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City Government of Davao / MANILA BULLETIN
The city government in a statement on Tuesday, Feb. 9 said the newly-completed crematorium is located at the Wireless Cemetery and can cater four cadavers per day. Charges for cremation services will be free, it said.
It added that the construction of the city crematorium has a budget allotment of P14.850 million under the Public Service Enhancement Program of the city and a portion of the Bayanihan 1 Grant from the national government.
On Monday, Mayor Sara Duterte said during her Special Hour over Davao City Disaster Radio the crematorium only caters to COVID-19 patients but will accommodate other cadavers once the pandemic is over.