“FOLLOWING BLASTS IN JOLO, ZAMBOANGABags banned in Davao churcheshome/News/Top Stories/Bags banned in Davao churchesFOLLOWING the deadly blasts inside the Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday, the Archdiocese of Davao is prohibiting churchgoers from bringing bags and boxes inside churches and chapels as part of security measures for an indefinite period. In a circular, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles said the faithful would not be allowed to bring bags, backpacks, knapsacks, boxes and cartons into churches, “due to the current peace and order situation, vis-à-vis threat of violence.”“Only small purses and the like are allowed,” he added. Government troops defeated the terrorists in October of the same year, but Duterte asked Congress to extend martial law to keep the peace in the restive region. Associate Justices Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa and Mario Victor Leonen questioned the inconsistencies on the martial law extension justification listed by the government in its memoranda. Leonen told Solicitor General Jose Calida, “Sufficiency of factual basis must require some level of credibility and consistencies,” to which Calida agreed.

Source: Manila Times January 30, 2019 17:34 UTC