Bacolod City Mayor
Evelio R. Leonardia will officiate at the mass wedding ceremony of 353
couples scheduled on February 14, 2005, at 10 a.m. at the BAYS Center this
city.
This is the third Mass Wedding under Leonardia's
administration. The first ceremony was held on September 26, 2004 with 29
couples and the second one was held on December 20, 2004 with 62 couples.
Evelio Leonardia has encouraged couples who have
been living together for years to legalize their marriage.
City Civil Registrar Mrs. Evelyn Legaspina said
this ceremony caps the celebration of February as 'Civil Registration
Month" in accordance with Proclamation No. 682 issued by former
President Corazon C. Aquino on January 19, 1991.
The them of this year's celebration is "PANGALAN
KO, KARAPATAN KO." (MY NAME, MY RIGHT). (PIO/CMO) |