BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office stopped the possible distribution of shabu for the MassKara Festival after 3.2 kilos worth P20.5 million were seized from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here in Barangay Singcang-Airport on Tuesday, October 17. POLICE seized...
AWARD WINNING SHOT Anton Juan shooting a scene in the international film Amon Banwa sa Lawud at the mangrove island of Suyac in Sagay City, Negros Occidental (Photo courtesy of the Sagay City PIO and Tourism Office) Amon Banwa sa Lawud (Our Island of the Mangrove Moons), co-produced by the Erehwon...
BACOLOD CITY – Billiards legend Efren “Bata” Reyes edged Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, 2-1, in an exhibition match during the last day of the 2nd Mayor Albee Benitez 10-ball billiards tournament at The Main Atrium of SM City Bacolod here on Thursday, October 12. Benitez and...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The annual Zamboanga Hermosa Festival here culminated on Wednesday, October 11, with a street dance competition and program at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex. Students from various public schools and organizations joined the annual street dance, one of the most...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has deployed all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to enhance their mobile patrol capabilities during the celebration of this year’s MassKara Festival. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (third from right) turns over three all-terrain vehicles...
The Filipino film “Filipiñana” by director Rafael Manuel won three awards at the 2023 Asian Project Market (APM) being held as part of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in Busan, South Korea. The APM announced the winners on Oct. 10 during the awards ceremony at Paradise Hotel...
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...
