Angono, Rizal’s ‘higantes’ fill the streets in the Art Capital of the Country for the Higantes and Arts Festival 2024, on Sunday, Nov. 24. Garbed in native costumes, the town giants, which are tall sized version of a mascot lined-up in the streets for the grand parade which is...
ILOILO CITY – More than 500 paddlers competed in the official return of the Iloilo River Dragon Boat Festival (IRDBF) on Sunday, Nov. 24. DRAGON boat teams compete in the Iloilo River Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, Nov. 24. (Arnold Almacen/CMO) The race of teams from...
Illac Diaz, founder and global director of Liter of Light, with collaborators Liter of Light has achieved a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest display of solar-powered lamps. A global ambassador for UNESCO’s International Day of Light, t he...
The Art Capital of the Country has rescheduled the town’s biggest festival, the Higantes and Arts Festival 2024 to Sunday, Nov. 24. Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon announced that the grand parade that will feature some 200 giants popularly known as the "higantes" will push through following its...
The annual Higantes Festival grand parade, scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 17, has been postponed to a later date as a precautionary measures undertaken by the municipal government in anticipation of the effects of Typhoon Pepito. In an announcement made Saturday night, the municipal government of...
Two new characters of Angono, Rizal’s "higantes" will join this year’s festival on Nov. 17. Angono, Rizal's two new "higantes" (giants) will join some 200 others in the Higantes Festival 2024 parade -(photo from Angono Municipal Government) Named as Higante Ayat and Higante Tisya, the...
BAGUIO CITY – This city is holding the 7th Ibagiw Baguio Creative Festival with the theme “Inquisitive. It's confusing. Be Creative” starting Nov. 8. Acting Mayor Benny Bomagao has signed Executive Order No. 116 declaring this month as the 2024 Ibagiw Baguio Creative Festival and mandating...
BACOLOD CITY – Barangays 39 and 29 topped this year’s Elektroika Diva and float parade competitions during the recent 45th MassKara Festival here. Glittering costumes and colorful floats illuminated the streets during the parade from Megaworld’s The Upper East to the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc. has raised P1 million for victims of severe tropical storm “Kristine,” particularly in the Bicol region. The MassKara Festival 2024 organizer initiated a MassKarade Ball dubbed “Sapphirus” to raise funds for those deeply impacted by the...
The iconic "higantes" (giants) of Angono, Rizal danced along the streets to kick off this year's Higantes and Arts Festival. Some giant mascot like characters, locally known as 'higantes' (giants) of Angono, Rizal, dance along the streets to signal the start of the month-long events for the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has donated P2.5-million worth of assistance to kiosk tenants affected by tropical cyclone “Kristine” and extended the MassKara Festival celebration until Oct. 31. The five-day extension from Oct. 27 to 31 benefitted food kiosks at the Bacolod City...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office seized suspected shabu valued at P33 million during the 45th MassKara Festival here from Oct. 1 to 27. Police arrested 55 individuals involved in drug-related activities and confiscated 4,867.39 grams of shabu in relentless anti-drug operations, said...
