Roman Catholics will observe Good Shepherd Sunday on April 30, to coincide with the 59th World Day of Prayer for Vocations and the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Commemorative masses will be held at the Cathedral Shrine of the Good Shepherd (Novaliches Cathedral) on Regalado Avenue, Quezon City, the seat...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (Facebook) The results of the latest Octa Research survey proves that the country’s top government officials are indeed "doing a good job". Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. gave this assessment Thursday, April 20, as the congratulated the...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A beautician and his companion were gunned down in Barangay District 2 here on Good Friday. Police identified the victims as Lawrence Lagamia, 47, a beautician and resident of Brethan Subdivision, Cauayan City, and his companion, Angelica Pe Benito, 27, a resident of...
Three persons drowned in Lian, Nasugbu, and Lemery in Batangas on Good Friday and Black Saturday. The Batangas Police Provincial Office said the victims were a 17-year-old male student, single, resident of FDR, Block 9, Lot 12, Phase 3, GMA, Cavite; Juanito Tiples, 61, resident of Zone 10, Barangay...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 led by Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II joined the annual observance of Panaad 2023 in Barangay Anticala here on Good Friday. People were on the side streets and highways in downtown Butuan to join Panaad as early as 2 a.m. Police officers, family...
BATANGAS – Three died and one was hospitalized in four separate drowning incidents here on Good Friday, April 7. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the fatalities as Bobong Rivera, single, and resident of Barangay Palincaro, Tuy; Khailyn, a resident of San Juan, and Lucas,...
DIPACULAO, Aurora – A 36-year-old construction worker drowned while swimming in a beach in Barangay Lipat here on Good Friday. Coast Guard Station (CGS)-Aurora identified the victim as Carlito Badil, a resident of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Badil was swimming with his co-worker, Japet Subang,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of people joined the Holy Burial procession locally known as the “Santo Entierro” on Good Friday here. Zamboanga Archdiocese Auxiliary Bishop Moises Cuevas led the Santo Entierro that started from the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – Five persons were injured after a passenger bus rammed their vehicle parked on the road shoulder on the Quirino Highway in Barangay San Vicente, here before dawn on Good Friday. Police identified the injured as Francisco Cunanan, driver of the pickup truck, and his passengers...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (AFP) – Catholic zealots were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped their backs bloody and raw in gruesome displays of religious devotion on Good Friday in the Philippines. DEVOTEE Ruben Enaje (center) performs his 34th re-enactment of the crucifixion of...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Peace and order in the region, health and safety of all members of the Police Regional Office 3, and their families. These were the wishes and intentions the members of the Region 3 police force had included in their prayers as they held their own Way of the Cross...
ILOILO CITY – “Pagtaltal,” the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus in the popular pilgrimage site known as Bala-an Bukid (Holy Mountain) in Jordan town in the island-province of Guimaras, resumed after a three-year halt due to the pandemic on Good Friday. VISITORS and devotees witness the...
