Over 5,000 cops will be deployed for Nazarene procession – PNP

Nazareno 2024: Live Updates for The Feast of Black Nazarene

Catholics gather in front of Quiapo Church, home to the widely revered Black Nazarene. Photo taken in January 2023. (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

MANILA, Philippines — A total of  5,602 police officers will be dispatched in Manila for the Traslacion — on the Feast of the Black Nazarene — in January next year, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The officers will be deployed for the procession from Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church, the PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo, said, citing Manila Police District director Col. Arnold Thomas Ibay.

She said earlier that the police force would be on full alert for the Traslacion.

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Below is the procession route released by the Quiapo Church:

• Quirino Grandstand
• right to Katigbak Drive (left side)
• right to Padre Burgos Street through Finance Road
• straight to Ayala Bridge
• left to Palanca Street
• right to Quezon Boulevard
• right to Arlegui Street
• right to Fraternal Street
• right to Vergara Street
• left to Duque de Alba Street
• left to Castillejos Street
• left to Farnecio Street
• right to Arlegui Street
• left to Nepomuceno Street
• left to Conception Aguila Street
• right to Carcer Street
• right to Hidalgo through Plaza del Carmen
• left to Bilibid Viejo through Gonzalo Puyat
• left to J.P. de Guzman Street
• right to Hidalgo Street
• left to Quezon Boulevard
• right to Palanca St. through under Quezon Bridge
• right to Villalobos through Plaza Miranda
• Quiapo Church