LATEST World News, Apr 24, 2011

317 dyed Easter eggs at Carowinds sets Guinness World Record
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EASTER, Sunday, Apr 24, 2011

Sofia Echo
Spencer Slate, garbed as a scuba-diving Easter bunny, places eggs on the ocean's floor in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, off Key Largo, Florida, April 19 2011. A worshipper holds a candle at the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the ...
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PHILIPPINES HOLY SATURDAY, Easter 2011, Apr 24, 2011

NCRPO beefs up operations for Easter Sunday
Inquirer.net
By Karen Boncocan MANILA, Philippines—Metro police intensified their operations for Easter Sunday when people are expected to come back from the provinces, a police official said Saturday. Law enforcers have been shifting their security measures to ...
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Labor exec calls for Saudi understanding of PH regulations
Inquirer.net
By Philip Tubeza MANILA, Philippines—Saudi Arabia should be “open-minded” about the regulations the Philippines imposed to protect Filipino household service workers (HSW) in the oil-rich kingdom, a labor official said Saturday. ...
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Fertilizer scam blunder may add to Gutierrez's woes
Inquirer.net
By Christian V. Esguerra MANILA, Philippines—Fresh revelations that Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez might have bungled the filing of criminal charges in connection with the P728-million fertilizer fund scam may not necessarily be used against her in ...
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3 drowned in Calapan River
Inquirer.net
By Madonna Virola CITY OF CALAPAN, Philippines – A father and his young daughter and niece were drowned in Bucayao River in the village Camansihan of this city on Maundy Thursday, said Nelson Aboboto, head of the city's Public Safety Department (PSD), ...
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10 drown during 2011 Holy Week
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – A total of 10 people, including 4 children, drowned in separate incidents during Holy Week. On Black Saturday, 4 children drowned in a river in San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija. The fatalities were identified as Francis Belmonte, 10; ...
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Few arrive from provinces on Black Saturday
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – As the Holy Week nears its end, bus operators are expecting a surge of people returning to Manila as early as Sunday morning. As of Saturday, there was only a small volume of passengers arriving from the provinces in several bus ...
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Holy Week binge
Manila Bulletin
By Fr. ROLANDO V. DE LA ROSA, OP MANILA, Philippines – During Holy Week, many of us indulge in an orgy of penance and self-inflicted pain. Last Friday, twenty-eight Filipino devotees were crucified in Pampanga and Bulacan. ...
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Lamut bans public smoking
Manila Bulletin
(Franco G. Regala) ANTIPOLO CITY, Philippines — Easter Sunday here is traditionally marked with dancing cotillion-style by the youth as part of the Lenten activity to end the Holy Week. Dubbed “Kapitanes y Kapitan,” this unique Antipolo tradition ...
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Many Pinoys stay for Holy Week rituals
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – While many Filipinos chose to rest and relax during Holy Week, many people also observed traditional Holy Week rituals. On Maundy Thursday, thousands trooped to churches for the Visita Iglesia and Stations of the Cross. ...
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Famed Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba dies at 86PUTTAPARTI, India (AP) _ Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba, considered a living god by millions of followers worldwide, died Sunday in a hospital near his southern Indian ashram, a doctor said. He was 86. ...
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Cops destroy 'weed' field
Manila Bulletin
... Benguet, Philippines – Police said on Saturday that close to P6.75 million worth of marijuana plants were destroyed by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents during a marijuana eradication operation on Holy Wednesday in Sitio Aliog, ...
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Naval fleet ready for evacuation assistance at Taal Volcano
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - As the seismic activity at the Volcano Taal remains active, the Philippine Navy ordered a nearby fleet to stand by, in case Taal Volcano erupts anytime, according to the military sources on Saturday. ...
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Holy Saturday
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Catholic Philippines Postpones Earth Day
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CHRIST IS RISEN , Holy Saturday, Easter 2011, Apr 24, 2011

Joy embraces Russians as Easter celebrations get underway
RIA Novosti
... Orthodox Christians greet each other with "Christ is risen!" and the reply is "He is risen indeed!" followed by three kisses. They also exchange Easter eggs. Preparation for Easter celebrations begins in the Russian Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday ...
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Udupi: Easter Celebrated with devotion and fervour in Mother of Sorrows Church
Bellevision
By Benedict Noronha Udupi, 24 April 2011: Jesus is risen was the acclamation during the Easter Vigil and Mass at Mother of Sorrows Church, Udupi on Holy Saturday, April 23, 2011. The liturgy started at 7-00 p,m. Rev.Dr.Baptist Menezes, Episcopal Vicar ...
