The family of the late former Marikina City Mayor Bayani Fernando announced that his wake is now open to the public until today, 25 September 2023.

Last Sunday, residents were seen paying their respects to the former mayor at the Queen of Angels Chapel at Riverbanks Center in Marikina City.

Personnel of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority were also deployed to the venue to help out in assisting visitors to the wake of Fernando who also became chairman of the MMDA.

Among those who went to the wake is Vice President Sara Duterte.

The former Marikina mayor passed away on Friday at the age of 77, his wife Marides said. He served three terms as mayor of Marikina City from 1992 to 2001. Fernando then served as MMDA chairperson from 2002 to 2009.

He was also the secretary of Public Works and Highways from January to April 2003.

From 2016 to 2022, Fernando served as the representative of the 1st District of Marikina in the House of Representatives.

In the 2010 elections, he ran for a national post as running mate of then presidential candidate and former Senator Richard Gordon.

Fernando was born on 25 July 1946 in San Juan to Gil Fernando, who served as Marikina mayor from 1947 to 1951 and 1956 to 1959, and the former Remedios Constantino Flores.

Fernando graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology in 1967. He founded the BF Group of Companies in 1985.