Panaad 2025 in Butuan City generally peaceful

BUTUAN CITY – The Panaad 2025 or Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday, April 18, here was generally peaceful, police said.

A POLICE outpost on the Panaad trail in Butuan City.

Police said hundreds of Catholic devotees climbed the annual Panaad Via Crucis mountain trail in Barangay Anticala as part of their Holy Week pilgrimage.

Devotees trekked a five-kilometer mountainside road signifying the route Jesus Christ took on the day of His crucifixion. Fourteen Stations of the Cross were placed on the trail toward the mountain.

Three-hundred policemen, backed up by soldiers and force multipliers, secured the area since Maundy Thursday.

“Thank you Lord, everything was in order, with no untoward incident,” PRO 13-RPIO chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer said.

PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Christopher N. Abrahano fully supports this year’s Panaad, she said. “Over all it was a peaceful trek for devotees who came into the area to say their prayers,” Ometer added.