PHOTO COURTESY OF MANILA BULLETIN Communication signals were temporarily shut down along the route of the Black Nazarene procession or Traslacion in Manila on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The signals were jammed at around 4:40 a.m. The Manila Police District (MPD) initially announced the possibility of...
Photo taken by Arnold Quizol/ MANILA BULLETIN The carriage or "andas" bearing the image of the Black Nazarene entered Quiapo Church at 7:44 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, making this year's procession 14 hours, 59 minutes, and 10 seconds long but still shorter than the last Traslacion in 2020 which took...
Some drivers of Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) complained about the road closures in Manila for the Traslacion procession on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Jesi, 56, who has been a jeepney driver for three decades, said more roads were closed for this year’s procession than in 2019 when it was last held....
Photo taken by Manila Public Information Office/ MANILA BULLETIN At least 175,000 devotees attended the Misa Mayor honoring the Black Nazarene at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila at midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The high mass in celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene was headed by His...
Photo from Manila Public Information Office/MANILA BULLETIN Around 3.3 million devotees joined the procession of the Black Nazarene or Traslacion from Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The procession officially started at around 4:45 a.m. with over 1.3 million devotees....
Police arrested two men for illegal possession of firearms in separate anti-criminality operations on Saturday, Jan. 6, in Caloocan City. Photo from Northern Police District (NPD)/MANILA BULLETIN Police said suspect “Anghelito”, 18, a resident of Barangay Bagong Silangan, Caloocan...
(Photo taken by by AJ Acosta (MPIO)/MANILA BULLETIN) Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos, Jr. and Quiapo Church parish priest Fr. Jun Sescon commended the efforts of the Manila local government under Mayor Honey Lacuna for the thorough preparations made...
Quiapo Church in Manila is packed with Catholic devotees attending holy mass on Sunday, Jan. 7, ahead of the Traslacion 2024. (Photo taken by Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN) The Manila Police District (MPD) said on Monday, Jan. 8, that "signal jamming" may be imposed during the Black Nazarene...
The fire stations in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) barangays, which are now part of Taguig, were reopened after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s tirade against the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). In a Facebook Live video on Jan. 5 , Cayetano, the husband of Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano, lambasted...
A fire gutted a roof deck of a building on Malugay St. Barangay Bel-Air, Makati City on Monday, Jan. 8. Screenshot photo from a video of Esguerra Christian (Fire Alert Metro Manila Facebook group)/MANILA BULLETIN According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze at the roof deck of...
The Taguig City government provided medical services to Barangay Cembo after the closure of eight health centers in EMBO (enlisted men’s barrio) areas. Taguig delivered medical, dental and nutrition services in Barangay Cembo under its Love Caravan. The Love Caravan in Barangay Cembo...
Authorities seized an estimated P13.6 million of shabu in a buy-bust operation in a subdivision in Muntinlupa on Jan. 6. The operation was carried out by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) National Capital Region’s Northern District Office and Southern District Office, and...
