CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-3 has deployed over 1,500 policemen to secure the Holy Week and “summer” vacation in Central Luzon. They are backed up by 1,500 force multipliers and augmentation troops from other law enforcement units. They are deployed to...
Hordes of faith healers and the faithful continue to arrive early dawn on Good Friday, April 7, at the farming village of Bgy. Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan to get the miraculous perfumed oil of the Mahal na Poong Sto. Cristo. The faithful troop to this Bulacan town as part of their Lenten...
Performers of the “Senakulo” or the stage and street performance of the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ are continuing the years of tradition in Cainta that make the Holy Week in this town a unique one in the country. The office of Cainta Mayor Elen Nieto told Manila Bulletin that...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 deployed bicycle-riding police officers on Maundy Thursday to have a safe and secure observance of the Holy Week in the Caraga region. PRO-13 chief Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II launched “Bisikleta Iglesia” based on the directive of PNP chief...
BAGUIO CITY – The Igorot Stone Kingdom, shuttered last year due to lack of permits, temporarily reopened in time for the Holy Week here on Monday, April 3. A provisional business permit was issued to the Igorot Stone Kingdom after it vowed to comply with the city's government's conditions for...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – A father and his son died while his other child went missing in a drowning incident along Ganano River, Barangay Santa Maria, Alicia, Isabela on Wednesday. The father, identified as Norman Balinang, 42, along with his 16-year-old and eight-year-old sons, was on a Holy Week...
ILOILO CITY – A Holy Week cleanup drive is underway in Boracay Island. ONE of the participating groups in the clean-up drive at world-famous Boracay Island on Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) “A successful day towards environmental sustainability and a greener way...
BAGUIO CITY – A couple from Cavite and five individuals from Bataan who are visiting this city for the first time have been picked by the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) as the Baguio-Benguet Lucky Summer Visitor 2023 this Holy Week. THE seven lucky first time visitors...
The Bulacan Police Provincial Office on Wednesday, April 5, was placed on heightened alert to ensure the safety and security of the general public during the observance of Holy Week. Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, said the additional deployment of PNP personnel is part of the Bulacan...
TACLOBAN CITY – Two men fetching water on the highway were hit and killed by a passenger van in Barangay Bulacan, Hindang, Leyte, before dawn on Wednesday, April 5. TWO persons were killed when they were hit by this passenger van on Holy Wednesday in Hindang, Leyte. (Photo courtesy of...
Age-old traditions and time-tested rites that were put on hold at the height of the pandemic will be held in many parts of the country on Good Friday, April 7, in solemn commemoration of the Lord’s Passion. Good Friday is traditionally observed by Roman Catholics as a day of fasting, abstinence,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) deployed 200 police officers to secure Holy Week here. Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, spokesperson of the Bacolod police, said that at least two personnel are manning Police Assistance Desks (PADs) in churches during Masses or any Holy Week-related...
