Military personnels carry the metal casket of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo at the C130 plane in Masbate Airport, Masbate City on Tuesday. His remains were brought to Naga City. Robredo, his aide and two pilots on board a light plane that crashed off Masbate City Saturday. INQUIRER PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines—The committee created by Malacañang for the state funeral of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo announced that his remains would be flown to Manila on Friday.
In a schedule posted on its website the committee said Robredo’s remains would be transported from Naga City to Malacañang Palace at 9 a.m. on Friday.
The bulletin contains information on the schedule of masses to be held in honor of Robredo at the offices of the Philippine National Police (PNP), National Police Commission Office in Makati, and the Department of Interior and Local Government central and regional offices.
Presidential Undersecretary Manolo Quezon III, in a Malacañang briefing on Wednesday, however, said that the specifics on the said transfer to Malacañang, and whether this would be open to public, would be disclosed in a separate bulletin.
Quezon added that all forms of national recognition, and the highest possible honors and tributes, were being considered but that “these should be done tactfully and in consultation” with Robredo’s family.
President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday night also signed Proclamation No. 460, proclaiming for a period of six days starting Wednesday the Days of National Mourning for Robredo.
Meanwhile, Naga City Vice Mayor Gabriel Bordado in a radio report said the local government of Naga came up with two resolutions, one expressing their condolences to Robredo’s family, and the other declaring May 27 as the Jesse Robredo Day.
Robredo was born on May 27, 1958 in Naga City.