ONE TACLOBAN Adds New Component to Yolanda Commemoration

Tacloban City, Leyte – Yolanda Memorial 2016 will have an added component to the commemoration designed to sustain Yolanda spirit from All Souls Day all the way to November 8.

This was the information in the press release sent to PIA in Eastern Visayas by the civic-initiated group ONE TACLOBAN.

It might be remembered that ONE TACLOBAN in cooperation with local media outlets such as Cat8 Television, PRTV 12 DYVL AksyonRadyo, Radyo ng Bayan, Thunder FM, Magic FM, IFM, Leyte Samar Daily Express and the city government of Tacloban has held the annual Yolanda Candlelight Memorial since its inception in 2014.

For the 2016 commemoration, the same group formally announces the holding of the Yolanda Candlelight Memorial – a 24 kilometer candlelight vigil held in honor of those who died in the onslaught of Super Typhoon Haiyan better known locally as Yolanda.

The event will also pay tribute to all who aided the region during its darkest hours.

The new component will have a mini-memorial to rise at the Coca-Cola Rotunda featuring miniature crosses starting on October 29 up to November 9, this year.

The 12-day event provides locals and visitors a closer alternative to offer prayers and pay respect to friends and relatives who perished during the storm.

The occasion will also provide peripheral spaces for Yolanda livelihood projects to underscore recovery programs from different areas.

The memorial will only open from 8:30 in the evening to 1:00 in the morning, daily, to ensure pedestrian safety and to avoid traffic congestion in the area during the day. (afj-PIA8/ONE TACLOBAN)