Skip trains are supposedly dispatched to stations with high volumes of passengers to enable a swift entry and movement of commuters in the stations.
However, it does not guarantee that passengers will be able to alight and leave the trains in an orderly fashion.Traslacion is the annual procession of the image of the Black Nazarene from the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church where devotees would typically touch the statue or wipe their towels to it as it traverses different parts of Manila.
The statue is believed to have miraculous attributes. Followers claim that it can heal sicknesses, grant petitions and help those in need. Devotees of the image of the Black Nazarene flock to participate in the annual Traslacion on Jan. 9, 2019. report, the procession “commemorates the time when the image was transferred from Intramuros to Quiapo in 1767 upon the order of Basilio Sancho de Santas Justa y Rufina, the archbishop of Manila at the time.”
The Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that more than two million devotees haveIt is considered a major religious event in the country that is