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Labella eyes checkpoints to screen churchgoers
GATHERING AT DAWN: Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma (top photo) concelebrates the Misa de Gallo at the Archdiocesan Shrine of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Barangay Poblacion, Minglanilla, Cebu attended by close to 2,000 people on Wednesday, Dec.
16, 2020, the first day of the Misa de Gallo. In Cebu City, churchgoers (above) crowd the street outside the Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish in Barangay Pardo Wednesday, prompting Mayor Edgardo Labella to issue additional guidelines on the holding of the Misa de Gallo and Simbang Gabi in the city. (PHOTOS BY BENJIE TALISIC (TOP) AND DAVE TUMULAK (ABOVE))