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Article: Peaceful All Saints' Day observance.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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The observance of All Saints’ Day Sunday was generally peaceful as thousands of people flocked to cemeteries to visit and pay respects to the graves of their departed loved ones.Visitors trooped to various cemeteries in Metro Manila amid calm weather, just a day after typhoon “Santi” brushed past the metropolis on its way out of the country.At the Manila North Cemetery, the country’s biggest burial ground, the visitors started pouring in the other night with only intermittent drizzles.The inspection stations set up by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) went into full blast in various cemeteries.Despite repeated warnings aired over ...