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CHRISTOS ANESTI, Easter 2011, Apr 24, 2011

Easter returns, to lighten our paths
Chicago Sun-Times
Then we joined in the singing of the Christos Anesti, Christ is Risen, the exquisite hymn that marks the jubilant culmination of the Ascension of Christ. “Christos Anesti, ek nekron, Thanato, Thanaton, patisas, kai tis en tis mnema si, zoe charisamenos ...
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PHILIPPINES GOOD FRIDAY, Easter 2011, Apr 22, 2011

Philippines celebrates Good Friday with real crucifixions
Telegraph.co.uk
Catholic devotees in the Philippines have been nailed to wooden crosses in an bloody re-enactment of Jesus Christ's Crucifixion. Villagers in the northern Philippines took Easter celebrations to a violent extreme on Good Friday with genuine recreations ...
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Pinoys in UAE do Visita Iglesia; visits to virtual site surpass 120k
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The virtual Visita Iglesia site breached the 100000 mark after noon Friday. The CBCP set up the site for Filipinos working abroad and who could not return to the Philippines during the Holy Week; and for those who could not physically make this year's ...
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15 buried miners saved
Inquirer.net
By Frinston Lim PANTUKAN, Compostela Valley, Philippines—Rescuers backed by bulldozers and other heavy equipment worked all day on Saturday to find more survivors of a landslide that hit the mining village of Panganason at around 2:30 am on Good ...
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Christians in Philippines celebrate Good Friday by recreating crucifixion of Jesus
New York Daily News
BY Jaime Uribarri A crowd gathers around a penitent who was crucified during Good Friday celebrations in the Philippines. Villagers prepare to hammer a nail into the palm of a religious devotee. Villagers in the northern Philippines took Easter ...
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Holy Week binge
Manila Bulletin
By Fr. ROLANDO V. DE LA ROSA, OP MANILA, Philippines – During Holy Week, many of us indulge in an orgy of penance and self-inflicted pain. Last Friday, twenty-eight Filipino devotees were crucified in Pampanga and Bulacan. ...
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27 Pampanga, Bulacan folk nailed to cross
Philippine Star
ERNIE PEÑAREDONDO SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga ,Philippines – A total of 27 penitents were nailed to the cross in Pampanga and Bulacan on Good Friday. Twenty-two were crucified in Barangays San Juan, Sta. Lucia and San Pedro Cutud here. ...
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Sect has unusual way of commemorating Good Friday
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – A group called “Fifteen Mysteries” in Bulacan has an unusual way of commemorating Good Friday. The group has giant representations of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit lead their nighttime procession that runs all the ...
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Local Filipinos chant Christ's Passion
Greenwich Time
A group of Filipino Catholics chant the Passion in Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines, in front of an altar in the Greenwich home of Clarita Agulay, as they observed Good Friday, April 22, 2011. Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time | Buy ...
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Green groups not pleased by trash left by pilgrims
Manila Bulletin
By ELLALYN B. DE VERA MANILA, Philippines – Green advocates decried on Saturday the massive garbage left by thousands of pilgrims during the "Alay-Lakad" penitential walk last Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. According to EcoWaste Coalition, ...
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Good Friday Way Of The Cross Procession On Brooklyn Bridge
Gothamist
The group organizing the walk explains a little more about the walk below—and, no, it's not like actual Christians being crucified, the way Good Friday is being celebrated in the Philippines today: In the heart of a city where millions of people carry ...
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15000 Christians Protest on Good Friday in India
Christian Post
By Anugrah Kumar|Christian Post Contributor Around 15000 Christians walked, many barefoot, for six hours in the streets of Mumbai, India, on Good Friday enacting Jesus' walk to the Cross and condemning growing attacks on the minority community. ...
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Woman watching Lenten movie dragged away, raped by 2 men
Inquirer.net
By Julie M. Aurelio MANILA, Philippines—A young woman watching an outdoor Lenten movie in her neighborhood was dragged away and raped by two men on the night of Good Friday in Quezon City. But because of the victim's quick wit, barangay (village) ...
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DENR experts sent to help in Compostela slide rescue
Inquirer.net
By Leila B. Salaverria MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has tapped its mining experts to lead rescue operations in Compostela Valley, where a pre-dawn landslide on Good Friday swept away an unknown number of ...
