By PJTremedal
Camp Abelon, Pagadian City – The Christian community, particularly the Roman Catholic Church nation-wide will observe the annual religious activities of the Lenten Season or otherwise locally known as “Semana Santa”.
Said religious act ivies falls on February 25, 2009 (Ash Wednesday) up to Easter Sunday celebrations on April 12, 2009. Morning and evening Masses, Novenas, Processions and Stations of the Cross on Good Friday are to be celebrated and expected to be participated by the public and other visitors.
The provincial directorate under PNP Provincial Director P/SSUPT Ramon M. Ochotorena, concurrent with its statutory mission and functions through its operating units from the City Police and the twenty-seven(27) Municipal PNP Stations, the 905th and the 906th Provincial Mobile Groups in close coordination with the AFP units and other religious groups and leaders ensures a peaceful observation of this year’s Lenten season by providing a heighten red alert security measures to include appropriate actions on all public places such as churches, terminals, airports, and seaports.
“Lawless elements such as Abu Sayaf Groups, the SPGS, MBGs and the CPP-NPA as assumed will conduct terroristic operations to disrupt the celebration like conducting bombings in churches, attacks or harassed PNP/AFP Detachments/checkpoints, kidnapping of top religious leaders and other hostile-related activities in order to create chaos, terrorism, fear, panic to the populace and at the same time embarrassed the national government specifically our forces and other law enforcement agencies and the local government officials.” PD Ochotorena said.
The heighten Red Alert Status is pursuant to the Provincial Command OPLAN “Lenten Season 2009”, Memorandum received from PNP Regional Office 9, and the PNP Master Plan for Security Preparations and Coverage or PNP Sang-Ingat Bravo per Letter of Instruction(LOI) 68/2008.
“Police visibilities, and assigning operatives in all churches, routes of the Station of the Cross, and conduct mobile check points all of the municipalities in Zamboanga Del Sur will be our part and commitment in the observance of the “Semana Santa.” PD Ochotorena added.
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