TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon - A Grade 5 student drowned after he was stung by a jellyfish on Maundy Thursday in the sea of Barangay Candalapdap here. Police identified the victim as Angelo, a resident of the barangay. Investigation disclosed that the victim, together with his friends, were riding a...
Capping 32 years of marriage, President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, spent Maundy Thursday, April 17, with a boodle meal at Suba Beach in Ilocos Norte. The First Family at Suba Beach in Ilocos Norte (Photo from First Lady Liza Marcos)...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia reminded candidates that poll campaigning is prohibited on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia "Absolutely no campaigning on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. It is the law. No...
BACOLOD CITY – A man was gunned down by his drinking buddy in Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Maundy Thursday. A MAN was shot dead by his drinking buddy in Barangay Hilub-ang, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Maundy Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police...
CAMP Lt. Rosauro Toda Jr., City of Ilagan, Isabela – A man allegedly shot his minor nephew in Barangay Binguang, San Pablo, Isabela, on Maundy Thursday. SUSPECT Arman Investigation said the victim was playing in their kitchen at around 7:30 p.m. when he was shot in the left thigh. He was...
SANTO DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur – A 28-year-old construction worker was shot and wounded in his house in Barangay Paras, this town, on Maundy Thursday. MUNICIPAL Hall of Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur. Police said the victim, Rizen de Guzman, was talking over the cellphone when the suspect, Leo...
CEBU CITY – No untoward incidents were reported on Maundy Thursday as police visibility was increased in major churches, ports and terminals here. POLICE Col. Noel Flores (left), deputy regional director for operations of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, and Cebu City Police Office...
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,...
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...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) implemented strict security measures in ports around the country to secure almost 140,000 travelers who were monitored on Maundy Thursday, March 28. As of 12 noon, the peak of passenger arrival, the PCG said that a total of 73,282 outbound passengers and 66,331...
President Marcos encouraged Filipinos to find ways to serve their communities with compassion and grace as Catholics observe Maundy Thursday. Catholics visit the Stations of the Cross exhibit and pray the novena at the San Agustin Church in Manila on Holy Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Arnold Quizol)...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See- Pope Francis, who often champions poor and marginalised people, celebrated the traditional Holy Thursday Mass by washing the feet of 12 young inmates in a juvenile detention centre in Rome. The Argentine Jesuit, who was hospitalised last week for bronchitis, spent Thursday...
