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00:00Good evening Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
00:12The whole force of the GMA Integrated News is in full swing.
00:18We are in various terminals, roads, highways and expressways.
00:24We are also monitoring the situation of the provinces, especially in northern Luzon,
00:29which is plagued by the León earthquake.
00:37And I am live here in Manila North Cemetery to bring you the latest here.
00:42Also to show you the different cemeteries in the country.
00:48And let's start with the latest, a cemetery in Marikina
00:51where the unauthorized excavation of the graves will take place.
00:57I am live with Ivan Mayerina.
01:00Ivan, what is the scenario of the people who went there earlier?
01:08Yes, Evil, while most of our countrymen are cleaning their graves,
01:12lighting candles or arranging flowers in their graves,
01:18dozens of bones were dug, taken out of the graves,
01:21and it seems that they were just stamped here in the cemetery in Marikina.
01:29It is not in order and it seems that some bones were just stamped
01:32by the people of Marikina Health Office in Barangas Cemetery earlier this morning.
01:37The report of the exhumation or taking out of the graves has reached the local government
01:42if the time will come.
01:44In the office of the administrator of the cemetery, Renato Beltran,
01:47the announcement was made that the people who were buried there
01:50can only remain there for up to 5 years.
01:52And if the relatives did not delay it, they will be buried in the cemetery in Oshuari.
01:56In other words, the contract for the exhumation of apartment-type cemeteries
02:00is only for 5 years.
02:02And if the time comes, the exhumation will be forced to be removed.
02:07Grace Magatas was crying in the cemetery.
02:11She saw the picture of the bones of the bones that were dumped
02:14and the way to her mother's grave.
02:16The tombstone is no longer there and someone else buried it.
02:19She was not able to hide her sadness, anger, and despair
02:22for the lack of dignity and respect for what was done to the grave of her loved one.
02:26It hurts so much.
02:28Of course, I couldn't get my father and I couldn't go to him.
02:33And now my mother is here.
02:35She's so close but she's not here.
02:37Grace confronted the caretaker of her mother's grave for several years
02:41and he said that he meets her every visit.
02:43But no one can answer if the so-called ordinance is not followed.
02:46It is also impossible to say where Grace's mother's grave will be found.
02:50After 5 years, it can be found in the law.
02:55The Marikina City Hall was also shocked when it happened
02:58and the administrator of the cemetery was immediately arrested.
03:01Yes, there is an ordinance, but it is stated that the bones should not be left untouched
03:07and should be placed in a safe place.
03:09It is also clear in every exhumation or burial
03:11that there is a permit that should be obtained from the City Health Office
03:14which cannot be shown by the cemetery administrator.
03:18This burial is not authorized.
03:20This is a violation of the Sanitation Code.
03:22This is an exhumation that was done.
03:24Most of what we see is that there is no permit yet to be obtained.
03:27And when it was exhumed, it was not placed in the right place like a safe place.
03:33It is infuriating. We are condemning this.
03:37The administrative complaint was filed against the administrator of the cemetery
03:42and five sepulchers who committed the crime.
03:45The six criminal complaints were also filed because of a violation of the Sanitation Code.
03:50It is also possible that there are other members of the so-called City Hall
03:53who are like a rioting syndicate.
03:55They are making a hole and exhuming the bones
03:59so that they can buy and pay for the burial.
04:03According to one of the complainants,
04:09they were fined P20,000.
04:19For the time being, the administration of the cemetery
04:24is under the jurisdiction of the City Health Office of Marikina.
04:27We do not have an actual list of those who were exhumed or those who were exhumed.
04:32Because there is no clear and clean list from the former administration.
04:36But if the Marikina City Health Office properly labelled the exhumed bodies,
04:43they will find people who will face those who will look for their bodies.
04:55Ivan, you had an interview earlier
04:58where he said that he did not know where to look for the remains of his late mother.
05:02I would like to know what the Marikina City Health Office will do
05:06to those who are looking for the remains of their relatives.
05:15First of all, we called the City Health Office
05:18and we have relayed this information.
05:20They need to submit some requirements.
05:24First of all, they need to properly label the remains of their relatives.
05:29They need to prove that they are the relatives of the bodies.
05:33And some other requirements.
05:35The promise of the City Health Office is that there will be people who will look for their bodies.
05:42They will just explain their requirements.
05:44However, it is a holiday, Emil, and their manpower is limited.
05:47But until now, and even now,
05:49there are people who will look for the remains of their relatives.
05:59Ivan, aside from the Marikina City,
06:01there is also a similar incident
06:03when a similar incident happened in the remains of a cemetery
06:06in Caloocan City, Kamakailan.
06:08Is there a law that says
06:10that it is prohibited to excavate the remains of the bodies
06:15of the bodies of the deceased?
06:21Yes, Emil.
06:22The absence of the bodies of the deceased is an important part of the exhumation.
06:29Here in Marikina, for example,
06:31the important condition is that the bodies of the deceased are abandoned.
06:37So, the assumption can be removed.
06:39But in this case,
06:41as we interviewed earlier,
06:43it was only in August that the body was excavated.
06:46So, it is clear that the remains of the deceased are not abandoned.
06:49That is why it is a big surprise that such a development happened.
06:54And of course, it is also clear in the Sanitation Code of the Philippines
06:57that the remains of the deceased cannot be easily excavated.
07:01The City Health Office does not have a permit
07:05and there is no proper process for the exhumation.
07:11Thank you very much, Ivan Mayrina.