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Traffic alert up around INC event

BOCAUE, Bulacan—Heavy traffic is expected on the northbound lane of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) today as thousands of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members will flock to the Philippine Arena here for an evangelical mission. About 25,000…

Cops expect less NLEx traffic for INC event

Instead of half a million people as earlier projected, only around 80,000 members and guests of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) are expected to flock to the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan province, for their annual grand evangelical…

NLEx traffic jam seen in Iglesia ni Cristo event Saturday

Thousands of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) members will gather at the Philippine Arena in Sta. Maria, Bulacan, on Saturday for “the largest evangelical mission in the history of the church.” The tollway operator said traffic would be…

The Iglesia’s show of weakness

WOW. What just happened? As I write this, the smoke has cleared from the Iglesia Ni Cristo protest action on Edsa. The protesters have gone home; the intersection of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Shaw Boulevard,…

Iglesia nonsense

THE OFFICIAL reasons given by Iglesia ni Cristo officials and spokespersons for the protest actions that began on Thursday—first at the Department of Justice in Manila, then at the Edsa Shrine in Quezon City, and then since…

Iglesia ni Cristo steps up mobilization for EDSA rally

Thousands of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) followers were on their way to Manila from the provinces on Sunday, summoned by their leaders to a million-people rally on Edsa Monday to pressure the government to drop a criminal…

Police vow to negotiate for peaceful dispersal of Iglesia rally

The head of the Eastern Police District vowed on Sunday to continue negotiating for a “peaceful dispersal” of the Iglesia Ni Cristo rally along Edsa, should the Mandaluyong City government disallow the extension of the sect’s rally up to Monday (Aug.…

Iglesia members return to Edsa Shrine

After a two night vigil at the intersection of Edsa and Shaw Boulevard, members of the Iglesia ni Cristo rushed to the Edsa Shrine anew on Sunday afternoon where their activity first began. Edsa’s northbound lane was blocked…

Iglesia ni Cristo protester at Edsa rally: ‘Wala kaming napala. Nagpagod lang kami’

What do Iglesia Ni Cristo members get for picketing on Edsa? “Wala kaming napala! (We got nothing!)” This was the reaction of Ka Ising, a lady protester who requested anonymity for fear of persecution, on the ongoing…

Mandaluyong allows Iglesia ni Cristo to continue rally until Sunday

The Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) protest may continue until Sunday after the Mandaluyong city government has approved the religious organization’s permit to rally on Edsa on Saturday morning. Chief of the city’s Public Information Office Jimmy Isidro…