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| Biak-na-Bato National Park, San Miguel, Bulacan. DB |
MALOLOS
CITY, Bulacan—Police are now coordinating with different civic groups in a bid
to step-up “Oplan: Summer Vacation” as the province began to brace for the
influx of tourists and pilgrims this summer time and Holy Week.
Bulacan
Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado said Public Assistance Centers are being
established in key areas where people
will converge.
“Assist
the people politely and make them feel safe and very much welcome in Bulacan,”
Alvarado told policemen and public assistance volunteers as the province braces
for the expected influx of tourists and visitors this summer and Lenten season.
Alvarado
said that Bulacan has virtually become a magnet for tourists, both domestic and
foreign, during summer because of its scenic spots, historical sites and crowd
drawing cultural practices as well as pilgrimage sites during Holy Week.
“We
want to make sure that the public will enjoy their stay in our great province
and have a grabnd vacation stay enjoying our hospitality and scenic spots,”
Alvarado said.
He
said that the Bulacan police headed by Senior Supt. Joel Orduna and various
civic organizations are holding meetings in preparation for their Operation
Sumvac (summer vacation.
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| DRT road trip. BMF |
Alvarado
said Public Assistance Centers will be set up in major convergience points and
areas where pilgrims are expected to go this Holy Week and summer vacation.
The
provincial chief executive said that Bulacan is home to at least 236 resorts
and numerous places were traditional as well as bloody Lenten rituals attract
multitude of people.
He
said that outdoor activities are also expected to increase since some towns
have spruced up their resorts particularly those located along the Angat River.
Local
businesses are also expected to make a killing since Bulacan is known for their
delicacies and other foodstuff. Alvarado also said that fruits of the season
and other farm products like turnips, mangoes and peanuts are also abundant and
is now being harvested and sold.
Meanwhile,
Bulacan police director Sr. Supt. Orduna
said maneuver platoons from the Provincial Public safety company will augment
local policemen along major thouroughfares and in crowd drawing sites in the
different parts of the province.
Multitudes
are also expected to flock the Catholic Chapel in the farming village of Bgy.
Kapitangan in Paombong town where faith healers are being nailed to a wooden
cross at a man-made Goltha as well as to witness hundreds of bareback
flagellants whipping their bloodied bodies.
This
early, pilgrims by the thousands have already began streaking to the National
Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Bgy. Sta. Rosa I mainly due to the mysterious
image of Jesus Christ which was caught by a CCTV.
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| Meyto shrine, Calumpit, Bulacan. DB |
Parish
Priest Fr. Prospero “Pros” Tenorio said that the number of devotees has began
to increased a day after the CCTV footage showing the mysterious image of Jesus
Christ—similar to the Divine Mercy image—was broadcast in National TV and at
You-Tube.
“I
still cannot say if it’s a miracle or an apparition of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It’s for the Bishop to Decide and after an investigation the final say will be
the Vatican,” Fr. Tenorio said.
The
parish priest said that he was the one who discovered the mysterious image –a
radiant white streak of light similar to the image of the Divine Mercy—at
around 11:00 pm on March 3. He said that the first image was caught by one of
the CCTV camera at around 9:00 where workers were putting a purple curtain at
the back of the image of a crucified Jesus Christ—the centerpiece holy
icon at the main altar of St. Faustina hall at the Divine Mercy Shrine.
What
makes the footage mysterious was when the lights were shutted-off at around
10:30pm but the radiant image still remain and recorded up to 6:00 am of the
following day (March 4).
Fr.
Tenorio also showed the footage to video expert
Clyde Villegas who admitted that he was also amazed on what he saw.
Villegas
said he looked for possible sources of light that could have produced the image
but it was pitch dark in the area during that time.
He
said that he looked at the back of the altar where a mosiac of tainted colored
glass featuring the image of St. Faustina, Blessed Pope John Paul II and the
Divine mercy Image of Jesus Crist was
located.
“It
was already impossible for a light to penetrate the tainted glass at
night time and it is definitely impossible if it was also covered by a thick
purple curtain, the image is really a mystery,” he said.
Orduna
said that police teams and Public Assistance Centers will also be put up at the
Grotto Shrine in San Jose del Monte City.
Pilgrims
are also expected to come in droves at “Banal na Bundok” in San Miguel town
where lifesize statues depicting the Way of the Cross are situated. And if the
skies is clear, vistors at the “Banal na Bundok” can see a mountain that looks
like a “Sleeping Jesus Christ”.—EMIL G. GAMOS, PNA
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