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Published May 17, 2021, 5:59 PM
Vendors of fried “itik” (native duck), a famous delicacy in Angono, Rizal, have managed to survive despite the odds brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sellers of fried itik, or fried native duck, a native delicacy in Angono, Rizal continue to face the challenges brought about by the pandemic. (Photo by Nel Andrade) Starting in the afternoon each day, a long line of people is seen on E. Rodriguez corner Mauricia Diaz Street, just a few steps away from the Angono Municipal Hall. This means that the food stall selling fried “itik” is already open. The queue of buyers at Marlon’s Fried Itik would only disappear around 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., the time when the duck delicacy is already sold out.
Published May 12, 2021, 9:14 AM
Tanay municipal government officials have been harnessing modern technology to promote the local government’s vaccination program.
They attributed the success of the inoculation among its target beneficiaries to the Short Messaging Service Broadcast System (SMS BS) that it has been using .
(Tanay LGU / MANILA BULLETIN)
They said that the effectiveness of SMS BS was proven when the local government sent the message on the schedule of vaccination to the targeted beneficiaries residents of Barangay Sampaloc.
Through the SMS BS, the vaccination in Barangay Sampaloc was systematic as the residents were able to receive specific instructions from the local government on how the vaccination process would be done beforehand.
(Photo from Nel Andrade)
In an interview with Manila Bulletin, Fr. Reynante Tolentino, shrine rector of the Antipolo Cathedral, said for each decade of the Holy Rosary, one family will lead in the praying of the Hail Mary.
The five families who will join the rosary prayer are all devotees of Antipolo’s patroness, also known as the Nuestra Senora Dela Paz Y Buenviaje.
Couple Louie and Marisa Francisco from Marikina City , one of the five families chosen to lead in praying the Holy Rosary at the cathedral, said they could not express their feelings when they were chosen to represent the country in the historic religious event that was initiated by Pope Francis.
(Photo by Nel Andrade)
Holding lighted candles, devotees coming from various parts of the city and nearby parishes gathered outside the National Shrine of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City and prayed the Rosary as part of the Vatican-initiated marathon prayer to end the pandemic.
Bishop Francis Mendoza de Leon and Shrine Rector Fr. Reynante Tolentino led the faithful in praying the Holy Rosary.
The original 17
th century-old image of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, wearing the 1926 canonical crown, was brought down from its main pedestal for the historic occasion on May 7.