A total of 38 Dagupeño couples formally sealed their love for each other during a mass wedding dubbed ‘Diamanteng Kasalan’ officiated by Mayor Belen Fernandez at the MacArthur Landing Park in Tondaligan Ferdinand in Bonuan Gueset on June 18, 2023.
The local chief executive encouraged the couples in the first beach-themed mass wedding under her administration to instill love, respect and understanding to one another while serving as good role models in bringing up their children.
The City Population Office has spearheaded a total of four mass weddings as part of Dagupan City’s Diamond Jubilee aside from free civil weddings conducted every Monday at the City Museum and the free late birth registration under the ‘Pamilyang Rehistrado, Kinabukasan ay Sigurado’ program in coordination with the City Civil Registry.
A couple from barangay Poblacion Oeste, Ruben Malicdem Perez, 59 and Erlie Cervantes Queroz, 51, were the oldest couple in the ceremony while the couple living together for the longest time for a total of 28 years were Michael Olores Bautista, 54 and Filipina Tugade Gastano, 55 of barangay Tapuac.
Other well-wishers who joined the event were Vice Mayor Bryan Kua and Sangguniang Panlungsod members Jeslito Seen, Dennis Canto and Michael Fernandez; City Legal Officer Atty. Aurora Valle, Atty. Froiland Fermill, Culture and Arts Consultant Rex Catubig, City Population Officer Malen Pilon, Manlingkor Ya Kalangweran (MYK) 2023 Young City Population Officer Bren Nikos Bacani and the rest of the MYK young city officials.
(Dagupan CIO News)
