THE Mabalacat City Government on Monday, September 23, hosted a big civil mass wedding ceremony at a hotel in Clark Freeport.
About 53 couples exchanged wedding vows during the city’s biggest civil mass wedding ceremony to date at the ballroom of Royce Hotel which was organized by the city government through its Local Civil Registrar.
City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo, who solemnized the wedding ceremony, said the mass wedding was made possible through the support of the city council by allocating funds for the event.
Garbo said the annual civil mass wedding aims to legalize the marriage of couples who may have been living together for years.
“Your partnership will be legalized so that when your children will need documents as required in school you can now present them,” Garbo told couples.
The couples were made to walk down the red carpet of the Royce Hotel, exchanged vows wearing their bridal gowns and barongs as accompanied by their respective sponsors.
Oldest couple to wed were Manny Alegri Miranda, 47, and Charlita Morta Cascara, 51, who both thanked the city government for the free civil wedding.
After the ceremony, the couples and their sponsors were served with meals including wine and cakes.
Vice Mayor Gerald Aquino, along with the council members and department heads, sent their well-wishes to the newlyweds during the event.