CCPO chief: Zero crime rate in cemeteries so far

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 11/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) has not received any major untoward incidents from all public cemeteries in the city. This was as of 2:30 pm today, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. CCPO chief…

Kalag-Kalag: Beyond candle lighting and Mass offering

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 10/29/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bisaya phrase “Kalag-Kalag,” which refers to the dates of October 31, November 1, and November 2 when the country observes All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, should not simply imply…

Chan to Oponganons visiting cemeteries: Wear face masks

Futch Anthony Inso 10/27/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Oponganons should wear face masks when they visit the graves of their departed loved ones at the different cemeteries during the observance of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on Nov.…

Kalag-Kalag thoughts: Remembering loved ones, and a ghost story

Dennis Singson 10/27/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Kalag-Kalag or All Souls’ Day for this year is drawing near, and it is once again another day to visit the graves of loved ones, who have passed on, light candles for…

PDEA-7 intensify interdiction efforts for long weekend

Pegeeen Maisie Sararaña 10/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) intensify their interdiction efforts in seaports, airports, and terminals in the region against illegal drug transport. Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 spokesperson, said that…

Mandaue City police bare security plan for Kalag-Kalag 2022

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/25/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) continues to prepare for the celebration of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days on November 1 and 2. Police Lieutenant Colonel Franco Rudolf Oriol, MCPO deputy city…

Lapu police intensify preparations for Kalag-Kalag 2022

Futch Anthony Inso 10/20/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) has intensified its preparation for the upcoming observance of All Saints and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2, respectively. P/Col. Elmer Lim, OIC director of…

CV cops in their final stretch for Kalag-Kalag 2022 security preps

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas policemen are now in the final stretch of their security preparations for the coming Kalag-Kalag 2022. Police Brigadier General Roderick Augustus Alba, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas…

Lapu-Lapu mayor: Rules for cemetery visitation to be announced after IATF issues guidelines

Futch Anthony Inso 10/13/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government will still wait for the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the visitation of cemeteries during the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on…

Remembering the dead differently in the pandemic

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/02/2021

(Part 2 of 2 part series) CEBU CITY, Philippines — The pandemic has changed many of the social traditions of Filipinos during the Kalag-kalag season as public gatherings have been prohibited on many levels including in the…

Why All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day are celebrated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/01/2021

(Part 1 of 2 part series) CEBU CITY, Philippines — Different colored flowers, dripping candle wax on cement tombstones, and thousands of people shoulder-to-shoulder in the otherwise empty graveyards. This used to be the scenery of a…

FACES OF CEBU: Roy Liloan and Teodorico Bilao, gravediggers

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 10/31/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Roy and Rico are the names one will hear often being recommended to clients who seek services of gravediggers. Both are gravediggers, or locally called “sepultureros,” of the Carreta Cathedral Cemetery located along…

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