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00:00Hail to Jesus of Nazareth!
00:07We are back here at the Queen of Grands stand.
00:10The worship service of the devotees of Jesus of Nazareth began on Monday night at 8 p.m.
00:17From 3 a.m. until now, there are already 32,000 women who were able to worship in the image of Jesus of Nazareth.
00:30The line is at Rojas Boulevard, facing the Queen of Grands stand.
00:36Initially, they were told that the line would last for 9 to 10 hours,
00:44but they were not able to go up to the Grands stand to worship in the image of Jesus of Nazareth.
00:51As of now, there are not that many people, of course, the line is long,
00:55but there are still not that many, just like tomorrow, on the day of the translation.
01:00We expect that, just like in the past, the line will be full of people,
01:04but there are already a lot of police here, they are already watching our police to make sure that our countrymen are okay.
01:10There are also a lot of ambulances here that are on standby to respond to our countrymen
01:16who may be experiencing bad feelings because of the long line.
01:23There are already people who got injured here because last night, around 9 or 10 p.m.,
01:28they were lined up on the other side of Rojas Boulevard.
01:30And of course, the overall in-charge for the proper line-up of our countrymen who will give their blessings are the EHOs.
01:40Now, we will talk to John Michael Villa-Flores, he is the Assistant Secretary of the EHOs of Nazareno, Amphon.
01:49John Michael, how many years have you been an EHO?
01:52I've been an EHO for 5 years.
01:53You've been an EHO for 5 years.
01:55If you were to compare the past years and now, have you seen any difference?
02:01Actually, there is.
02:02Because last January 7, the line wasn't this long.
02:08But yesterday, there were already a lot of people.
02:11So compared to last year?
02:12Compared to last year, yes.
02:13So can you say that there are more people now?
02:16Yes, there are more people now.
02:18What do you do to make sure that they are properly lined up, all of them are properly lined up,
02:22no push-ups, no injuries?
02:24First, there is security.
02:27At the entrance, we have a random check-up of the bags.
02:33We also ask the believers who will give to Jesus of Nazareno to be careful with their belongings
02:42because there are a lot of people there.
02:45So for those, what are the usual problems that you encounter in the lines?
02:49Usually, for senior citizens and PWDs.
02:53Because the Church has given rules that the number of senior citizens should be one or two.
03:00The number of senior citizens is only two.
03:03Last night, we had an encounter where he declared that there are only two people with him.
03:11But when it comes to the entrance, there are already more than 20 people with him.
03:1520 people with him?
03:16Yes.
03:16Why are they giving priority to the line?
03:19Yes, to the line.
03:20Okay, so you're just allowing at least two?
03:22Yes, two.
03:23Okay, so there are children with them, there are pregnant women, there are pregnant women.
03:30What is it that we want to give advice to them?
03:34Of course, they want everyone to be able to go up and down, to be able to pray.
03:38But of course, there are limitations that we need to consider for their safety, right?
03:43The advice of the Church to us is that if possible, they should not go out of the house.
03:53So that they are safe.
03:54Because here in our line, the waiting time is really long.
03:59So that they will be given a chance to give to the Lord God.
04:04But of course, even if you call like that, we are family.
04:07Of course, their prayer CD, for devotion, right?
04:12They will really force it.
04:13How will we give assistance to them, Michael?
04:15First, we will get them at the entrance.
04:20We will just remind them here.
04:22They will get our volunteers who are MMDA, so that they will be able to go up and down.
04:28We also assure them that they are seniors and PWD because they are representing the ID.
04:37Oh, because they have an ID?
04:38Yes, because some of them are abusing the title.
04:43Anyway, they are there, Michael and Bilya Flores, who will be the watchers here.
04:47They will be the watchers so that the line of our countrymen, our hearts, will be safe.
04:52They will be the ones who will be giving blessings in the image of Jesus Nazareno here in Carino Grandstand.
04:57So later, we will give you the update on the situation here on the eve of the feast of Jesus Nazareno.
05:05Let's go back to the studio first.