GENERAL SANTOS CITY (15 April 2015) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera solemnized the wedding vows of five couples in a mass wedding held at the City Mayor’s Office conference room on April 10.
The mayor was delighted at what can be described as the most racially diverse mass wedding that he has ever officiated yet.
“This just goes to show that love knows no racial boundaries; lahat tayo basta nagkaka-intindihan pwedeng magmahalan,” Mayor Rivera said.
Woosik Shin, 40 years old from Korea was among the couples, giddy with excitement as he held his newly wedded wife Efrelita Espadilla’s hand.
Twenty-two year old Sebastian Geyer, originally from Germany, was also wed to his Filipina bride Regine Canton. The two said they met through social media and decided to tie the knot two years into their relationship.
The other Filipino couples were Alver Baldiviso and Rachel Ana Aguillas; Rameses Borres and Junabeth Sangil; and Kent Anating who wed Sheena Marie Ablay.
Most of the couples are already in long standing relationships but lacked the opportunity to get married.
Before the civil wedding, the couples were asked to undergo marriage counseling at the City Population Management Office. The foreigner and Filipino couples were also asked to attend a special counseling.
Hot Jersey, a relationship counselor and TV host for Brigada News, a local television channel in the city, also advised the grooms that “they must not lie, they must not cheat and must not heat; if they will heat, it should be to warm the wife’s heart and if they cheat it should be to cheat her away from life’s bitter moments and if a husband must lie it must be in bed with their wife.” (Gensan CPIO/Gilli Himbing)
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