Officials set up police checkpoints heading to Barangay Bayawon in Siaton town, and cellular signals are nil to weak in the hometown of slain Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo.
DUMAGUETE, Philippines – The Negros Oriental provincial government on Thursday, March 16 set up a big screen on the grounds of the Capitol for the thousands of residents who were not able to get on buses ferrying mourners to slain governorThousands of all ages and genders waited for hours at the capitol grounds, and then jostled for space in more than a dozen buses that came and left for mourners. Officials kept order, giving priority seats to senior citizens.
Frequent police checkpoints slow down traffic but officials have said they want to ensure the safety of at least 10,000 people that had stayed overnight in Siaton. After the Mass, the Degamo family will return his remains to be interred in a pavilion at the backyard of their residence, beside his mother, Luzveminda Ragay Degamo, and sister, Gina Degamo Estrella.
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