MPD monitors number of Quiapo churchgoers ahead of Traslacion

Nazareno 2024: Live Updates for The Feast of Black Nazarene

PROMINENT CHURCH The Catholic faithful gather in front of Quiapo Church, home to the widely revered Black Nazarene. — file photo

MANILA, Philippines — The crowd estimate monitored in Quiapo Church amid its ongoing Sunday masses is approximately 18,000 as of 3 p.m., according to the Manila Police District (MPD).

Based on police data, this brings the total number of people who arrived at the church on this day to reach 176,500.

Over a day before the Traslacion 2024, or the Feast of the Black Nazarene, MPD noted that no untoward incidents were monitored within the area, and earlier masses ended peacefully.

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Earlier, the National Capital Region Police Office said that it was ready for the observance of the activity on Tuesday and had already commenced a send-off ceremony for its personnel at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.

For the walk of faith, NCRPO said it will dispatch a total of 15,276 policemen in anticipation of over 2.3 million devotees during the peak of the activity.

Authorities will likewise implement a “no-fly zone and no drone zone” within the vicinity of Quirino Grandstand and Quiapo Church as well as routes of the procession from January 7 to 10, while a “no sail zone” at the vicinity waters of South Harbor, Manila (near Quirino Grandstand) and Pasig River from 12 a.m. of January 6 to 12 a.m. of January 10.