ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P9.3 million was seized in this city one week before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SUSPECTED shabu valued at more than P4 million and a gun were recovered by the police in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO-CDEU) The Iloilo...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government and the Baguio Filipino-Chinese community launched activities for the Spring Festival 2025 celebration under the Year of the Wooden Snake at the City Hall on Monday, Jan. 20. DRAGON dancers perform as the Filipino-Chinese community and the city...
ILOILO CITY – For a priest, the “sádsad” of the Ati-Atihan Festival – dubbed as the Mother of All Festivals – is the pilgrimage of the people of Aklan province. A LOCAL wears a colorful costume mimicking the native Ati people at the 2025 Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town,...
President Marcos has declared Monday, Jan. 20, a special nonworking holiday in Tarlac City for the 2025 Kaisa Festival. File photos Proclamation No. 773, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Jan. 17, aims to allow the people of Tarlac City to celebrate the occasion properly. "It is but...
CEBU CITY – All is set for the grand Sinulog Festival here on Sunday, Jan. 19. HUNDREDS of vessels pass under the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway during the 460th Fiesta Señor fluvial procession on Saturday, Jan. 18. (CCLEX) Authorities expect millions of revelers to attend as the Sinulog returns...
CEBU CITY – Preparing for the Sinulog Festival as a performing contingent isn’t easy. Members are forced to stay up until the wee hours of the night to perfect their routines. VICTOR Quijano, a drummer of the famed Lumad Basakanon, undergoes booking procedures after he was arrested in an...
CEBU CITY — This year’s Sinulog Festival is the biggest in terms of the number of participating contingents. With this, authorities are leaving no stone unturned to ensure an orderly and peaceful conduct of one of the country’s most anticipated cultural events. CHURCH, police, and Cebu City...
ILOILO CITY – World-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province on Sunday, Jan. 12, celebrated its own version of the Ati-Atihan Festival widely considered as the Mother of All Festivals. REVELERS in Boracay Island’s version of the Ati-Atihan Festival. (Malay-Boracay Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – Police here have stepped up the campaign against illegal drugs two weeks before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SHABU valued at P1.36 million was seized in Iloilo City on Jan. 9. (PNP/ICPO) The Iloilo City Police Station-Drug Enforcement Team and the ICPO-Police...
President Marcos has declared Jan. 20 as a special non-working day in Lipa City, Batangas for the celebration of the Coffee Festival. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Mark Balmores) Through Proclamation No. 768, Marcos declared Jan. 20, which falls on a Monday, as a special non-working...
CEBU CITY – More than 3,000 security personnel were deployed to secure the much-awaited Sinulog Festival and Fiesta Señor on Jan. 20. SECURITY personnel deployed for the upcoming Fiesta Señor and Sinulog Festival attend the send-off ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Cebu City Sports Center....
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 and the Iloilo City government are reviewing the proposed mobile signal jam for the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival in this city from Jan. 25 to 26. POLICE secure the 2024 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO) “We will recommend...
