House Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. has been assured that the 6.8-kilometer (km) Candaba viaduct in the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) will be fully opened to traffic in time for Holy Week this April. Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio...
THE renowned Lenten tradition highlighted by the reenactment of Jesus' crucifixion in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga will be held anew this coming Holy Week after three years of being canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tradition draws thousands of local and foreign spectators. (File...
Local officials of Aklan have been asked to explain why the number of tourists in Boracay exceeded the maximum carrying capacity during the Holy Week, The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Wednesday, April 20. In a news briefing, DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The observance of Holy Week in the entire Northern Mindanao was ‘generally peaceful.’ The police personnel of Cagayan de Oro Police Office's Cogon Police Station conducts monitoring and provides assistance and security at Guadalupe Shrine in Barangay Tablon, this city on...
ILOILO CITY – The commemoration of Holy Week in Western Visayas region was generally peaceful as manifested by a remarkable decrease in criminal incidents during the week. Locals flock to Balaan Bukid (Holy Mountain) in Jordan town, Guimaras province Friday, April 15. Unlike in the past, the...
Senator Francis Tolentino said there was a gross violation of a Catholic Church tradition when the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) allowed the holding of ‘e-sabong’ (cockfighting) games last Good Friday. In today’s hybrid public hearing by the Senate public order and...
ILOILO CITY – Nothing could be holier than spending the Holy Week helping those affected by landslides and flood brought by tropical storm ‘’Agaton,” something that many people from the provinces of Iloilo and Capiz did. Members of Ananda Marga Iloilo distribute relief goods to those...
BACOLOD CITY – Two suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed while a soldier was injured in separate clashes in Negros island on Maundy Thursday, April 14. In Negros Occidental, the 94th Infantry Battalion (IB), conducting combat operations after receiving reports on alleged...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, April 17, called on Filipinos to live truthfully and offer one’s self to others, especially those living on the fringes of society. Vice President Leni Robredo spends her Saturday night, April 16, going house-to-house in Barangay...
Holy Week and the mystique of Pamitinan By Dr. Pablo S. Trillana III FILIPINO MARTYRS From left: Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Guillermo Masangkay, and Aurelio Tolentino During the Holy Week of April 1895, 127 years ago, Andres Bonifacio climbed the foothills of Montalban (now Rodriguez) under...
In observance of the Holy Week, 47 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) participated in the reenactment of the passion and death of Jesus Christ or “senakulo” inside the jail facility in Kamuning on Good Friday, April 15. The participants include four...
With the easing of restrictions in Rizal province under Alert Level 1, some of the Holy Week traditions that were banned since 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, have started to resume but in a slightly different way just to comply with the health and safety protocols mandated by the government. In...
