Rows of lighted candles honor the tombs of departed soldiers at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on October 31, 2024.
A Boy Scout lights a candle in honor of a departed soldier at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on October 31, 2024.
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) Administrator, DND Usec. Reynaldo B. Mapagu, and a Boy Scout light candles at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on October 31, 2024.
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) Administrator, DND Usec. Reynaldo B. Mapagu, leads the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on October 31, 2024.
Rows of lighted candles honor the tombs of departed soldiers at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on October 31, 2024.
A Girl Scout and a soldier light a candle in honor of a departed soldier at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on October 31, 2024.
FORT BONIFACIO, Taguig City – The Philippine Army and a team of Boy and Girl Scouts honored departed heroes, former presidents, soldiers, former state leaders and national figures in the flaglet-setting and candle-lighting ceremony at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB), Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on the evening of October 31, 2024.
The synchronized candle-lighting and flaglet-setting ceremony paid tribute to the 'well-lived' lives of soldiers, heroes, national artists and scientists and former Philippine presidents of the country who are interred at the heroes' cemetery. Meanwhile, the Grave Services Unit (GSU) of the Army Support Command assisted and secured visitors who paid their respects to their departed loved ones ahead of All Saints’ Day. It can be noted that a total of 53,824 remains are interred at LNMB as of October 21, 2024.
In light of the expected uptrend in the number of visitors, the Philippine Army deployed explosive and ordinance disposal (EOD); K9; signal personnel; military police (MP); and medical teams to strengthen PA's Task Force Pag-alaala. PA soldiers assisted a total of 84,300 LNMB visitors in 2023 and 43,709 in 2022.
Meanwhile, the Army leadership assured the public that Army units will fully support the Philippine National Police in ensuring the safety and security of the observance of Undas 2024 across the country.
Photos by Sgt. Christ Darrel O. Pangilinan PA/ OACPA
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