A CONTINGENT performs during a parade that kicked off the week-long celebration of Sinulog Festival on Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City on Friday, Jan 6. (Calvin D. Cordova) CEBU CITY – The Sinulog Festival is officially back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Top officials of Cebu led by...
Roman Catholics traditionally observe the month of January as the month of the Holy Child, in honor of the Child Jesus, the well-venerated Santo Niño, whose image has become a common fixture in the homes of the faithful around the country. Santo Nino de Cebu (Facebook) With the ease in Covid-19...
CAMP Tirso H. Gador, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – A New People’s Army supporter surrendered to the police in the municipality of Santo Niño, this province, recently. According to the surrenderer, “Emilia,” she and other residents of their barangay were indoctrinated by a group of about 70...
Police scored in the campaign against crime with the arrest of two suspected drug pushers and four wanted persons and confiscation of shabu and a loose firearm in Nueva Ecija. A report on Wednesday, Dec. 21, from Col. Richard V. Caballeron, officer-in-charge, Nueva Ecija police, said two drug...
Roman Catholics will honor on Tuesday, Dec. 20, the memory of a well-loved Spanish Benedictine abbot, Saint Dominic (Santo Domingo) de Silos (1000 – 1073), who remains well venerated in many parts of the world including the Philippines as the patron saint against rabies and of pregnant women...
The Senate recognised on Monday, Dec. 5 the contribution of the University of Santo Tomas – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (UST-FMS) to the medical and health care education in the country. In a unanimous vote, the Senate adopted Proposed Senate Resolution 336 (Adopted Resolution 31) citing...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – A 42-year-old messenger of the probation office in Tanauan City, this province, was gunned down on Friday night, Nov. 25, outside his house in Purok 4, Barangay San Vicente, here. Police said the victim, Arnel Montalban, also a volunteer probation assistant of the...
After being canceled for two years because of the pandemic, the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino de Cebu announced the resumption of all activities related to the Feast of the Santo Niño in January. Santo Nino de Cebu(Facebook) In partnership with the local government, the basilica said devotees...
A study has found evidence regarding the association between Covid-19 and cognitive dysfunction, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (Jansen Romero/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Manifestation of cognitive dysfunction is present regardless of illness severity,” Dr. Antonio D....
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Golden Cross and Saber Alumni Association Inc. celebrated its 86th founding anniversary last Sept. 28 at the university grandstand and open field. UST Office of Alumni Relations (Facebook) UST Golden Cross and Saber is the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps...
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila on Thursday, Sept. 22, opened a one-day Covid-19 vaccination booster site as part of the government’s “Pinaslakas” campaign. A health worker inoculates members of the Tomasian community during the launching of “PinasLakas” in partnership with...
In hopes of strengthening the country’s protection against Covid-19, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) joined the national government’s nationwide booster campaign. UST, in collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH), the Manila City Health Department, and the Catholic Bishops’...
