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PH NEEDS MORE INTERFAITH CEMETERIES – ESCUDERO

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero plans to create interfaith cemeteries nationwide, which he hopes to institutionalize through a legislation that he will introduce if he wins again a Senate seat in the May Elections. According to Escudero, the idea is to put all people of faith under one roof in every province and municipality across the […]

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PROHIBIT HOSPITALS, FUNERAL PARLORS FROM WITHHOLDING MUSLIM CADAVERS – PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III has filed a bill seeking to prohibit hospitals, medical clinics, funeral parlors, morgues and other similar facilities from withholding Muslim cadavers on the grounds of nonpayment of hospital bills, medical expenses or other fees. According to Pimentel, Muslim burial rites are done within a 24-hour period. The practice, he said, is […]