Bankrupt Sri Lanka saves scarce gas supplies for cremations
Bankrupt Sri Lanka will reserve a portion of its scarce fuel supplies for the cremation of Buddhists, whose funeral rites ...
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Pet cremation and funeral services
Pets fill our days and nights with so much love. A pet columbary cremated the remains of Potchie, put the ...
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QC government sets up mobile morgue for cremation
The Quezon City government has set up a mobile morgue to accommodate at least 40 cadavers awaiting cremation. QC Deputy ...
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Makati to shoulder cost of cremations
The Makati City government announced on Tuesday it will shoulder the expenses for the cremation of residents who died due ...
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Duterte prefers cremation, eyes Libingan lot sale
President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he was willing to sell his presidential burial plot at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in ...
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‘Cremate, but don’t keep ashes’
The overcrowding of cemeteries in Metro Manila has prompted the Catholic Church to approve cremation but discouraged the faithful from ...
Read moreVatican tells Catholics not to scatter ashes of the dead
The Vatican urged Catholics not to scatter the ashes of the dead after cremation and instead to store them in ...
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