The annual trek of pilgrims from the Quiapo Church in Manila to the Antipolo Cathedral in Rizal Province was orderly and peaceful, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. Rizal PPO director Col. Felipe Maraggun said the Walk For Peace (traditionally called Alay Lakad) of Catholic...
More than 5 million devotees, some barefooted, walked from different parts of Metro Manila to join the annual trek to Antipolo City in Rizal Province on Thursday night, April 17. (Photo from Antipolo Cathedral's Facebook page) Rizal Police Provincial Office Director Col. Felipe Maraggun said around...
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...
Plainclothes policemen will join the millions of participants to Holy Thursday’s “Alay Lakad” or the penitential walk to Antipolo City to prevent criminals from taking advantage of the situation. Lt. Col. June Paolo Abrazado, chief of Antipolo Police Station, told Manila Bulletin that...
After the successful conduct of the 25th anniversary of the cityhood of Antipolo with thousands of participants joining a huge parade recently, authorities in this Pilgrimage Capital of the Country are now preparing for the surge of pilgrims who will pay homage to the Nuestra Señora Dela Paz Y...
Three years after the pandemic was declared, the penitential walk tradition, or Alay Lakad to Antipolo Cathedral will be held again on Maundy Thursday, April 6, this time with some six million devotees expected to join the decades-old Holy Week ritual. The Antipolo Public Information Office...
ANTIPOLO CITY — Police and local government authorities will be strict in enforcing peace and order in Antipolo City as thousands of people are expected to converge here as part of their observance of Holy Week. Photo by Nel Andrade Lt. Col. June Paolo Abrazado, chief of police of Antipolo told...
