{"id":158068,"date":"2018-03-24T23:07:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T03:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=158068"},"modified":"2018-03-24T23:07:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T03:07:36","slug":"palace-hopes-for-solemn-holy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/24\/palace-hopes-for-solemn-holy-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace hopes for \u2018solemn\u2019 Holy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158069\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/26583699352_84637d0c5a_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158069\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/26583699352_84637d0c5a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Malaca\u00f1ang on Saturday expressed hope for a \u201csolemn\u201d observance of the upcoming Holy Week as it assured Filipinos that security and safety preparations would be in place. (Photo by Luis Ascenso\/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/26583699352_84637d0c5a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/26583699352_84637d0c5a_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malaca\u00f1ang on Saturday expressed hope for a \u201csolemn\u201d observance of the upcoming Holy Week as it assured Filipinos that security and safety preparations would be in place. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/107521854@N05\/26583699352\/in\/photolist-Gv7pE1-QTEzRq-6dUUSa-dTn2ch-9AuG29-7QBsXc-rxwUBe-nbe8sy-icShW-7QESC3-TtMH1N-SMm5J3-oxd9KQ-3bmPqn-TtMGWE-7QRQGf-newLhK-9AAeMc-2AB2R9-TJxY7d-e3LnYJ-TtMJ2W-TtMJwU-SMm4sA-U4MhJn-TtMJ75-SMm1Vw-SMm5MQ-7UCcGH-SMm2pC-rRJXxh-nrntBM-nfvaHJ-SMm44Q-nrnu8g-7QBp9Z-7Qthfo-kimwQs-rRRMKF-TtMHLA-SMm5Q5-p1xfaE-nVouCS-62mTK5-nhzQVu-TJxYCo-ocP9YY-eaJBgS-ea4M4C-9AMCDC\">Photo<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/107521854@N05\/\">Luis Ascenso\/Flickr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Saturday expressed hope for a \u201csolemn\u201d observance of the upcoming Holy Week as it assured Filipinos that security and safety preparations would be in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we observe the Lenten season, we call on the public and the community for their support and cooperation,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith everyone\u2019s cooperation, we look forward to a solemn Holy Week,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said public support could be manifested through everyone\u2019s cooperation in the conduct of safety checks, security checkpoints, compliance with traffic regulations and maintaining complete situational awareness of their surroundings at all times.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on the public to immediately report suspicious characters and unattended materials such as packages, bags and other objects that are out of place.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Roque noted that law enforcement and security personnel have monitored no specific threat but assured that they will not let their guard down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we expect the heavy movement of people this coming Holy Week, we have been gearing up security and safety preparations. Public safety remains our top priority,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<p>He said these include additional deployments in various areas aimed at safeguarding places of convergence, such as transport terminals, churches, malls and other public recreation areas.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Holy Week will begin on March 25, Palm Sunday, and end on April 1, Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Saturday expressed hope for a \u201csolemn\u201d observance of the upcoming Holy Week as it assured Filipinos that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":158069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[1910,978],"class_list":["post-158068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-holy-week","tag-malacanang","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}