THIS morning, the Uy family interred Roland Sherwin ‘Tawee,’ who was brutally murdered on Nov. 9 at the Oro Garden Memorial Park in Barangay Lumbia, this city. The family’s caretaker, Samuel Pabalan, who was also murdered on the same day was buried last Wednesday in another private cemetery.

Here are the scenes at the burial rites through the lens of photojournalist Froilan Gallardo.

REQUIEM. The hand of Archbishop Jose Cabantan blesses the coffin of Roland Sherwin Uy during the burial at the Oro Garden Memorial Park in Cagayan de Oro Saturday.
BROTHER. Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin Uy (carrying his son, Raiken) led his family in paying their last respects to the remains of his elder brother, Roland Sherwin, at the Oro Garden Memorial Park in Cagayan de Oro Saturday.
POLITICAL ALLY. An aide fixed the black ribbon on the hands of Mayor Oscar Moreno during the burial of Roland Sherwin, son of Incumbent 1st district Rep. Rolando Uy at the Oro Garden Memorial Park in Cagayan de Oro Saturday. Moreno is a staunch political ally in the local politics in the city.
SYMPATHIES. Mayor Oscar Moreno comforts Incumbent 1st district, Rep. Rolando Uy, during the burial of his son, Roland Sherwin at the Oro Garden Memorial Park in Cagayan de Oro Saturday.