ILOILO CITY – Two major festivals in Western Visayas emerged victorious in the 2023 Aliwan Fiesta, a competition among the country’s biggest festivals, over the weekend in Pasay City. The Dinagyang Festival here is this year’s champion while Manggahan Festival of the island-province Guimaras...
ILOILO CITY – A five-day gun ban will be implemented to secure the Manggahan Festival and 31st founding anniversary of the island-province of Guimaras next week. The Philippine National Police (PNP) has approved the request of the provincial government to suspend Permits to Carry Firearms Outside...
ILOILO CITY — The island-province of Guimaras is preparing 10 tons of mangoes for the eat-all-you-can feast at the Manggahan Festival in May. MANGOES of the island-province of Guimaras are said to be one of the world’s sweetest varieties. (Tara Yap) The eat-all-you-can feast will be held from...
ILOILO CITY – The island-province of Guimaras is preparing for the face-to-face comeback of the festival that highlights its most abundant and well-loved resource – the mango. MANGOES of the island-province of Guimaras are said to be one of the world’s sweetest varieties. (Tara Yap) The...
ILOILO CITY – The island province of Guimaras has revived the Maggahan Festival, hoping to pump up its economy after two years of disastrous pandemic and to help it recover too from the ill-effects of typhoon Odette that struck Eastern and Western Visayas and neighboring provinces in 2021....
Starting Monday (August 2, 2021), the local government unit (LGU) of Pasig City will implement a one-way traffic along Manggahan Bridge -- from East Bank Road to West Bank Road. (Photo courtesy of Pasig City PIO) In an advisory posted on Facebook, the Pasig City Public Information Office told the...
10 fiery Filipino fiestas you’ve probably never heard of When this pandemic is over, and we can street party again, why not plan a tour of the many Filipino fiestas through the maze of our multicultural archipelago? You've perhaps danced along the streets of Cebu City, marveled at the ...
