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Transcript
00:00 We will now go to the accident in the house of the former MMDA chairman,
00:04 the former mayor and the laughingstock of Marikina, Bayani Fernando.
00:08 His long career in politics, let's go back to the testimony of Joseph Morong.
00:13 Do you remember the times when the color pink was spreading in Metro Manila,
00:25 along with the pink urinal for men?
00:28 Those were part of the Metro Guapo campaign to improve Metro Manila
00:32 led by Bayani Fernando, a mechanical engineer in the heart of politics.
00:38 The former mayor of Marikina, his father,
00:40 he also held a position from 1992 to 2001.
00:44 His pink projects of Alcalde Papi spread throughout Metro Manila
00:49 by the former MMDA chairman from 2002 to 2009,
00:54 projects that divided the public's opinion.
00:57 In 2000, he became a public works and highways secretary for 33 months.
01:01 He ran for vice president in the 2010 election but lost.
01:07 From 2016 to 2022, he became the head of the first district of Marikina.
01:12 Aside from politics, he also has business related to construction and infrastructure.
01:17 But today, he was struck by his long career in politics and business of BF.
01:24 On 7/12, the Marikina DRRMO launched Rescue 161,
01:28 bloodstained head and face, after falling from the roof where he was being buried.
01:34 He was not conscious when he was rushed to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center.
01:38 In the hospital, at 12.16 pm, he was found dead.
01:41 He was brought to Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina.
01:45 The Marikina LGU expressed their condolences.
01:48 The DPWH also reminded Fernando of the "unallied no-nonsense" approach
01:52 in leaving the roadside, cleaning up the finished projects,
01:57 and properly marking the equipment of the construction site.
02:00 While the MMDA recognized Fernando's analyzed, scientific, and practical views
02:05 to solve the problems in Metro Manila.
02:08 A quiet leader, focused on work and strict with the people.
02:12 Fernando will be buried in a chapel in Riverbank, Marikina.
02:16 He will announce the next day when he will open his funeral to the public.
02:21 For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong, your Saksi.
02:25 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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