Gov鈥檛 should be ready to serve even during Holy Week 鈥� Marcos
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro. Screengrab from RTVM/FACEBOOK
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered government agencies not to be complacent in monitoring and assisting Filipinos during the upcoming Holy Week, a Palace official said on Tuesday.
Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said this at a briefing at Malacañang when asked if Marcos had any specific instructions for the week-long Catholic tradition.
“We all know that there are times when incidents still occur… it’s inevitable that some actions or crimes may happen, and we must not sleep on it — that is the directive of the President,” Castro said in Filipino.
“The government should not rest even during Holy Week, even if most people are on vacation; the government should not go on break. Monitoring and helping our fellow Filipinos must continue,” she added.
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The Holy Week for this year will be from April 13 to 20.
On April 4, the Philippine National Police said it had deployed approximately 40,000 personnel nationwide to maintain peace and order during Holy Week and summer.
