ANTIQUE – Residents braved the muddy terrain in cemeteries to visit their dead loved ones as the province reels from the effects of Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng.”
Francisco Vedeja pedalled for eight kilometers from his residence in Barangay Solong to the public cemetery of Sibalom in Barangay Catmon as part of his yearly obligation to visit his deceased mother.
“I went to the cemetery a day before the All Saint’s Day so that I could still clean the tomb of my mother…,” he said in an interview on Monday, Oct. 31.
His mother passed away 10 years ago and he has not missed visiting her yearly, even if not on All Saints’ Day itself.
Rosario Tardo of San Remigio town said it has been a family tradition to visit their dead loved ones every Nov. 1 or whenever they can.
“We offer flowers to them,” she said.
Parts of Antique were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Of the 23 rain-induced landslides in Western Visayas as of Sunday’s data, 14 were in Antique.
The towns of Tibiao, Anini-y, Barbaza, Valderrama, Tobias Fornier, San Remegio, San Jose, and Patnongon incurred a combined PHP63.199 million in total agricultural losses, covering covering 3,127.96 hectares. (PNA)
