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00:00There were those who started to visit their loved ones in Manila North and South Cemeteries.
00:07And in a public cemetery in Marikina,
00:10the administrator and five others were attacked and filed a complaint.
00:14Some even said that it was illegal to eat.
00:18Witness Tina Panganiban-Perez.
00:22Grace was emotional and dismayed at her visit to her mother's grave in Barangka Public Cemetery in Marikina.
00:29When she arrived, her mother's grave was not there and someone else was buried there.
00:34It hurts so much.
00:36Of course, I couldn't get hold of my father and I couldn't go to him.
00:41And now my mother is here.
00:43She's almost gone.
00:45According to Grace's caretaker,
00:48According to Grace's caretaker,
00:50Grace was accompanied by her mother to the graves in accordance with the ordinance,
00:54but she did not know where it was brought.
00:57The copy of the ordinance was found in the office of the cemetery administrator,
01:02Renato Beltran.
01:04It is stated here that those buried there can only remain there for up to five years.
01:09If not removed by the relative, it will be removed and buried in the cemetery's ossuary.
01:15A while ago, bones were found that seemed to have been hit by the people of the Marikina Health Office.
01:22It could have been condemned by the Marikina LGU and the cemetery's administrator was immediately attacked.
01:28A permit from the City Health Office was also required for the excavation of the grave,
01:33but no one was able to show the direction of the cemetery.
01:36This is an unauthorized excavation.
01:39It is a violation of the sanitation code and the exhumation that was done.
01:42Most of what we saw were not permitted to be excavated.
01:45And when it was excavated, it was not placed in the right place like the ossuary.
01:51It is infuriating. We are condemning this.
01:54An administrative complaint was filed for neglect of duties and a criminal complaint
02:00due to a violation of the sanitation code,
02:03the cemetery's administrator and five grave diggers who were involved in the excavation.
02:09According to the Marikina LGU, it is also possible that other people were also involved in the so-called riotous syndicate.
02:16They are cutting and exhumating the graves so that they can buy, pay and exchange.
02:24According to one of the complainants, they asked for P20,000.
02:35In Manila South Cemetery, more than P3,000 are being exhumed until 2 p.m.
02:41That is still not enough because the exhumation is expected to happen tomorrow, according to the cemetery's administrator.
02:47The situation is not good now.
02:50Others have already arrived yesterday. Many have already visited.
02:53But as they said, they will still return.
02:55Last November 1, half a million people visited this cemetery.
03:00That is why Pioneer D has already visited or that is why the visit will be early tomorrow.
03:05Manila South Cemetery also reminded not to bring prohibited items.
03:10Those who are drunk should drink bladed items such as knives and ice picks,
03:15loud sound systems and saranggola.
03:18Clego or clina sigo should also be allowed even though there are people from the LGU who are going around to clean and throw garbage.
03:27It is open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
03:30Overnight is prohibited.
03:32Manila South Cemetery is 25 hectares wide.
03:36Since vehicles are not allowed to enter here, it is difficult to go around if you are just walking.
03:42That is why there are electric vehicles for visitors here in the cemetery.