What was supposed to be a time for reflection turned out to be deadly for some as 78 cases of drowning in different parts of the country were monitored during the Holy Week last week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Wednesday, April 12. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The PCG said the...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Police apprehended 13 wanted individuals during the Holy Week in the Cordillera region. Sixty-five municipalities in the region recorded zero crime incidents from April 2 to 8. The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Regional Investigation and Detective Management...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera said the observance of the Holy Week in the region was relatively peaceful. PRO-Cordillera chief Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. said no major security-related incidents were reported and only one drowning incident in Kalinga and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 has reported that index crimes in the Ilocos region went down by 44 percent during the Holy Week compared to the same period last year. Only nine incidents were reported from April 3 to 9, nine fewer that than the 16 logged from April 11 to...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine National Police in Northern Mindanao described the observance of Holy Week in Region 10 as ‘generally peaceful’ save for some minor incidents. Maj. Joann Navaro, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 10, told the Manila Bulletin on Monday, April 10,...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas logged more than a million sea passengers during the Holy Week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PERSONNEL of the Philippine Coast Guard assists a passenger in Iloilo City. (PCG Iloilo) The PCG said 1,045,194 passengers traveled across different ports in Western...
ILOILO CITY – The commemoration of Holy Week in Western Visayas was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said. TWO police officers secure citizens of Iloilo City during the Holy Week. (Tara Yap) The number of crimes decreased during the Holy Week compared to the same period last...
CAMP OLA, Albay – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-5 reported that 15 persons drowned in the Bicol region during the observance of Holy Week. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, PRO-5 spokesperson, said one person drowned in Albay, four in Camarines Norte, nine in Camarines Sur, and one from Sorsogon...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. shared that his Holy Week vacation was quiet yet good as it gave him time for a much-needed breather. *P* *resident Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo)* Marcos said this as Filipinos end their five-day weekend holiday on Monday, April 10....
CEBU CITY – The observance of Holy Week in the province of Cebu was generally peaceful, the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) said on Monday, April 10. Col. Rommel Ochave, CPPO chief, said measures taken like increasing police visibility in churches contributed to the peaceful observance of the...
(Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross) A 15-year-old girl in Rizal and a male victim in Bohol were saved by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) from near drowning during its Holy Week operations. PRC saved two people from near-drowning incidents during the Holy Week break. The girl was provided with medical...
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...
