He said the Army provided a "battalion-size military honor guard " -- around soldiers. Members of the media were not allowed to witness the ceremony, CNN Philippines reported. Imee Marcos offered a statement on behalf of the family, thanking President Rodrigo Duterte and the Supreme Court for ruling that his burial was legal.
She said that she was also thankful that the family were able to realize Marcos' wish to be buried with his fellow soldiers. Marcos family members, including his children, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos and Imee Marcos, and his widow Imelda Marcos in black attend the ceremony.
Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella read out a statement on the funeral. He said that Duterte was also notified. There are no special instructions," he said. Vice President Leni Robredo, who opposed the burial, said the surprise burial showed the Marcos family was acting "like a thief in the night. If he were, obviously his family would not have to hide his burial like a shameful criminal deed.
Others said it was "a shameless betrayal. Protestors took to Metro Manila streets to voice their objections. Government push. After coming to power in June of this year, Duterte's administration pushed for the former leader's remains to be moved and interred in the Manila cemetery. Duterte, whose father served in Marcos' cabinet and was supported by Marcos' daughter in the presidential elections, has justified the re-internment on the grounds that it is legal to do so.
Aside from the ordinary Marcos supporters, government officials who served during his administration, along with other allies, were also present when his body arrived. Former First Lady Imelda Marcos sprinkles holy water on the flag-draped coffin of her late husband Ferdinand Marcos during a memorial Mass at the Saint William Cathedral in the Philippines while her family watches.
The casket was then transported using a horse-drawn caisson to the Laoag Cathedral as huge crowds gathered along the roads leading to the church. Since the government then refused to allow him to be buried in the Heroes' Cemetery, Marcos' body was interred in a glass crypt in the Marcos Museum and Mausoleum in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. Through the years, tourists and loyalists alike have flocked to the museum to view the body of Marcos. The embalmed body of Ferdinand Marcos is seen through a sealed glass coffin inside a dimly lighted mausoleum in his northern Philippine hometown on September 11, The placement of the late dictator's embalmed body in a transparent crypt, according to his family, is temporary and only until the government finally decides to allow his burial in the Heroes' Cemetery.
With the decision finally out, it is a matter of time before the Libingan ng mga Bayani becomes Marcos' final resting place. Jodesz Gavilan is a writer and researcher for Rappler and its investigative arm, Newsbreak. She covers human rights and also hosts the weekly podcast Newsbreak: Beyond the Stories. She joined Rappler in after obtaining her journalism degree from the University of the Philippines.
Jodesz Gavilan. Two rounds of oral arguments were heard by the High Court. Death in Hawaii. Arrival in Ilocos. Photo from AFP. Jodesz Gavilan jodeszgavilan Jodesz Gavilan is a writer and researcher for Rappler and its investigative arm, Newsbreak. File photo: AFP. Critics say during 20 years in power he looted state coffers and ordered the torture and killing of thousands of foes.
In it was flown to the ancestral home in the northern Philippines, where it was put in a glass case for public viewing. Malabed said Marcos, who died from lung, kidney and liver complications aged 72, was disfigured by oedema - the build-up of fluid that causes tissues to become swollen.
Embalming drains blood and other body fluid, which is replaced with preservative solution. He said another mortuary handled the actual ceremony. As a child, Malabed dreamed of becoming an engineer, but he soon followed in the footsteps of his mortician father. By the time he was an year-old apprentice, Malabed was working on the mangled bodies of US soldiers killed in the Vietnam War, which had been flown to the then-US air base at Clark.
Malabed got his first big break embalming a brother and a sister of Imelda, a job which opened doors to the Marcos family. Under strict instructions from the family matriarch, Malabed preserved the body, but made no effort to fix the bullet-shattered face. For Malabed, a devout Catholic, the identity of a person when they were alive is not important; he treats all his clients equally. World 17h ago Philippines 'Bong' vs 'Bongbong' election drama builds, Duterte move eyed.
Philippines 17h ago Philippines 'Bong' vs 'Bongbong' election drama builds, Duterte move eyed. But Malabed, who embalmed the body, insisted it was real. His skills do not come cheap, he admits, but says the final result is well worth it.
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