ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thousands of canned sardines were lined up here for a grand boodle fight on Sunday, October 8, as the city government held “Wow Sardinas!”, one of this year’s highlights of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. ZAMBOANGA City Mayor John Dalipe (in blue shirt) and Zamboanga City...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A total of 235 vintas (traditional outrigger boat from Mindanao) sailed from RT Lim Boulevard here on Sunday, October 8, in the much-anticipated Regatta de Zamboanga, one of the events under the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2023. TWO-hundred thirty-five vintas set sail...
BACOLOD CITY – The 44th MassKara Festival kicked off at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Saturday, October 7. BACOLOD City officials headed by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez lead the opening of the 44th MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday,...
From left, first row: Fabian Fom, John Patrick Green; second row: Jeff Chang, Lemn Sissay, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Intan Paramaditha; third row: Adan Jimenez, Andeasyand, Amanda Chong, and Jack Edwards Brace yourself and get ready to gasp as this year’s Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) will be...
Empowering Filipino storytellers TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and Viva, a premier multimedia company, have teamed up to launch the short film festival #ForYouPelikula. It’s a transformative initiative, which aims to nurture the Philippine short film industry and...
ILOILO CITY – The hybrid onsite and virtual streaming of the 2022 Dinagyang Festival here has again won a prestigious tourism award. The Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines Inc. (ATOP) declared the 2022 Dinagyang as the grand winner of the Best Cultural Festival Award-City...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 2,949 security forces were deployed to the 44th edition of the MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) headquarters on Thursday, October 5, a day before the official kick-off of the festival on Friday, October 6. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The city government has set aside P21 million to fund this year’s Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. CITY Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian (at rostrum). (Photo via Liza Jocson) City Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian said the money will fund 62 events and activities organized by the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, said that 1,000 policemen from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western Visayas will be deployed here to augment the security in the MassKara Festival. This is on top of the regular force of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO)...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez wrote a letter to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking guidance on the participation of barangay officials in the MassKara Festival that coincides with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. BENITEZ (center). (FB)...
BACOLOD CITY – Fourteen meticulously crafted masks were displayed in an exhibit at the Art Cove of Park Inn by Radisson Bacolod to give a vibrant tribute to the MassKara Festival being celebrated throughout this month in this city. Dubbed Festive Faces, the exhibit features the artwork of...
The full roster of the Philippine women’s national football team is expected to assemble when it holds a training camp ahead of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament second round this October. Filipinas members at the FIFA Women's World Cup. (PWNFT) The mission remains firm for...
