Francis Magalona's Remains Cremated

Francis Magalona's remains were cremated Wednesday dawn at the Funeraria Paz in Quezon City. His ashes will be laid to rest after a 9 a.m. mass.

The Master Rapper of the Philippines was diagnosed with ACL (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) last year and battled with the disease for almost eight months. He died of multiple organ failure 12:20 p.m. on March 6, 2009 at the age of 44.

It was announced a few days ago that he would be posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Merit by the Malacañang Palace for promoting nationalism in his works.

There are also talks that he would have a National Artist nomination but it has to wait because nominations for this year's National Artist is already closed. Nominations are done every 3 years.