ILOILO CITY—The Holy Week was generally peaceful in Western Visayas region. Except for vehicular accidents, the Police Regional Office-6 did not record any major criminal incidents in Western Visayas. This was attributed to the deployment of police all over Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and...
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Holy Week across Central Luzon was peaceful, Police Regional Office- 3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jean S. Fajardo said. Fajardo attributed the success of the week-long religious activities to the coordinated efforts of the public, local government...
BUTUAN CITY – The Panaad 2025 or Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday, April 18, here was generally peaceful, police said. A POLICE outpost on the Panaad trail in Butuan City. Police said hundreds of Catholic devotees climbed the annual Panaad Via Crucis mountain trail in Barangay...
Tight security and public safety operations remain in place in Metro Manila and other parts of the country as millions of people, who went to the provinces for religious activity and vacation during the long Holy Week break, are expected to troop back starting on Sunday, April 20. The Philippine...
What was supposed to be a fun beach outing quickly turned into a nightmare after a jeepney carrying 25 passengers turned turtle in Bolinao, Pangasinan on Good Friday, April 18. Citing accounts from one of the passengers, a report from the Bolinao Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management...
KALAYAAN, Laguna (AP) — Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the streets of the southern Philippine town of Kalayaan, as Christians across this largely Catholic country commemorate the passion and sufferings of Jesus. A PERFORMER reenacts the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - More than 20,000 Catholic devotees attended the yearly pilgrimage to the Abong Abong Park in Pasonanca here for the Holy Week. The Mobile Command Center estimated the crowd on Maundy Thursday to have reached 20,592. People continue to troop to the area today, Good...
(Photo: BJMP Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory) Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) participated in “Senakulo”, Station of the Cross, and other traditional Lenten season activities in observance of...
Devotees guide the image of Jesus Nazareno back to Quiapo Church after the Holy Week procession that lasted over 11 hours, from Maundy Thursday until Good Friday. (Screengrab from Quiapo Church/Facebook) The Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Quiapo Church) said that...
A Land Transportation Office (LTO) personnel inspects a private vehicle in Talisay, Camarines Norte on April 17, 2025. (Photo: LTO Region 5) The Land Transportation Office (LTO) urged motorists on Black Friday, April 18, to observe road courtesy and discipline this Holy Week to avoid being summoned...
Thousands of people, including local and foreign tourists, flocked to a century-old Catholic chapel in Barangay Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan, to observe the Holy Week rites and to witness faith healers being nailed to wooden crosses. Devotees and visitors flocked to the Sto. Cristo Chapel in Brgy....
President Marcos has encouraged Filipinos to choose peace and safety this Holy Week, and expressed hope that Good Friday serves as a guidance and strength for every Filipino family. Catholic devotees visit the Stations of the Cross exhibit and pray the novena at San Agustin Church in Manila on Holy...
