Mass wedding, 22-year-old practice, continues in Pagadian City amid pandemic

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PAGADIAN CITY—They’ve been living together for 22 years, the age of their eldest daughter.

 

But for Susan Tamsi, 51, and Reynaldo Bancorro, 63, of San Jose village here, their wedding at the Valentine’s Day Kasalang Bayan here only affirmed all their years of struggle and how finally, love conquered all.

 

Tamsi and Bancorro were among 38 couples that Mayor Samuel Co officially wed here on Sunday, Valentine’s Day, for the city’s 22nd Kasalang Bayan at the city government’s executive function hall.

 

Co said that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of those who were wed this year had sharply declinedcompared to more than a hundred…

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