He’s gone from our midst but his legacy remains forever. In the 100th days of the late SILG Jesse Robredo who passed away after the sudden flight of Piper Seneca in the coastline of Masbate on August 18, 2012, the DILG Region IX offered a short candle-lighting activity to remember him as a man of honor who served wholeheartedly in the name of public service.

6:30 pm when the ceremony started on Monday of November 26, in which RD Paisal O. Abutazil personally lit his candle to lighten the candles formed into a figure 100 , symbolizing the days from the demise of the late SILG on the ground floor of the regional office.

Employees from the Regional Office and other DILG field offices also thronged together and did the candle lighting in their respective areas.

City officials and employees in Zamboanga City also joined the candle lighting around the Rizal Park fronting the City Hall with Mayor Lobregat giving a short message and prayer.

In the ceremony in the regional office, while continually lighting the candles, the mass also rendered silent prayer and culminated the gathering with a prayer to the perpetual light of his soul.