With no major incidents that happened except for the traffic gridlock in Taytay and Cainta, the traditional penitential walk popularly
called “Alay Lakad” in Antipolo City turned out to be generally peaceful, according to the police.
Lt. Col. June Paolo Abrazado, chief of the Antipolo Police Station, told the Manila Bulletin that the flocking of people to the International
Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, also known as the Antipolo Cathedral, was orderly with no untoward incident that happened.
Abrazado said around 4.8 million to 5 million individuals, that included the pilgrims, devotees, tourists and just plain kibitzers, flocked to the cathedral during the Holy Thursday night up to early Good Friday morning in Antipolo City.
As expected, several trash, composed mostly of bottled water and plastic bags and food packaging littered the roadside of
Ortigas Avenue from Pasig all the way to Antipolo City.
A multitude of people joins the Alay Lakad towards the International Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo as captured by the drone camera of the cathedral at 11:20 p.m. on April 6. (Photo from Antipolo Cathedral's Facebook page)
As of 11 a.m., Friday, April 7, the major streets of Antipolo City had been cleaned by the local government's street sweepers.
During the peak of the arrival of groups of pilgrims coming from various parts of Metro Manila, heavy traffic happened in Taytay and Cainta areas with motorists having to bear some three hours of being stuck on the road as major roads leading to Antipolo City cathedral were closed to all kinds of motor vehicles.
As of 1 p.m. on Good Friday, April 7, the Police Assistance Desk manned by police and government unit personnel remained in place as there were still groups walking towards Antipolo City.