The Ayala Museum will open its doors for free on March 24, 2024, the final day of the "Splendor: Juan Luna, Painter as Hero" exhibition, featuring his long-lost artwork, "Hymen, oh Hyménée!" If you haven't seen it yet, take the opportunity to visit the museum before it closes. Before being...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – Mayor Matt Erwin Florido here has once again granted a Valentine’s Day leave for single local government employees. Florido signed executive order Executive Order No. 9, Series of 2024, granting the special privilege on Thursday, February 8. The order says single...
Pauleen Luna has given birth to her second child. She gave social media a peek of her newborn's face Wednesday. In the caption, Pauleen wrote simply: “Good morning.” She and her husband, Vic Sotto, welcomed the baby Tuesday, January 23. Pauleen reportedly gave birth via cesarean section....
BUTUAN CITY – Filipino John Mark Tokong and Japanese Anon Matsuoka emerged on top of the 27th Siargao International Surfing Cup, a World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) 3000 event, in General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. TOKONG (FB) “Nalipay ko nga midaug (I'm so happy to...
GENERAL LUNA, Quezon – A candidate in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections was wounded in an ambush in Barangay Malaya here on Thursday, October 26. MAP of General Luna, Quezon. Police identified the victim as Barangay Malaya Councilor Ruben Ilagan, 62, who is running for...
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – The Police Regional Office-13 has deployed 59 police officers to secure the ongoing 27th Siargao International Surfing Cup here. PRESIDENTIAL son Vinny Marcos (sixth from left) breaks the surfboard to signal the start of the five-day 27th Siargao...
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – The 27 th Siargao International Surfing Tournament started on Wednesday, October 25, in this town, with 98 top-notch surfers from around the globe competing. Thirty-two foreign male and 16 female foreign surfers from Japan, Indonesia,...
From friendship made, in friendship confirmed. This sums up the extraordinary journey of a piece of art that had found its way inadvertently into history, with its own story as equally captivating as that of the one it was modeled—or, perhaps, molded?—after. Made of bronze, the ‘Bust of...
BUTUAN CITY – Preparations are underway for the 2023 Siargao International Surfing Tournament, dubbed as the most exciting and thrilling sea sporting event of the year, at Cloud 9 in the country’s surfing capital, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, from October 25 to 31. General...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Crew members of the Philippine Navy (PN) frigate BRP Antonio Luna rescued a Filipino fisherman in a near-fatal accident in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commander Ariel Joseph Coloma, Armed Forces Western Command (Wescom)...
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – This town recently held the groundbreaking ceremony for the P45-million Silongan housing project for victims of typhoon ‘Odette” in Purok 5, Barangay Poblacion, here, funded by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). DPWH-13...
To celebrate National Heroes Day, the Filipino community, including their children, in Jordan gathered to watch the acclaimed film “Heneral Luna” in a cinematic event held at the Philippine Embassy there. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Embassy in Jordan/DFA) The Philippine Embassy in Amman,...
