BACOLOD CITY – The City Council has approved a P5-million financial assistance to support the staging of the 20th Bacolaodiat Festival this year. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Albee Benitez, Bacolaodiat Festival chairman John Stephen Sy (third from left), and Bob Cordova...
ILOILO CITY – A new set of dolls for the Dinagyang Festival here has been unveiled. Iloilo Business Park of property developer Megaworld Corp. launched a new set of dolls this week ahead of the weekend highlight of this year’s festival. THE Niño: The Dinagyang Warrior Doll is...
Special Assistant to the President Secretary Anton Lagdameo is going around the country to consolidate political support for administration candidates in the upcoming elections. SAP Anton Lagdameo meets Gov. Gwen Garcia on the sidelines of the Sinulog Festival in Cebu. (Cebu province...
As the Philippines and China mark the 50th year of its diplomatic relations, Vice President Sara Duterte expressed hope that both countries can work together in addressing the “common challenges” they face. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a message during the Chinese New Year...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P9.3 million was seized in this city one week before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SUSPECTED shabu valued at more than P4 million and a gun were recovered by the police in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO-CDEU) The Iloilo...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government and the Baguio Filipino-Chinese community launched activities for the Spring Festival 2025 celebration under the Year of the Wooden Snake at the City Hall on Monday, Jan. 20. DRAGON dancers perform as the Filipino-Chinese community and the city...
ILOILO CITY – For a priest, the “sádsad” of the Ati-Atihan Festival – dubbed as the Mother of All Festivals – is the pilgrimage of the people of Aklan province. A LOCAL wears a colorful costume mimicking the native Ati people at the 2025 Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town,...
President Marcos has declared Monday, Jan. 20, a special nonworking holiday in Tarlac City for the 2025 Kaisa Festival. File photos Proclamation No. 773, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Jan. 17, aims to allow the people of Tarlac City to celebrate the occasion properly. "It is but...
CEBU CITY – All is set for the grand Sinulog Festival here on Sunday, Jan. 19. HUNDREDS of vessels pass under the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway during the 460th Fiesta Señor fluvial procession on Saturday, Jan. 18. (CCLEX) Authorities expect millions of revelers to attend as the Sinulog returns...
CEBU CITY – Preparing for the Sinulog Festival as a performing contingent isn’t easy. Members are forced to stay up until the wee hours of the night to perfect their routines. VICTOR Quijano, a drummer of the famed Lumad Basakanon, undergoes booking procedures after he was arrested in an...
CEBU CITY — This year’s Sinulog Festival is the biggest in terms of the number of participating contingents. With this, authorities are leaving no stone unturned to ensure an orderly and peaceful conduct of one of the country’s most anticipated cultural events. CHURCH, police, and Cebu City...
ILOILO CITY – World-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province on Sunday, Jan. 12, celebrated its own version of the Ati-Atihan Festival widely considered as the Mother of All Festivals. REVELERS in Boracay Island’s version of the Ati-Atihan Festival. (Malay-Boracay Tourism...
