ILOILO City – Two ceremonies on March 17 and 18 will be held to honor World War II veterans who liberated Panay, Guimaras and Romblon islands from the Japanese Imperial Army.
A wreath laying ceremony will be held on March 17 at the Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine, Brgy. Quintin Salas, Jaro honoring war veterans under Gen. Macario Peralta, said Janet Faderan, head of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO-Iloilo).
This will be followed by another wreath laying ceremony at the statue of Peralta at the mini Peralta Park at the back of the Freedom Grandstand.
The 604th Philippine Army will take charge of the volley of fire following the wreath laying ceremony.
Ilonggo World War II veterans teamed up with the Allied Forces in liberating Panay, Guimaras and Romblon islands from the Japanese Imperial Army on March 18, 1945.
The main activity on March 18 will start at 7:30 a.m. at the Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine in Jaro with Administrator Ernesto Carolina of the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office as guest of honor.
March 18 of every year has been declared a special non-working holiday by virtue of former President Corazon Aquino’s Proclamation No. 430 (An Act Declaring March 18 of every year as Victory Day in the Islands of Panay and Romblon including the cities of Iloilo and Roxas” issued in 1989. (T. Villavert, PIA-Iloilo/PN)
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