THE House of Representatives will hold a memorial service in honor of Rep. Raul del Mar (Cebu City, north district) on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020.
The service to be held at 5 p.m. inside the House plenary hall in Quezon City, may be viewed online on Zoom with meeting ID: 837 7757 4746 and passcode: Memorial. It will also be shown live on the SunStar Cebu page on Facebook.
Del Mar died in a hospital in Manila last November 16. He was 79.
His death was a shock to many as he was supposed to assume the deputy speaker position in the House.
Del Mar was born in Cebu City on March 20, 1941 and was congressman for a total of nine terms from 1987. He belonged to the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. He was known as a great Cebuano and an exemplary public servant.
Del Mar left behind his wife, Melanie, and children, former Cebu representatives Raoul, Rachel “Cutie” and Bunny. (RSR)