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Former Marikina mayor Bayani Fernando's wake open to public viewing on Sept. 24
The wake of former Marikina City mayor Bayani Fernando has been opened to public viewing on Sunday, September 24.
On Sunday morning, residents were seen paying their respects to the former mayor at the Queen of Angels Chapel at Riverbanks Center in Marikina City.
Personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority were also deployed to the venue to help out in assisting visitors to the wake of Fernando who also became chairman of the MMDA, according to a report by Luisito Santos on Super Radyo dzBB.
LOOK: Ilang tauhan ng @MMDA, itinalaga sa Queen of Angels Chapel sa Riverbanks Center sa Marikina City para gumabay sa mga dadalaw sa burol ni dating @MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando. | via @luisitosantos03 pic.twitter.com/sPINtuc9kz
— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) September 23, 2023
Among those who went to the wake is Vice President Sara Duterte.
LOOK: Dumalaw si Vice President Sara Duterte sa burol ni dating @MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando sa Queen of Angels Chapel sa Marikina City. | via @luisitosantos03
— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) September 23, 2023
(????: Lito Vergel De Dios) pic.twitter.com/gtT5y7VgJh
The public viewing will be until Monday, September 25.
Fernando passed away on Friday at the age of 77, his wife Marides said.
He served three terms as mayor of Marikina City from 1992 to 2001. Fernando then served as MMDA chairperson from 2002 to 2009.
He was also the Secretary of Public Works and Highways from January to April 2003.
From 2016 to 2022, Fernando served as the representative of the 1st District of Marikina in the House of Representatives.
In the 2010 elections, he ran for a national post as running mate of then presidential candidate and former Senator Richard Gordon.
Fernando was born on July 25, 1946 in San Juan to Gil Fernando, who served as Marikina mayor from 1947 to 1951 and 1956 to 1959, and the former Remedios Constantino Flores.
Fernando graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology in 1967.
He founded the BF Group of Companies in 1985. —KG, GMA Integrated News
