Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 23) — Several government agencies will be taking part in a memorial service for Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople, who died on Tuesday at the age of 61.
Ople’s wake began at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Chapel 1 of the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City.
On Thursday, a joint Night of Tributes and necrological service by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW,) Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will start at 6 p.m. with a requiem mass.
More details on Ople’s wake will follow.
Tributes continue to pour in for Ople, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. saying he and the country lost a friend with the secretary’s passing.
He also said Ople had a “deep compassion” for migrant workers, a sentiment shared by Philippine officials and foreign diplomats.
