DAVAO CITY- Under the lush canopies of People’s Park Tulip Trees about 596 couples said their “I dos” at a mass wedding initiated by the Pag-IBIG Fund held last Feb. 14.
This is the first time a wedding was held at the People’s Park, which was built in 2008 in an erstwhile dilapidated sports complex. Previously the park hosted concerts, performance events, government flag-raising ceremonies and fitness activities.
The wedding was officiated by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and graced by the presence of Atty Leo Braceros the local Civil Registrar, Fermin Sta. Teresa, Vice-President Mindanao Operations of the Pag-IBIG Fund.
The 596 couples are Pag-IBIG members and the activity which is also simultaneously held in six other tourism destinations across the country is Pag-IBIG Fund’s three-year old “I do, I do” project which is a membership awareness campaign by helping unwed couples receive matrimonial and civil rights.
The 596 Davao wedding couples are part of the 4,500 couples taking part in Pag-IBIG mass wedding.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in his message urged the couples to consider responsible parenthood particularly on planning the right size and proper spacing of having children since raising children and sending them to school is a big responsibility.
A house and lot package and a kabuhayan (livelihood) package worth P25,000 and minor prizes like domestic appliances were raffled off during that afternoon. (PIA/RG Alama)
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