The Mourning Leyteno's: Benjamin Kokoy Romualdez

Warning: this is a photo overload.

 All of the photos were taken from Congressman Ferdinand Martin Romualdez's (son of Kokoy Romualdez)  and Tacloban LGU's Facebook account. The photos speaks a thousand words and so the photos will tell the story of how the Leyteno's lost a fellow Leyteno- all in Imeldific proportions.

At long last a photo of konsehala Kring Kring Romualdez

Okay, so they scrimped on the outer covering by using acetate but the whole affair was Imeldific!

The fathers of RTRMF bidding adieu to the founder and benefactor of the school.Is that Dr. Romo?

Man in barong is probably a son of Mayor Bejo since  he is always at  his side. I saw him leaning on the pillar in Sto. Nino Church with silent tears running down from his bloodshot eyes.

Probably taken at Sto. Nino Shrine last night 

Imelda Marcos, fondly called MEldy by his brother Kokoy

L-R:Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Philip Romualdez and Madame Juliet, wife of Kokoy Romualdez

Mayor Bejo Romualdez

A nice man who took his time to thank us in attending the necrological service of his brother at Sto. Nino Church.

Benjamin Kokoy Romualdez at Sto. Nino Church

photo by Jaydee Chan

A tribute to the late Ambassador and Leyte Governor Benjamin Kokoy Romualdez was held yesterday afternoon at the Sto. Nino Church.

phot by Ferdinand Martin Romuladez's FB account

It was a very solemn ceremony with representatives of RTRMF and DVOREF giving eulogies peppered with elegies.
I particularly admired Atty. Eduardo Polistico's speech. He highlighted the contributions of the Romualdez's to the growth and development of the province, turning it to the then bucolic to town to the bustling center it is today. Little did I know that the Visayas State University and the University of the Philippines in the Visayas Tacloban College, both echelons of education in the region were both fruits of their labor; including the Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation and the Don Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation.
Traveling from Leyte to Samar or vice versa was no simple feat twenty years ago. You need to take a banca ride through the dangerous waters. It was even considered as the narrowest strait in the world- the San Juanico's Strait. All thanks to the Romualdez's and the taxpayers money, we now have the San Juanico Bridge. One of the longest in Asia and a prominent tourist spot with a scenic view of the waters and the islands of Samar and Leyte.

In a melancholic and pensive state, the mourners lined up to offer white roses in the altar.

Why white roses in particular? White roses symbolizes purity, innocence and secrecy.
All flags in the province are flown half mast as a sign of mourning.

photo by wack tobacky