By JONG
CADION
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Feb.15-CNN Ph) – 89 pairs had joined the Valentine’s
Day Mass Wedding spearheaded by the Chief Executive in this City Government
Sunday held at the 4th floor of City Commercial Center (C3) Mall.
The
presentation of 89 contracting parties and the principal sponsors was conducted
by the City Civil Registrar Leonardo Acorda in compliance with the celebration
of the Civil Registration Month under Article 34 of the Family. Code.
Bernardo
C. Martinez, provincial Statistics Officer, Philippine Statistic Authority
Zamboanga del Sur provincial Office in hia message cited the importance of the
provision as Article 34 of the Family Code on the ground that it had become
traditional and that one of its purposes is the legitimation of children.
Mayor
Romeo Pulmnes who solemnizing the Nass Wedding expressed his congratulation to
the 89 couples for the right decision for joining the mass wedding.
Of the
89 couples, 45 pairs had live-in together within 5 years. The oldest couple is
74 years old Romeo Dales and Estrella Duhaylungsod, 64 and 3 other pairs of
pregnant couples.
The
mass wedding is the annual activities of the Local government units for free of
charge during the Civil Registration Month celebration that falls on the month
of February.
To
highlight the wedding was the contest for the sweetest and longest kissing of
the coupl
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