Manila Bulletin
Hope for healing as INC’s peace rally draws mammoth crowd
Metro Manila was placed on red alert for the Iglesia ni Cristo's (INC) "National Rally for Peace" on January 13.
The red alert status mobilized all disaster risk reduction and management personnel for potential emergencies.
Over 1.15 million people attended the rally at the Quirino Grandstand.
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported that the event proceeded smoothly with no untoward incidents.
Extensive emergency response measures included 17,000 INC emergency responders from the Society of Communicators and Networkers (SCAN) International.
These responders were supported by 120 personnel from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), two light urban search and rescue teams from the Philippine Army's 525th Engineer Combat Battalion, and a medical team from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
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