00:00Some of our countrymen went to Tala Cemetery in Caloocan to bring their loved ones back to life.
00:07More than 20,000 people went to the said cemetery.
00:12This is the center of the news of Gab Villegas.
00:17One person went yesterday, Edith's mother, to bring her loved ones back to life.
00:22Edith's mother was happy that she had a chance to visit her loved ones.
00:26From the time we were in the police force until now, we have lost our lives.
00:32We don't have anything to eat. We don't have anything to eat.
00:36We don't have anything to eat.
00:39We don't have anything to eat.
00:43We don't have anything to eat.
00:48Edith's mother also has things that she blames for since her parents passed away.
00:54I just blame my parents for not helping us when we were 12 years old.
01:04When our parents were sick, we didn't have anyone to help us.
01:09Even when we were sick, we helped our parents.
01:12We are the ones to blame.
01:15I really blame my parents for not helping us when we were 12 years old.
01:19They did everything for us until they passed away.
01:22Edith's mother was the only one who went to Tala Cemetery in Caloocan City
01:28to bring her loved ones back to life for the funeral.
01:33At the entrance of the cemetery,
01:34there is a pit that is checked by the Caloocan PNP and the people
01:38that the barangay 176 brings every time they enter.
01:41Smoking is prohibited, cigarettes, lighters, drunk drinking,
01:46sound system, instruments, paint, medical supplies, and prohibited medicines.
01:51The Caloocan City Police have been spreading around for 200 years
01:54to check the peace and order around the cemetery.
01:57The LGU will also distribute free water to the visitors.
02:01There is a standby ambulance outside the cemetery
02:04and a fireman from the Bureau of Fire Protection.
02:07According to the leadership of Tala Cemetery,
02:09the number of visitors will reach 20,000 throughout the afternoon
02:13and it is expected to increase today.
02:16Meanwhile, the holes in the cemetery are viral on social media.
02:21According to the leadership of the cemetery,
02:23the said holes have been removed from the apartments
02:26that have not been visited by their relatives for a long time.
02:29The said holes have also been placed inside a mass vault.
02:33They have just moved it to a mass vault.
02:36The tombstones are placed there so that when a family comes,
02:40they will show that their family's tombstone is there.
02:44Tala Cemetery is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
02:48Aside from the time of the funeral,
02:50it is also important for us who are still alive
02:52that we always remember our loved ones
02:56and include them in our prayers.
02:58More than anything else,
03:00their memory will serve as our guide
03:03to continue in whatever path of life.
03:06Gabo Milde Villegas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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