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Holy Week celebration shifted online over COVID-19 threat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 19 10:05 AM

The celebration of Holy Week and other church activities will be held online, a priest said Thursday as Luzon observes a region-wide lockdown due to the threat of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 01:04 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos Read more »

Pope Francis prays for the end of COVID-19 spread

Vatican Media, AFP
Posted at Mar 16 08:53 AM

Pope Francis prays in S. Marcello al Corso church, where there is a miraculous crucifix that was carried in a procession around Rome in 1552 to stop the great plague in Rome on March 15, 2020, in this handout picture released by the Vatican Media. Read more »

Pampanga city calls off ritual crucifixions in wake of coronavirus threat

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 11 11:59 PM

Crucifixion reenactments will be cancelled this year as coronavirus cases climb, said authorities in San Fernando where the annual tourist spectacle is held. Read more »

Paggunita sa Ash Wednesday, Good Friday may pagbabago dahil sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 07:46 PM

May mga pagbabago sa paggunita ng religious events ngayong taon dahil sa banta ng coronavirus disease 2019. Read more »

OPINION: In Holy Week, a struggle for the soul of the Philippines

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at May 08 03:38 AM

The Good Friday crucifixions and whippings in many ways are emblematic of the contradictory, often dualistic nature of Philippine public life. Read more »

45 of 56 Holy Week deaths due to drowning - PNP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 01:31 PM

MANILA - Fifty-six people died in drowning incidents and road accidents during the Holy Week break, the Philippine National Police said Monday.  Read more »

LOOK: La Santa Muerte leads Holy Week procession in Cebu

Victor Kintanar
Posted at Apr 22 12:21 AM

The La Santa Muerte is a skeleton dressed in black cassock with a blue cape that stands on top of a carozza decorated with flowers, candles and electric light bulbs.  Read more »

DFA: No Pinoy reported hurt in Sri Lanka Easter Day blasts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 08:19 PM

No Filipino has so far been reported hurt in the string of bomb blasts that struck hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Read more »

Funny bunnies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 07:45 PM

Children dressed as Easter bunnies join an Easter egg hunt at a mall in Antipolo, Rizal on Sunday. Read more »

Ilang Kapamilya stars nagbakasyon sa ibang bansa sa Holy Week

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 07:41 PM

Pinili ng ilang Kapamilya stars na magbakasyon at magpahinga ngayong Holy Week sa ibang bansa. Read more »

Dating nalulong sa droga, ngayo'y pastor na tumutulong sa mga adik

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 07:03 PM

Ibinahagi ngayong Linggo ng Pagkabuhay ng isang dating nalulong sa droga na puwedeng magkaroon ng bagong buhay dahil kay Hesus. Read more »

Libo-libo dagsa sa 'Baseco Beach' sa Easter Sunday

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Posted at Apr 21 06:34 PM

Tinatayang nasa 3,000 tao ang nasa "Baseco Beach" nitong hapon ng Linggo, ayon sa isang lokal na opisyal. Read more »

Mga uuwi matapos ang Semana Santa dagsa na; tollways nagbabala ng 'malalang' traffic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 04:43 PM

Inaasahan ng pamunuan ng NLEX na mas lalala pa ang sitwasyon ng trapiko habang papagabi dahil sa bugso ng mga motorista. Read more »

Basura nagkalat sa Bantayan Island matapos ang Black Saturday party

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 03:37 PM

Sandamakmak na basura ang naiwan sa mga dalampasigan ng bayan ng Santa Fe sa Bantayan Island, Cebu sa paghupa ng mga taong nakisaya sa Black Saturday party. Read more »

Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack threat before blasts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 03:07 PM

Sri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit "prominent churches", according to the warning seen by AFP. Read more »

Easter Day blasts at Sri Lanka hotels, churches kill at least 200

Ishara Kodikara and Lakruwan Wanniarachchi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 22 11:33 AM

(UPDATE 5) A series of eight devastating bomb blasts ripped through high-end hotels and churches holding Easter services in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 207 people, including dozens of foreigners. Read more »

Holy Week holidaymakers leave Boracay, authorities brace for another event

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 01:50 PM

Some 4,000 tourists on Easter Sunday were set to leave Boracay island after the Lent holidays, according to port officials. Read more »

Traffic light in SLEx, NLEx on Easter noon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 01:47 PM

Traffic remained light on the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) around noon on Easter Sunday, hours ahead of the expected return trip to Metro Manila of motorists. Read more »

Resurrection in digital

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 12:17 PM

Easter Sunday, marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is the last day of the celebration of Holy Week in this predominantly Catholic nation.  Read more »