BACOLOD CITY – The MassKara Festival’s highlight events here traditionally held every fourth Sunday of October has been permanently moved to the third Sunday of the month due to frequent weather disruptions. COUNCILOR Em Ang (right) campaigning. (FB) The City Council during their regular...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has cancelled this year's Banana Festival from April 1 to 5 as some banana-producing barangays have been affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. SABA sticks made from the saba banana variety being sold in a store...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government opened its first-ever pet festival on Saturday, March 29, to raise awareness about rabies, promote animal welfare, and encourage responsible pet ownership. THE first-ever pet festival in Bacolod City kicked off with a pet walk on Saturday, March 29, at the...
Korean entertainment company HYBE Corp. announced the second lineup for its highly anticipated 2025 Weverse Con Festival. The 2025 Weverse Con will be held on May 31 and June 1 at the Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon, South Korea. HYBE unveiled nine additional artists, bringing the...
ROXAS CITY – The Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City received two awards from the International Festival and Events Association-Asia. TRIBU Paghidaet of La Paz National High School performs at the 2025 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City (left). The Dinagyang Festival bagged two awards...
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – The 2025 Tobacco Festival opened here on Friday, March 21. MAYOR Singson (FB) Candon City Mayor Eric D. Singson said activities in the week-long event that ends March 28 started with the culmination of the Women’s Month celebration at the Candon City Arena. “The...
BACOLOD CITY – Cluster group Base-ao del Jaena defended the crown in the street dance and arena competition of the 29th Sinigayan Festival in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 19. CLUSTER group Base-ao del Jaena performs at the street dance and arena competition of the 29th...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB) said the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) 2025, the country’s largest all-Filipino book festival, concluded on a high note amid a highly festive atmosphere after four exciting days. The free four-day event attracted more than 40,000 visitors,...
Korean entertainment company HYBE revealed the first lineup for the upcoming 2025 Weverse Con Festival in South Korea. The Weverse Con Festival will be held on May 31 and June 1 at the Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon, South Korea. A newly introduced outdoor evening stage will...
The National Book Development Board (NBDB), the country’s book authority, sees the Philippine Book Festival (PBF) as a burgeoning marketplace for Filipino-authored books. “We created a marketplace for Philippine books because it’s difficult for Filipinos to easily access them. We sat...
The Philippine Book Festival (PBF), the country’s largest all-Filipino book festival, is back, this time, at the Megatrade Hall in SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City, from March 13-16, 2025. The free four-day festival by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) puts Philippine books...
BAGUIO CITY – A social media personality has apologized to the people of Benguet, particularly the town of La Trinidad and Baguio City, for wearing a Cordilleran attire during the Panagbenga Festival here recently that drew flak from netizens. BALBUENA during the Panagbenga Festival (FB) “I...
