{"id":37614,"date":"2015-01-08T00:12:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=37614"},"modified":"2015-01-08T00:12:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T16:12:04","slug":"manila-traffic-enforcers-to-wear-diapers-while-manning-posts-during-popes-visit-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/08\/manila-traffic-enforcers-to-wear-diapers-while-manning-posts-during-popes-visit-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila traffic enforcers to wear diapers while manning posts during pope’s visit next week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino (Photo: Dennis Datu \/ dzMM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines — When Pope Francis visits the Philippines next week, traffic enforcers won’t let the capital’s streets get gridlocked if they have to answer the call of nature.<\/p>\n

About 2,000 traffic enforcers who will be on duty during the Jan. 15-19 papal visit will be required to wear adult diapers, said Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino.<\/p>\n

Tolentino also encouraged people who will wait for hours to see the pope to also wear diapers.<\/p>\n

The prospect of wearing diapers while on duty was “well received” by his men, he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Tolentino said the idea will be tested on Friday by 800 traffic enforcers who work shifts during the nearly 24-hour annual procession of the Black Nazarene. It will be the first time that traffic enforcers in the Philippines will wear diapers while on duty in the streets, he said.<\/p>\n

The Black Nazarene procession attracts hundreds of thousands of barefoot mostly-male Filipino Roman Catholics who parade a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ which devotees believe possess mystical powers that could cure ailments and answer wishes of good health and fortune.<\/p>\n

Tolentino says there won’t be enough portable toilets for the millions of people expected to see Pope Francis hold an open-air Mass at the seaside Rizal Park on Jan. 18.<\/p>\n

“If you attend an event that will last for 24 hours, you cannot go around looking for a (portable toilet),” Tolentino said.<\/p>\n

Priests, nuns, seminarians, and the elderly also should consider wearing diapers, he said.<\/p>\n

Asked if he will also wear one, Tolentino said, “I will try, but in my case, I have less hydration.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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