Construction of additional layers in the existing three-layer burial area at the Catholic cemetery in Barangay Bagacay, Dumaguete City, is being proposed to solve the lack of space there. City administrator William Ablong said there is a present predicament of the city order, where families, especially indigent ones, resort to pulling out the bones of their departed ones and place them in a bone chamber that costs P5,000 but can accommodate those of five dead persons. For families who can afford, another bone chamber is located beside the Dumaguete Cathedral church at P35,000 per chamber, and 30 percent can be paid as cash advance and 70 percent on installment. Continue reading... This burying the dead thing needs to become a thing of the past. Cremation should be the way forward for the Philippines considering the overpopulation and lack of land. The Church really needs to step in here and do something about the problem.