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Crucifixion Reenactments Are No Way To Celebrate Good Friday
Death and Taxes
But I do think the email makes a good point in regards to the Good Friday celebration in the Philippines. For whatever it's worth, Jesus really took one for the team that day. Repeating it thousands of years later is just rude.
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Philippine authorities foil terror attack
Mindanao Examiner
It said the bomb was discovered on Good Friday near a building housing the Bureau of Internal Revenue. “We have disarmed the bomb and it has the signature of the Abu Sayyaf,” Senior Superintendent Alexis Lineses, the provincial police chief, ...
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Mindanao Examiner
2 foreigners rescued off Palawan
Manila Bulletin
By ELENA L. ABEN MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Navy (PN) personnel from the Naval Forces West rescued two foreigners on board a yacht in waters off Sofronio Española town, Palawan, early morning on Good Friday, a Navy spokesman said. ...
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Good Friday around the world
The Patriot Ledger
A crowd watches as Victor Caparas takes part in a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday at Cutud village, San Fernando city, Pampanga province, northern Philippines, Friday, April 22, 2011. Several Filipinos were nailed to ...
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Bad weather on Good Friday
Malaysia Star
Almost a thousand parishioners braved the strong winds to attend the 3pm Good Friday mass at the St Francis Xavier Church here yesterday. Parish priest Father Simon Yong, who led the mass, said although there were two other sessions, ...
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Malaysia Star
The earth on Good Friday
MercatorNet
by Sheila Liaugminas | 23 Apr 2011 | According to the Bible, it quaked. Something to recall this year as Earth Day falls on Good Friday. Except in the Philippines, where they've moved the date to honor the holiness of the Triduum. ...
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25000 join procession in Cavite
Manila Bulletin
By ANTHONY GIRON IMUS, Cavite, Philippines – Some 25000 parishioners joined the traditional Good Friday procession in this town, making it the longest ever remembered in the town. The solemn march, which involved 54 large images of Jesus Christ and His ...
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Two men drown, two others killed in violent incidents in Isabela
Philippine Star
ISABELA, Philippines (AP) - Two men drowned and two others were killed in separate violent incidents in Isabela on Good Friday and Maundy Thursday, the provincial police office reported. Senior Superintendent Jimmy Rivera Sr., Isabela police director, ...
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Best pictures from the past 24 hours
Globe and Mail
Three-inch custom-made stainless steel nails pierce the feet of a penitent crucified during the Good Friday lenten rites in San Juan, San Fernando city, Philippines. Children watch penitents hanging on wooden crosses during Good Friday crucifixion ...
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Clergy promotes morality, values
Sun.Star
By Justin K. Vestil DURING Good Friday's Siete Palabras, officials of the Cebu Archdiocese explained Jesus's last words with modern interpretations, particularly focused on the role of the laity and on issues of morality. Reflecting on Jesus's first ...
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So-led Team Tagaytay wins in Asian Cities Chess
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MANILA, Philippines -- The Tagaytay Team started strong in the 17th Asian Cities Chess Championship, pulling off a 4-0 victory against the 13th seeded, all-women Tarakan team at the Kartika Chandra Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia on Good Friday. ...
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Does Good Friday Mean Anything Anymore?
E Canada Now
... at the various news accounts begs the question does Good Friday mean anything anymore? For Christians and Jews around the world this is a sacred day to remember the crucifixion of Jesus—but to read some items makes you wonder—in the Philippines, ...
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Cop foils Lenten robbery, nabs suspect
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By Julie M. Aurelio MANILA, Philippines – A policeman, responding to a distress call by jeepney passengers who have just been robbed in Quezon City, prevented one of the perpetrators from escaping after he shot and arrested the suspect who tried to ...
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Men nailed to crosses in Philippines Good Friday ritual
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Bullit Marquez / AP A crowd watches as Victor Caparas hangs by nails on a cross in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday at Cutud village, San Fernando city, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. ...
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Lamut bans public smoking
Manila Bulletin
(Nel B. Andrade) Three foreign fishing vessels were apprehended by elements of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Northern Luzon last Good Friday for poaching in Philippine waters, the PCG reported on Saturday. Captain George Ursabia, Coast Guard ...
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Many Pinoys stay for Holy Week rituals
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On Good Friday, thousands also attended the mini procession of the Black Nazarene at the Quiapo Church. Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City was also packed for the Siete Palabras or Seven Last Words of Christ. On Saturday night, devotees trooped to ...
