Jan. 15 Thursday, Jan. 16 Friday, and Jan. 18 Monday have been declared as special non-working holidays in Metro Manila by Malacañang on occasion of the papal visit, in order to ease traffic congestion, which is a factor in securing the Pope.
The following images were derived from the work of artist Salvador Bañares Jr., whose winning entry was chosen as one of four images that would be used as commemorative stamps by PhilPost (the photo of the commemorative stamps is from a press release of PhilPostMEdia):
