Alampayan, 30, drowned in the waters off Micro Beach on Wednesday while spear fishing with friends.
His remains are still in the Commonwealth Health Center morgue.
His mother, Myrna Alampayan, said they may not be able to bring his remains to the Philippines because they lack the financial capability to do so.
Armando Alampayan, a farmer, had two minor children in the Philippines.
The last time he saw them was six years ago.
Myrna Alampayan, 55, described her son as a good person.
“We don’t know why this happened to him,” she said.
She said she wanted him to stop spear fishing, but her son didn’t listen.
“It’s painful for me to lose my only son.”
Armando Alampayan’s pregnant sister was brought to the hospital on Wednesday for observation due to stress upon learning about her brother’s death. His aunt fainted and was also brought to the hospital.
There will be a Mass at Sta. Soledad Church in Kagman and Myrna Alampayan is inviting her son’s friends to join them.
She said they will be very grateful for any donations.
For more information, call 256-7422 or 483-4303.
Armando Alampayan, who used to be a landscaper of Joeten Enterprises, will be buried here next week.
Department of Public Safety information officer Jason T. Tarkong said Alampayan had no pulse and was not breathing when DPS medics administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation at 11:34 a.m. on Wednesday.
Alampayan’s uncle Linel Aureo told the Variety that his sister “is having a very hard time accepting her son’s death.”
He added that Alampayan’s father passed away last month, and his mother had just returned from the Philippines for a heart operation.
“It’s one misfortune after another, and we don’t know what to do next,” Aureo said.
Tarkong said the victim was spear fishing with three other local males at Micro Beach.
They started spear fishing at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
At around 11 a.m., one of the fishermen who partnered with the victim started heading back toward the shore because his feet was sore.
“Both men were in the reef line and started heading toward shore but slowly they got further apart from each other,” Tarkong said.
The victim’s companion heard Alampayan shouting and waving his hands in the air.
When a boat passed by, the witness said he sought help and he was pulled onto the vessel by the captain.
They then proceeded to the area where the victim was last seen but failed to locate Alampayan.
Another boat driven by Windsurfing Saipan Marine Sports, Capt. Dwayne Pangelinan, assisted in the search.
It was an employee/passenger on the boat, Ron Chisato, who dove into the water and recovered the victim’s body at the bottom, which was about 10-12 feet deep.
Chisato brought the victim to the boat and administered CPR.
The victim was later transported by an ambulance to the Commonwealth Health Center where he was pronounced dead by Dr. Trent Scheibe at 12:05 p.m.