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Good Friday, Do Good for the Philippines... - BREE WEE: Mom ...
By BreeWee
Good Friday, Do Good for the Philippines... It's ALOHA Friday and once again Big Island is up to some good. I am personally going to ask for your athletic shoes, new, used, it does not matter as long as they have a mile of running left ...
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A Holy Saturday Reflection « Near Emmaus
By JohnDave Medina
I also remember my first Holy Week in the Philippines as a young adult. I remember hearing of the idea that because Christ died on Good Friday, one was not to go out or do anything brash because the evil spirits had free reign. ...
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Penitents nailed to crosses in Philippine ritual | Otago Daily ...
A crowd watches as Victor Caparas takes part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday at Cutud village, in the northern Philippines. Several Filipinos were nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact the suffering of ...
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Just Another Blog (From L.A.)™: You People Are Fucking Sick
By M. Bouffant
The Good Friday crucifixions in the Philippines are a particularly grotesque example of the way in which capitalism and all of its institutions can transform the suffering and backwardness of the most impoverished layers of the ...
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Philippine authorities foil terror attack
By The Mindanao Examiner
It said the bomb was discovered on Good Friday near a building housing the Bureau of Internal Revenue. “We have disarmed the bomb and it has the signature of the Abu Sayyaf,” Senior Superintendent Alexis Lineses, the provincial police ...
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SE Asia stocks pull back in holiday trade | The Financial Daily
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Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines were closed on Friday for Good Friday and Easter holidays and will reopen on Monday. The Thai benchmark SET index slid 0.4 per cent on Friday, ending a five-day winning streak, weighed down by a 0.8 ...
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PhotoBlog - People nailed to crosses in Good Friday ritual
Penitents hang on crosses as they are crucified during Good Friday Lenten rites in Cutud, San Fernando Pampanga in northern Philippines on Friday. ...
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Philippines celebrates Good Friday with real crucifixions
Villagers in the northern Philippines took Easter celebrations to a violent extreme on Good Friday with genuine recreations of the Crucifixion of Jesus ...
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Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines - Yahoo! News
Devotees re-enacted Jesus's crucifixion in gory scenes while millions of other less extreme faithful across the Catholic Philippines prayed with their ...
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Newsvine - Men nailed to crosses in Philippines Good Friday ritual
Men nailed to crosses in Philippines Good Friday ritual. News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:35 PM EDT. Read Article Article Source: msnbc.com ...
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Good Friday crucifixions in the Philippines
The spectacle is an annual celebration of gore and obscurantism, an international media circus, and a tourist bonanza.
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Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines | thetelegraph.com.au
DEVOTEES re-enacted Jesus's crucifixion in gory scenes while millions of other less extreme faithful across the Catholic Philippines prayed with their ...
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Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines | News.com.au
DEVOTEES re-enacted Jesus's crucifixion in gory scenes while millions of other less extreme faithful across the Catholic Philippines prayed with their ...
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Christians in Philippines celebrate Good Friday by recreating ...
Villagers in the northern Philippines took Easter celeations to a violent extreme Friday by recreating the crucifixion of Jesus. At least 24 Filipinos from ...
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Devotees flock to QC churches on Good Friday
By Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines - Thousands of devotees flocked to various churches in Quezon City in observance of Good Friday. ...
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Philippines marks Good Friday with crucifixions, bloody rituals ...
Manila - More than a dozen people were expected to be nailed to wooden crosses in the Philippines on Friday while others whipped their backs bloody in an ...
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Philippines churches unite around Good Friday radio reflection ...
Philippines churches unite around Good Friday radio reflection. By ENInews. 20 Apr 2011. Philippine Roman Catholic, mainline Protestant and evangelical ...
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Anglican Use in the Philippines: Good Friday, It is finished!
which is still sung in Anglican/Episcopal churches on Good Friday. ... Anglican Use Philippines is a blog begun by Ben Vallejo with contributions from Bruce ...
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PCG chief retires early, not on Good Friday
... retirement by three days so he would not have to leave office on April 22, Good Friday. ... He said the increasing economic activity in the Philippines, ...
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YouTube - Good Friday crucifixions in Philippines
Devotees re-enacted Jesus's crucifixion in gory scenes while millions of other less extreme faithful across the Catholic Philippines prayed with their ...
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Opened Restaurants Philippines Good Friday | Pinoy Shopaholic
opened restaurants philippines good friday Philippines, Latest Pinoy Guide, Review, Videos and resources about opened restaurants philippines good friday ...
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