Various NCR public cemeteries release guidelines for visitors during observance of #Undas2023
Various NCR public cemeteries release guidelines for visitors during observance of #Undas2023
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00:00 Places of eternal rest in the mega city are not exclusively for the diseased as our Noel Calacay found out in a Pasay public
00:07 Cemetery where a poor soul and survivor has lived in the last 30 years
00:11 Finding a place to stay on All Saints and All Souls Day is always a challenge to Imelda
00:20 43 who has made Pasay City Public Cemetery her home for the past 30 years
00:27 We are wearing our own clothes, but we cannot go out because of the pandemic.
00:35 Despite the awareness of the chief executive of Pasay City, she still stressed that residing inside the said cemetery is prohibited by law.
00:44 The people who live here are really caretakers, but maybe they are deceiving their relatives here and there, but they are really prohibited here.
00:59 However, she said that the city government of Pasay has an ongoing project that will provide affordable housing to homeless families in Pasay, including families living in cemeteries.
01:11 I just want to know because I don't want to be expensive because they will also fall because there is no free housing.
01:18 Pasay City LGU records indicate a hundred individuals living inside the Pasay City Public Cemetery.
01:25 This afternoon, Mayor Emy personally visited the Pasay City Public Cemetery to ensure its readiness for UNDAS.
01:34 I saw that Pasay City Public Cemetery is ready to welcome the people who want to pray, to light candles, to their loved ones.
01:51 She also anticipates the number of visitors to double from October 29 to November 2 with COVID-19 restrictions already lifted.
02:00 In last year's UNDAS, they recorded 10,000 to 15,000 visitors.
02:05 Guidelines to be implemented during UNDAS at the cemetery in Pasay City will be posted on its social media accounts.
02:12 Meanwhile, the Montilupa City Public Cemetery has released its guidelines for October 29 to November 2.
02:20 The said cemetery will open to visitors from 6 in the morning to 6 in the evening.
02:25 A hotline number was also set up.
02:28 Moreover, Manila North Cemetery will temporarily stop its services from October 29 to November 2 and then resume on November 3.
02:37 The cemetery has also issued guidelines for visitors during UNDAS.
02:41 Noel Talacay for the Nation!