BACOLOD CITY – Estefania Elementary School defended its title in the school category of the MassKara Street Dance and Arena Competition here on Saturday, Oct. 18. Led by School Principal Maria Lyn Braña, Estefania Elementary School bested six other participating schools and won the P750,000 cash...
BACOLOD CITY – A 19-year-old freshman tourism student from the University of Saint La Salle (USLS) here was crowned Miss Bacolod MassKara 2025. Sophia Kaye Zaragoza from Barangay Estefania competed last year but lost. She competed again this year and bested 14 other aspirants. Zaragoza impressed...
All eyes are on Bacolod City this October as it gears up for Masskara Festival this month with a celebration of music, vibrancy, and fun happening in every corner of the City of Smiles. At the heart of it all is property giant Megaworld’s 34-hectare The Upper East township—the city’s modern...
BACOLOD CITY – An additional 300 police officers from Iloilo and Siquijor were deployed in this highly-urbanized city on Thursday, Oct. 16, to reinforce security operations during the three-day highlight of this year’s MassKara Festival. Their deployment aims to boost police visibility from...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region is deploying 897 security personnel to ensure a safe and secure celebration of the Buglasan Festival in Negros Oriental from Oct. 16 to 24. A send-off ceremony for troops and resources led by Police Col. Lito Patay, officer-in-charge...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) will deploy 477 uniformed personnel to secure the Buglasan Festival from Oct. 16 to 26. Police Lt. Stephen Polinar, NOrPPO spokesperson, said the uniformed cops will be assigned to different venues and key areas, coordinating...
Filipino writers and creatives will share the spotlight with their Asian and European counterparts in the first edition of the Asian Literary Festival in central Brussels this weekend, Oct 4-5. The festival, a brainchild of nomad cultural curator and former journalist Louise Baterna, founder and...
ILOILO CITY — The Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City has again won a prestigious tourism award. The Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines Inc. (ATOP) declared the 2024 Dinagyang as the Grand Champion in the Best Cultural Festival Award during its national convention in Baguio City on...
BACOLOD CITY – The 46th MassKara Festival simultaneously kicked off at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) and Bacolod public plaza on Wednesday, Oct. 1, amid the aftermath of the earthquake in Cebu province. The festival with the theme “One Smile, One Heart, One City” will be held from...
DAVAO CITY – The provincial government of Sultan Kudarat has vowed a grandiose Kalimudan Festival next month that will coincide with the province’s 52nd founding anniversary. With the launching of the annual celebration at SM City General Santos City on Tuesday, Sept. 30, festival director...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,495 security forces were deployed on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to ensure peace and order during the 19-day MassKara Festival celebration in this highly-urbanized city starting Oct. 1. Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, Bacolod police director, and Police Col. Dennis Esguerra,...
DAVAO CITY – A collaborative work of three artists from the Caraga region that depicts the anomalous flood control projects is now one of the head turners in the ongoing Mindanao Art Festival. The art installation – a chunk of salvaged concrete with protruding reinforcement steel bars – has...
