MANILA, Philippines — Religious gatherings are also mass gatherings, an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Tuesday, in response to a Catholic bishop’s criticism of the government’s decision to close down churches during the Holy Week.
“Number one, of course, kasi (it’s because) IATF Resolution No. 104 prohibited public gatherings, mass gatherings, and going to church, hearing Mass, is considered a mass gathering,” DTI Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said in an online media forum hosted by the Department of Health.
Castelo was being asked about the comment of outspoken Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David criticizing the government’s decision to …
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