Charice’s father was laid to rest today, November 5th, 2011, at the Pasture of Heaven Memorial Park in Barangay Sala, Philippines. After delivering her eulogy for her father, Charice reportedly broke down several times, and even fainted.
“Sana man lamang ay binigyan mo kami ng pagkakataong magkita at magkasama ng Daddy ko (I wish that you had given us a chance to be with my daddy),” an emotional Charice said in her eulogy, addressing Angel Capili, 35, tagged as the suspect in the killing of Pempengco. Capili is now locked up at the San Pedro, Laguna police jail.
“Kapag buhay ang inutang, buhay din ang kabayaran (a life for a life),” Charice told The STAR during the last night of her father’s wake at the Divine Mercy Chapel in Tunasan, Muntinlupa City.
Charice, 19, was only three years old when her parents separated.
“Daddy, please bear in your heart that we looked for you several times. But our paths never crossed. We did not find you,” she said.
On the last night of the wake, Charice said she felt her father’s presence when she took a nap inside the chapel.
“I woke up to the smell of cigarette and I also saw smoke forming in mid-air. But the room was air-conditioned and there was no one smoking inside. I was with some members of my family in the room but I was the only one who felt his presence,” Charice shared. – Philstar.com
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