President Benigno Aquino III led the country in mourning for Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo as he proclaimed “National Days of Mourning” until Robredo’s internment.
Thorough Proclamation No. 460 s. 2012, the President ordered all government offices worldwide to fly the flag at half-mast for six days in honor of the six-term Naga City Mayor.
“As provided for by law, for a period of six (6) days, the national flag shall be flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset in all government buildings and installations in the Philippines and in our posts abroad,” the President said in the proclamation.
The Department of Education had earlier announced that all flags in public schools and its offices will be flown at half-mast.
Furthermore, the Palace created a committee that will handle Robredo’s state funeral.
Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas confimred on Tuesday morning that Robredo had died in Staturday's plane crash.
He said the DILG Secretary’s body was found inside the crashed plane, 800 meters off Masbate’s shore and 180 feet below the sea surface.
Retrieval operations for the bodies of pilot Jessup Bahinting and co-pilot Kshitiz Chand had been suspended on Tuesday afternoon, but will resume on Wednesday.
Robredo's aide, Senior Inspector Jun Abrasado, was the lone survivor of the plane crash.
article source: gmanetwork.com
