As it celebrates its 70th anniversary, the Filinvest Group once again solidified its continued commitment to inclusive, purpose-driven developments with its real estate companies’ strong showing at the 2025 FIABCI Philippines Property and Real Estate Excellence Awards. Its real estate companies,...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their priorities as they open the conclave Wednesday to choose a new leader of the...
Tables and chairs line the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in preparation for the conclave, on April 16, 2005. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Catholic chapel here was robbed of valuables over the weekend. Gerry Bolo, caretaker of the Santa Clara chapel in Barangay Tumaga, said he noticed the chapel’s door open with the padlock missing on Saturday morning, August 31. DOWNTOWN Zamboanga City (Wikipedia) He proceeded...
A National Treasure restored by Escuella Taller The recent restoration of La Loma Chapel was the product of the efforts between Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation, Inc. or Escuela Taller and the Diocese of Kalookan. The restoration of the chapel facade took just 11 months to complete. The newly...
Spanish Ambassador, H.E. Jorge Moragas, accompanied by Instituto Cervantes - Manila director Javier Galvan, visited the chapel After its restoration last May, the La Loma Chapel now has a striking white and yellow façade. The new color choice is based on “residues and material evidence found...
ArtSpeak: I know that one day I will be facing 'The Last Judgment' once again, and which way I go will ultimately depend on the choices I make today ArtSpeak Ramon E.S. Lerma " Attenzione ! No photos allowed!" In a world where screens filled with captured images have taken over our lives, the stern...
The old La Loma Cemetery Chapel is a National Cultural Treasure, the highest designation given to a valuable cultural asset. As such, it has unique value and has been demmed possessing outstanding historical, cultural, artistic, and scientific value, which is highly significant and important to the...