MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
Volume VI, No. 263
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April 19, 2017
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AFTER HOLY WEEK
Village execs clear tons of garbage in Malasag By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City-The “Garden of Malasag,” an eco-tourism site in the village of Cugman here was packed with about 20ton of garbage a day after
the observance of the Holy Week, a village official said Monday. Ricardo Pacheco, the village of Cugman, however, said that village officials were able to clear the garbage that litters See garbage, page 7
BOC-10 surpasses Q1 collection target By RIC OCIONES and BERNARD PADIGOS Contributors
CAGAYAN de Oro City-The Bureau of Customs in Region 10 (BOC-10) has surpassed its tax collection target in the first quarter of
reenactment. Residents and visitors watch the reenactment of Jesus Christ’s last hours before he was nailed on the cross during the Hinuklog Lenten presentation in Medina, Misamis Oriental on Good Friday, 14 April 2017. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
CRUCIFIXION. Jesus Christ’s crucifixion is reenacted in a play during the Hinuklog
(Reflection) in Medina, Misamis Oriental on Good Friday, 14 April 2017. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
Hinuklog: Lenten tradition lives on in Medina town By Froilan Gallardo of MindaNews
MEDINA, Misamis Oriental--Every Holy Week, everyone in this town from public officials, workers, professionals to student, don their costumes and become actors in the reenactment of the traditional Lenten presentation, “Hinuklog” (Reflection or Pagnilaynilay). Even Energy Undersecretary Benito Ranque comes home and dons his costume as a market vendor. “Eight years. I have been doing this for eight years. I always come back here every Holy week,” Ranque, one of the reenactors, said. Since the 1970s, when student trainers came to Me-
dina and recruited residents into this theater production, the town has played host to this Lenten Passion play. Although there were years when there were no presentations, the town has ensured the tradition lives on. Since 2012, Hinuklog has been performed every Holy Week. The play starts on Holy Thursday night when the actors play Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles go to the garden of Gethsemane and one of them, Judas, would betray Him. This scene is played out on the plaza fronting the Medina municipal building. On Good Friday morning, the thunderous hooves of Roman cavalry men are
heard on the main street of Medina as reenactors play the trial of Jesus Christ before Herod and Pontius Pilate at the town market and covered court. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is played on a huge empty lot in front of the town’s gym. ”Practice starts two months before the Holy Week. After work and dinner, we go to the gym where we practice every night,” Larry Marte, a municipal worker said. Marte plays the role of the Roman soldier who puts the crown of thorns on the head of Jesus Christ. He is among the original actors of the cast. Efifanio Dorimon, See lives, page 7
this year by P363,890,814, a report reaching the Mindanao Daily said yesterday. BOC-10 District Collector Atty. Tomas Alcid told Mindanao Daily that the agency See TARGET, page 7