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The Philippines bids the well-loved and respected Interior and Local Government Jesse Robredo final goodbye on Tuesday, August 28. President Benigno Aquino III and his Cabinet led the state funeral rites for Robredo in a packed Basilica Minore de Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia in Naga City, which he calls home and touched lives after serving as mayor for over 18 years. Residents said it felt like the Peñafrancia festival, which Robredo regularly attended as a devotee. The city has turned into a sea of yellow, with Nagueños proud of the city’s accomplishments and of Robredo donning yellow T-shirts painted with Robredo’s face and the words “Mabalos, Jesse” or “Proud Nagueño.” The President conferred on Robredo the Philippine Legion of Honor with the rank of Chief Commander (posthumous). He will be laid to rest at the Eternal Gardens Memorial Park after his body was cremated. Robredo’s plane crashed on August 18 off Masbate on his way home to Naga to be with his family during the weekend, as he always does. It was his last travel home.
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Watch the final rites here.
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