A staff of the Garden Life Cemetery in Mandaluyong City puts an urn inside a columbarium on Oct. 26, 2021 as MMDA Chairman Bejamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. looks on. Abalos conducted an ocular inspection of the cemetery to check whether it was in compliance with the health guidelines provided by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases against Covid-19. Public and private cemeteries and columbariums will be closed on All Saints’ and Souls’ Day on November 1 and 2. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE