noting the contributions and sacrifices of frontliners amid the COVID-19 crisis. “Every Filipino frontliner who dies in this COVID-19 war deserves to be laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani because of […]

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President Duterte visits Libingan ng mga Bayani

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Monday night the Libingan ng mga Bayani to commemorate National Heroes Day. The President made the visit hours after he skipped the National Heroes Day rites and wreathlaying ceremony in the cemetery in Fort Bonifacio. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano represented him instead. Senator Bong Go, the President’s former longtime aide, said  that while the chief executive was “indisposed,” there was nothing to worry about. In his National Heroes Day […]

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Duterte skips National Heroes Day rites at Libingan; Nothing to worry about, Go says

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Aug. 26, skipped National Heroes Day rites at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Senator Bong Go, a former longtime aide of the President, did not give an explanation for the chief executive’s absence but said there was nothing to worry about. “He is indisposed..Seventy-four years old na po si Pangulo at kailangan niya ring magpahinga…,” Go said. Duterte was represented by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano instead. Last year, the […]

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Duterte: Forget about political colors

(Eagle News) — Forget about political colors. This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte to residents in Tarlac, a supposed bailiwick of the Aquinos, on Wednesday. “If the Ilocanos would like to have a hero in the name of Ferdinand Marcos, give it to them,” he said, justifying his decision to allow the burial of the former president in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The burial–which was done months after Duterte assumed the presidency […]

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Opposition lawmakers “insulted” they got invites for Marcos’ 100th birthday

  (Eagle News) – Anti-Marcos congressmen who have received invitations for Monday’s (September 11) 100th birth anniversary of the late President Ferdinand Marcos said they felt insulted that they got invites from the Marcos family for the event. Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, for instance, said that they have opposed Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, so this was a big insult not only for him but for the victims of human rights violations […]

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SC junks MR on dismissal of petitions vs former President Marcos’ burial at Libingan

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has junked a motion for reconsideration of its previous decision dismissing the petitions against the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani. Voting 10-5, Theodore Te, SC spokesperson, said the High Court denied the MR–filed by Senator Leila de Lima–which appealed  the Nov. 8, 2016 decision that dismissed the petitions against Marcos’ burial in the Taguig cemetery for “absence of grave abuse of discretion.” De […]

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Pres. Duterte: Anti-Marcos groups need no permits to protest 

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the police and military to remain in camps as he allowed anti-Marcos groups to protest on the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). Saying his decisions are always guided by the common good and the general welfare of the people, the President said anti-Marcos groups could freely hold their protests even without a rally permit. He declared […]

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Deliberasyon ng mosyon sa paglilibing kay dating pangulong Marcos, ipinagpaliban sa susunod na linggo

(Eagle News) — Iniurong ng Supreme Court sa susunod na linggo ang pagtalakay sa dalawang bagong petisyon ng mga grupong kontra sa naging libing kay dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) noong Biyernes. Ayon kay Supreme Court Public Information Office chief Atty. Theodore Te, tinalakay sa En Banc Session ng mga mahistrado ang mga mosyon na inihain ng mga anti-Marcos petitioner. Pero ipinagpaliban anya ang pag-aksyon at itutuloy na lang sa […]

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Exhume Marcos, Philippine court asked after hero burial

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Campaigners launched legal action Monday to exhume the body of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, just three days after his burial in a national heroes’ cemetery triggered street protests. He was finally laid to rest Friday in a secretive ceremony at the “Cemetery of Heroes” with military honours almost three decades after his death, angering critics who accuse Marcos of massive corruption and human rights abuses. Relatives of victims of his […]

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Mga taga-Ilocos, ikinatuwa ang paglilibing kay dating Pang. Marcos

Ikinatuwa ng mga taga Ilocos Norte ang naganap na paglilibing kay dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani. Ayon sa kanila, maraming nagawa sa bansa si Marcos noong nabubuhay pa kung kayat marapat lamang na bigyan ito ng marangal na libing. Naniniwala rin sila na hudyat na ito ng pagkakaroon ng kapayapaan sa bansa. (Weller Reyes,Ilocos Norte EBC Correspondent)

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