The local government of Quezon City will be hosting this year's "Parade of the Stars" which features a motorcade of floats carrying the stars of the official entry to the 48th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). Lawyer Romando Artes, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA),...
The Taguig City government and the Church of Sta. Ana have issued a joint statement regarding the fluvial parade accident on July 26 that left one person missing and six others injured. An initial report by the Taguig City Police Station’s Substation 4 two boats collided at about 4:40 p.m. in...
The Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF) returned as an in-person event after two years and 13 embassies in South Korea including the US supported it. On July 16, the 2022 23rd Seoul Queer Parade (SQP), one of the two main events of the festival, was held at Seoul Plaza, drawing thousands of...
APALIT, Pampanga -- Two participants died while four others sustained minor injuries when their boat taking part in a river parade in celebration of the town fiesta and in commemoration of a patron locally known as Apung Iru hit the high tension wire of the National Grid Corporation Tuesday...
NEW YORK, United States - A stampede occurred at a Pride parade in the US city of New York on Sunday, with hundreds of people attempting to flee after mistaking the sound of fireworks for gunfire, police said. "There were NO shots fired in Washington Square Park. After an investigation, it was...
Crimson Hotel Filinvest City welcomes June with artists celebrating the LGBTQIA+ spirit Since the 1990s, the Philippines has dedicated the month of June to celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Community with Pride March. This peace protest calls attention to the ongoing concerns queer folks continue to face...
After being shelved for two years, the Lenten parade, a street event every Good Friday showcasing various actors and actresses performing in a “Senakulo” or the theatrical performance of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, will again be happening in Cainta, Rizal this year....
Members of the fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), on Tuesday, April 5, held a “Pink Fluvial Parade” in Laguna de Bay hours ahead of the Leni-Kiko Grand People’s Rally in Antipolo City, Rizal. (Image courtesy of Pamalakaya) Before proceeding...
Metro Manila Film Festival The COVID-19 pandemic has somehow forced people to embrace new ways of doing what were once considered “normal” things. Such truth now rings true even in one of the Filipinos’ most awaited Christmas traditions, specifically, their annual movie viewing habit with the...
As the quarantine restrictions eases in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced on Monday, Dec. 13, the resumption of the Parade of Stars as one of the highlights of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). But instead of the traditional motorcade,...
The Philippine Embassy in Vienna joins parade commemorating 75 years of diplomatic relations with Austria UNITY DANCE Folklorico Filipino during the parade at Graben street in Vienna, Austria The Philippine Embassy in Vienna, led by chargé d’affaires Deena Joy D. Amatong, recently joined the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro led a motorbike rally through Rio de Janeiro on Sunday as throngs gathered amid the coronavirus pandemic to cheer him on. The far-right leader was accompanied by a substantial security detail at the head of several thousand...
