Erap visits FPJ tomb at Manila North Cemetery

Former President and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on Friday visited the tomb of his close friend, actor Fernando Poe Jr., at the Manila North Cemetery.

 

A photo tweeted by GMA News' Maki Pulido showed Estrada arriving at the cemetery before 10 a.m.

Manila Mayor Erap Estrada now at Manila North Cemetery | via @makipulido pic.twitter.com/BEfi0xuauh

— GMA News (@gmanews) October 31, 2014

 

The former president then visited the tomb of Poe, which was spruced for All Saints' and All Souls' Days.

Mayor Estrada visits the tomb of Fernando Poe, Jr. "Miss na miss ko siya." | via @makipulido pic.twitter.com/CwmGiZDcqA

— GMA News (@gmanews) October 31, 2014

 

"Miss na miss ko siya," GMA's Pulido quoted Estrada as saying.

 

Poe died in December 2004 after suffering a stroke, months after losing to Gloria Arroyo in the presidential elections that year.

 

The Manila North Cemetery is the biggest in Metro Manila, with an area of 54 hectares.

 

It serves as the final resting place for key figures in Philippine history including former Presidents such as Sergio Osmeña, Ramon Magsaysay and Manuel Roxas.

 

Also buried in the cemetery is historian Epifanio de los Santos, after whom the historic highway is named. —Joel Locsin/KG, GMA News