Devotees of the Black Nazarene will join the Walk of Faith that will take the place of the Traslacion which will start after the midnight mass on Jan. 8. For the third year, there will be no Traslacion or the procession that commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene statue from the Quirino...
Who needs a long list of New Year's resolutions if you've already begun 2023 on the right foot, with the right person? Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (left) and Lelis Pimentel (Facebook) That's exactly what Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel did, as seen on his...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS 2023. A new year, a new chance, a new opportunity. To many, the start of a new year is seemingly a blank canvass where we turn over a page and start anew. To others, it can sometimes be anti-climactic and seemingly (quite literally) just another ordinary day with 24 hours....
CAMP Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police on Friday, Jan. 6, destroyed illegal firecrackers seized in the New Year at the Police Regional Office 2 Grandstand here. Brig. Gen. Percival Antolin Rumbaoa, PRO 2 director, said 2,286 illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics amounting to...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6. No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only five....
Tunas are displayed as wholesale sellers and buyers attend the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on January 5, 2023. (Richard A. Brooks / AFP) TOKYO, Japan – The top-selling tuna at Tokyo's traditional New Year auction sold for more than $270,000 on Thursday,...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, La Union -- The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) had sustained a generally peaceful New Year’s revelry in the region with ‘zero’ fatal casualty. However, PBGen John C. Chua, the regional director of the PRO1, said that some cases of minor injuries caused by...
MALUNGON, Sarangani – Authorities have stepped up security operations in hinterland barangays after a militiaman was killed while two others were wounded in an attack by bandits in the tri-boundary of Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Davao del Sur in Barangay Datal Batong here on New Year’s Eve....
VATICAN CITY, Holy See – With the death of Benedict XVI, Pope Francis enters a new phase of his papacy free from the constraints of co-existing with a predecessor, but conservative criticism of his reforms may not end. For the first time since his 2013 election, the Argentine pontiff is...
Looking for someplace to spend the last few hours of 2022? BGC has you covered. Plus, Sarah G and Morissette! Bonifacio Global City (BGC), along with the Taguig Local Government, will be leading “BGCitizens” in embracing the coming New Year 2023 with fanfare and pizzaz. The run up to “Alive!...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police logged nine firecracker-related injuries during the New Year’s revelry in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula. ILLEGAL firecrackers seized in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) The Police Regional Office-9 said one was reported in Zamboanga del Norte, three in...
The government has decided to upgrade existing facilities and replace affected equipment as the "immediate course of action" after its Air Traffic Management (ATM) system broke down on New Year's Day, affecting some 361 flights and stranding 65,000 passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International...
