Mary Jane Veloso reunites with her family after arriving at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong on December 18, 2024. 
Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Veloso kin travel back to Manila to visit Mary Jane on Christmas Day

Lyza Aquino

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:959px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173509055739820241218-mary-jane-veloso-family-MT689.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Mary Jane Veloso reunites with her family after arriving at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong on December 18, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span>MANILA — For the first time in almost 15 years, the Veloso family will be spending their first Christmas together with drug convict Mary Jane Veloso here in the Philippines.</div><p>This will be the family&#x27;s second visit inside the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong, where Veloso is detained since her arrival in the country last Wednesday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/12/18/mary-jane-veloso-reunites-with-family-2209"><strong>READ: Mary Jane Veloso reunites with family</strong></a></div><p>According to Celia Veloso, Mary Jane&#x27;s mother, a total of 23 family members will celebrate Christmas on Wednesday with Mary Jane. They include her two sons, Danielle and Darren Candelaria, as well as Mary Jane&#x27;s three sisters, grandparents, aunts, nieces and nephews.</p><p>&quot;Masayang masaya kaming lahat. Sa loob ng 15 taon, makakasama na namin siya ng Pasko. Mga kapatid nya, tita at tito, mga pamangkin niya, &#x27;yun &#x27;yung mga kasama,&quot; she said.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1871710652534010366&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-12-25T01%3A30%3A01.935451%3A31f9ed29-4085-4cd3-a432-5d5e93d945a0%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=8517d9a638eecea06553441b58dc967d671abea1&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:560px;height:316px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1871710652534010366"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>They also prepared some of Mary Jane&#x27;s favorite food.</p><p>&quot;Ipinagbawal nila ang mga regalo, may regalo sana ang mga kapatid nya, kaya pagkain nalang ang dala namin. Sinigang na baboy, spaghetti, salad, at saka may puto,&quot; she added.</p><p>&quot;Alam ko kahit nagkita na kami noong dumating siya noong 18, sobrang excited pa rin ako ngayon kasi parang kulang yung isa araw noong nagkita kami,&quot; said Darling Veloso, Mary Jane&#x27;s sibling.</p><p>The family arrived at the correctional facility around 7:30 in the morning and are allowed to stay with Veloso until this afternoon.</p><p>Celia added that after today, they will visit Mary Jane again on her 40th birthday on January 10. They are hopeful that the government will grant her clemency.</p><p>&quot;Ang mahalaga sana ay makalaya na siya. Ang plano namin sa birthday niya mga (January) 9 babalik kami dito. January 10 birthday niya eh,&quot; she said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/24/int-l-lawyers-urge-ph-gov-t-to-grant-absolute-pardon-to-mary-jane-veloso-1055"><strong>READ: Int&#x27;l lawyers urge PH gov&#x27;t to grant absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso</strong></a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_sKi66COxYo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XL7bMSgkGIA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>For the first time in almost 15 years, the Veloso family will be spending their first Christmas together with drug convict Mary Jane Veloso here in the Philippines.</p>

For the first time in almost 15 years, the Veloso family will be spending their first Christmas together with drug convict Mary Jane Veloso here in the Philippines.

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Lyza Aquino,

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Published Dec 25, 2024 09:55 AM PHT

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