A priest places ash in the shape of a cross on the forehead of Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez during the Ash Wednesday mass at the Romualdez Hall in the House of Representatives. With the Speaker are Tingog Partylist Rep. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez and  Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janet Garin. Other House members and employees also attended the Holy Mass.  Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that ends on Easter Sunday. Photo by VER NOVENO 

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