Mary Jane Veloso and her family attend Mass at the Siena College Chapel in Quezon City on Sept. 26, 2026. Veloso, who was granted absolute pardon by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was released from the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong on Sept. 25. Veloso presented her release papers to the gate guards as she left with her parents on board a coaster past midnight. Veloso said she would finally get to taste her mother's adobo when she goes home to Nueva Ecija. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE, MIKE ALQUINTO AND RENE H. DILAN
