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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Friday, November 3, 2017
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BACOLOD City – An extension of a mausoleum at the North Public Cemetery may be demolished in light of complaints that there used to be graves in that portion of the graveyard.
The General Services Office (GSO) of the city government received complaints on All Saints’ Day that graves were dug up and replaced by the mausoleum extension. Its investigation showed the remains were dumped elsewhere in the cemetery.
GSO head Jerome Solinap said they have yet to identify the culprits and the owner of the extended mausoleum.
Rodel Libosada and a certain “Gayanelo” complained to the GSO that the graves of their dead had been dug and the remains have gone missing.
Solinap and Police Station 4 investigated and discovered that the extension of the mausoleum was already built in the area where the complainants claimed their dead used to be buried.
Libosada lost five tombs housing nine remains while Gayanelo lost one tomb.
Solinap said he will recommend to the Office of the City Mayor the demolition of the mausoleum’s extension.
He will also refer to the City Legal Office the possible filing of illegal exhumation and illegal demolition complaints, among others, against the culprits.
In addition, the GSO head sought explanation from the caretaker of the North Public Cemetery (also known as the Burgos Cemetery), Ricardo Repogio.
Repogio told the press he had no idea about the grave-digging and learned about it from Gayanelo only on Oct. 29.
Solinap said they found the dug-up remains on Thursday placed in a labeled sack at the cemetery’s “common” area, or dumping site.
According to Repogio, he failed to notice any suspicious activity for he was very busy preparing for the influx of visitors on All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day and the days leading to Undas.
But he admitted finding the mausoleum’s extension and knowing that a certain Winston Mullner was the construction “contractor.”
By “contractor” he meant someone “nga nagapang -obra sang pantyon (who builds tombs),” Repogio told the press.
Solinap said he will issue a memorandum compelling Repogio to formally explain./PN
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