CEBU CITY – The Sinulog Festival returned with a bang on Sunday, Jan. 15, as authorities declared its staging a big success despite some jittery moments days before the actual event. THE Omega de Salonera Surigao del Norte performs during the Grand Parade of the Sinulog Festival 2023 on Sunday,...
BACOLOD CITY -- The city government here has allocated P3 million worth of financial assistance for the celebration of this year’s Bacolaodiat Festival. This was disclosed by Jennifer Gochangco-Ong, one of the board members of the Bacolaodiat Festival organizing committee, in a recent press...
Over 100 emergency medical services personnel were deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to assist the attendees of the Sinulog Festival 2023 in Cebu City. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross Seventy-five on-foot patrols, 15 first aid stations with welfare desks, and four ambulances from PRC were...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Brig. General Mafelino Bazar, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, has ordered the deployment of 1,588 cops to ensure safety and security in the forthcoming celebration of the Panagbenga 2023 or the Baguio Flower Festival 2023. Bazar said the Baguio...
CEBU CITY -- After a two-year hiatus, the Sinulog Festival is officially back on Sunday, Jan. 15. Thousands of Cebuanos, foreign and out-of-town visitors are expected to flock to the ‘Queen City of the South’ as the Sinulog returns after it was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the Covid-19...
Ninety-three attendees of Sinulog Festival 2023 in Cebu have received medical assistance from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) so far. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross As per PRC's update on Friday, Jan. 13, 42 persons had their blood pressure monitored, 46 persons experienced dizziness, abdominal...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
ILOILO CITY – Mobile phone signal will be shut down in selected areas for the two-day Dinagyang Festival here next weekend. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background in the Dagyang sa Calle Real event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
CEBU CITY -- Mayor Michael Rama shot down the ‘signal shutdown’ that the police planned to impose during the Sinulog Festival on Sunday, Jan. 15. Rama lamented that the city government was not consulted when the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) requested the National...
Several streets and avenues in the city of Pasig will be temporarily closed on Sunday, Jan. 15, in celebration of the 22nd Bambino Grand Parade, the city government announced. Photo from Pasig PIO On its Facebook page, the city government said the following streets will be closed: • Road 1...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte appealed to parents during an event in Koronadal City, South Cotabato, telling them to “force” their children to go to school and keep them out of the way of extremism and violence. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a speech during...
ILOILO CITY — Officials here have asserted that a duathlon race embroiled in a controversy is not a part of the 2023 Dinagyang Festival. PARTICIPANTS in the 1st Iloilo City of Love Dinagyang Duathlon. (The Adbenturistik) Mayor Jerry Trenas warned events organizers from using the Dinagyang...
