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In a few days, it will be All Souls’ Day, and my thoughts turn to those who rarely figure in the ethnography of Undas. They are the freelance gardeners at memorial parks whose livelihood depends solely on…
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…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City policemen are now setting their security plans for the coming Kalag Kalag or Undas — All Saints (November 1) and All Souls Days (November 2) — following the orders of Police…
Pandemic restrictions strike at the core of our culture and traditions. No Undas this All Saints’ Day. No “trick or treat” this Halloween. No Thanksgiving 2020. Perhaps no Noche Buena, too, unless I quarantine from Dec. 9…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Every November 1 and 2, the biggest cemetery in Cebu, the Carreta Cemetery, is usually filled with almost half a million visitors. Things are expected to be different this year as the government…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The long weekend will start for many at noon today, October 31, as they head to bus terminals or airports to go home to their respective towns and provinces to commemorate All Saints’…
MANILA, Philippines — To prevent human trafficking during “Undas,” the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has placed its personnel on heightened alert amid the ongoing influx of passengers at airports nationwide. “Be sure that our immigration officers are…
Six persons were killed in different parts of Cebu during the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days celebration which the police described as generally peaceful and orderly. The shooting and stabbing incidents however, were not related to…
While Filipinos visit their departed loved ones on this year’s “Undas,” they should also pray for the thousands killed in the government’s war on drugs and the victims of natural disasters, detained opposition Sen. Leila de Lima…
A surprise drug test was conducted to at least 100 bus drivers and dispatchers of the Cebu South Bus Terminal and North Bus Terminal as part of the Oplan Undas of-of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…
In anticipation of the influx of arriving and departing passengers during the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days celebration, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) has rolled out Oplan Ligtas Biyahe–Undas 2017. This was implemented last October 25…
As the exodus of thousands departing for their hometowns peaked today, local officials and law enforcement agencies are on high alert to watch over those heading out of Cebu as well as those who have started to…
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