Many Filipinos are expected to go to cemeteries on Saturday, November 1 for All Saints' Day (Undas 2025) to pay their respects to their departed loved ones.
As of 6 a.m., 70,000 Filipinos were already at cemeteries, according to National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Public Information Office chief Police Major Hazel Asilo.
"All over Metro Manila, as of 6 a.m. kanina, mayroon na tayong nasa 70,000 na mga bumibisita sa kanilang mga mahal sa buhay," Asilo said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
These were tallied in over 160 cemeteries and columbaries all over Metro Manila, she added.
"Peaceful naman at wala tayong nagiging problema sa ating mga sementeryo," Asilo said.
(So far it has been peaceful and no problem has been encountered in our cemeteries.)
"More or less makaka-one million tayo niyan," Daniel Tan, director of Manila North Cemetery, told reporters in an interview, according to a report on Super Radyo dzBB.
(More or less, we are expecting one million visitors.)
Visitors continue to go to Manila North Cemetery, said to be the biggest in the city.
Tan appealed to visitors to bring their own garbage bags so they can take their trash out themselves, according to a report by Carlo Mateo.
At Manila South Cemetery, meanwhile, it was still quiet at 6 a.m., as seen on a video taken by Mao dela Cruz of Super Radyo dzBB.
November 1 was earlier declared a special non-working day to allow Filipinos to head to their hometowns and observe the annual tradition with their families. -- KG, GMA Integrated News