VP offers prayers for Yolanda victims

Vice President Sara Duterte visited the Holy Cross Memorial Gardens in Tacloban City, where victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda are laid to rest, to offer prayers and pay her respects.

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MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte offered prayers for the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda, which struck Tacloban City on Nov. 8, 2013.

“Along with our trip to Eastern Visayas yesterday, we went to the Holy Cross Memorial Gardens in Tacloban City, where our compatriots who died in the tragedy caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda on Nov. 8, 2013 rest peacefully,” Duterte said on Facebook.

Packing winds as strong as 314 kilometers per hour, Yolanda passed through central Philippines, making landfall in Leyte, the northern tip of Cebu and Panay Island.

However, the worst to receive its fury was Tacloban City in Leyte where thousands were killed.

“We offered flowers and lit candles, along with our prayers for the peace of their souls. We also blessed their graves led by

Fr. Raymund. Our colleagues from the Office of the Vice President-Eastern Visayas

Satellite Office and some of our compatriots in Tacloban City visited the cemetery with us,” Duterte added.

She asked the public to include victims of calamities and disasters and their families in their prayers.