Tag: Holy Week
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Central Luzon police logs 7 Holy Week fatalities
PAMPANGA – The Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) has recorded seven fatalities in Central Luzon during the Holy Week. In a statement on Monday, PRO-3 said nine drowning incidents involving 12 individuals were logged across Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Zambales during the Holy Week. “Sadly, seven fatalities were confirmed,” it said. PRO-3 also…
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₱1.7 Million Worth of Shabu Seized in Holy Week Drug Bust
PAMPANGA – In a strategic operation amid the Holy Week observance, police authorities in Angeles City apprehended a high-value drug suspect and seized over ₱1.7 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation conducted under the Abacan Bridge in Barangay Ninoy Aquino on Wednesday evening, April 17. The suspect, identified as a 43-year-old male…
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Pasyong Mahal
Believers participate in the annual ‘Pabasa’ at the San Roque Chapel in Subic Bay Freeport on Holy Monday, April 14. The recitation of the “Pabasa ng Pasyon” is one of the oldest Holy Week traditions where verses from the Holy Bible depicting the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are chanted.
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Stations of the Cross Reenactment
Actors of Teatro Castillanos AD 1990 reenact scene from the Stations of the Cross as they parade aboard a truck at major thoroughfares on Palm Sunday in Castillejos, Zambales. Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar where Christians commemorate Christ’s death and resurrection through prayers and repentance. (Ang…
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Street passion play
Actors of Teatro Castillanos AD 1990 reenacts the passion of Jesus Christ as they parade the thoroughfares on Palm Sunday in Castillejos, Zambales. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week in the Roman Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar around the world where Christians commemorate Christ’s death and resurrection through prayers and repentance. (Ang Pahayagan photos…
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Holy Monday
Member of the Union of Concerned Youth of Castillejos (UCYC) stage their street passion play on the life of Jesus Christ as Holy Week begins in Castillejos town, Zambales on Monday, April 03. 📸 Photo courtesy of UCYC, Inc.
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Palm Sunday
A Catholic priest in Castillejos-town of Zambales bless palm leaves or “palaspas” on Sunday, marking the start of the observance of Holy Week of the Lenten Season. The blessed palm fronds are then traditionally hanged by devotees on their doorways in a belief that it will ward off evil spirits. (Ang Pahayagan photo/ JUN DUMAGUING)
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