CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) noted a decrease in apprehensions in this year’s “Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Semana Santa and Summer Vacation 2024.” AN agent of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas inspects the tires of a passenger bus at the Cebu...
Regional directors and other officials of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) were directed to maintain the road safety measures in their respective areas in anticipation of the return of millions of Filipino travelers to their workplaces in Metro Manila and other urban areas after the long Lenten...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to provide vital assistance to individuals this Holy Week. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) As of 2 p.m. on Friday, March 29, PRC said it has catered to a total of 3,410 individuals nationwide through its Holy Week Ops 2024 which started on March 24....
A female passenger is assisted by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and port security after she suffered extreme shortness of breath while passenger ship MV Davsam IV is traversing the vicinity waters off Davao City on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PCG) More than...
Three roads in Metro Manila will undergo reblocking and repair on the evening of Good Friday, March 29, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced. In an advisory, the MMDA said that the road repair and reblocking will take place in the following areas: Taft Ave. cor. Pedro Gil...
At least six individuals have perished due to separate drowning incidents in different parts of the country this Holy Week, authorities said on Good Friday, March 29. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel retrieved the remains of two 14-year-old drowning victims in Solana, Cagayan on Maundy...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has tapped 1,064 policemen as Regional Reactionary Standby Support Force as part of its security measures for the Lenten season. EVANGELISTA (center). (FB) Police Brig. Gen. Lou Evangelista, PRO-1 director, said the RRSSF from the regional...
Blood, stripes, and nail-pierced hands—these were what He had taken to pay the price. Life for life, death for debts. In the Christian faith, a Savior named Jesus Christ is believed to be the "Son of God," seated on the throne but chosen to give up his glory for a crown of thorns, to save...
Holy Week is the very heart of the Bible, according to a senior pastor of the Christian Revival Crusade Mission Global Outreach Fellowship (CMGO). Photo by Gerald Caparas “Ito ang sentro ng pananampalataya ng mga Kristyano (This is the center of the faith of Christians),” Pastor Rizaldy...
Passengers are ferried back to the shore by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel using a motorboat after MV Virgen De Penafrancia runs aground near Real Port in Quezon Province on March 28, 2024. The passenger ship is en route to Polillo Port when it hit shallow waters moments after it sailed,...
ILOILO CITY – Extreme heat was felt as people marked Maundy Thursday in Western Visayas. PEOPLE take a break amid the hot weather in Fort San Pedro in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The State weather bureau said that the heat index was on the “dangerous” level with more than 40 degrees...
Parish churches and shrines in different parts of the country are once again teeming with churchgoers as the Filipino faithful observe age-old Maundy Thursday traditions. Maundy Thursday: The Last Supper (Photo courtesy of Catholic Online) A Maundy Thursday tradition that has been carried on for...
