Ahead of All Saints’ Day, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday paid respects to his late predecessors by sending flowers to their tombs.

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Duterte sent flowers to the tombs of former Presidents Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal, and Carlos Garcia at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig.

Wreaths from Duterte were also spotted at the tombs of former Presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Sergio Osmeña at the Manila North Cemetery.

Duterte also sent flowers to the tomb of the parents of his predecessor Benigno Aquino III, the late democracy icons former President Corazon Aquino and former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., at the Manila Memorial Park.

Nov. 1 is a special nonworking holiday in the Philippines when most Filipinos commemorate their deceased loved ones. YG/JE/rga

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