An estimated 20,000 devotees participated in the motorcade and parade of the Black Nazarene image in Manila on Good Friday, according to Quiapo Church spokesperson Father Earl Valdez.
The motorcade started at 11:13 p.m. on Maundy Thursday and finished at 12:31 a.m. on Good Friday, the Manila Public Information Office said.
Manila Police District chief Police Brigadier General Andre Dizon said that 1,600 police personnel were deployed for the motorcade. The parade started from Plaza Miranda and traversed the streets of Villalobos, Carlos Palanca, Plaza Lacson, Carriedo, Evangelista, Gonzalo Puyat, Quezon Blvd, Ilalim Palanca, Quezon Blvd, Arlegui, Legarda, Conception Aguila, Carcer, Hidalgo, Bilibid Viejo / G. Puyat, Guzman, Hidalgo, Quezon Blvd and llalim Palanca before it went back to Plaza Miranda.of the Feast of the Black Nazarene.
More than 77,000 police personnel have been deployed to areas of convergence to ensure public security during the summer holidays including the Holy Week, PNP spokesperson Jean Fajardo said.
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