The Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Manila Cathedral) in Intramuros, Manila will offer holy masses on Sunday, Jan. 15, in celebration of the feast of the Santo Niño. Santo Niño (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The faithful are enjoined to attend the masses which will be celebrated at 8...
Senator Manuel “Lito” M. Lapid on Monday, January 9 renewed his push for a bill that seeks to declare the Quiapo District—a historic landmark known for its old infrastructures, rich culture and home to the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene—as a national heritage zone. Quiapo Church (FILE...
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown and Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula will lead the requiem mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who passed away on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Vatican News) The holy mass for the late Pontiff will be held at the...
A 17-year-old out-of-school youth was arrested by members of the Pasay Police Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) in a buy-bust operation and confiscated from him P47,600 worth of shabu on Monday, Dec. 12. Col. Byron Tabernilla, city police chief, said the suspect, identified as alias Net, was listed in...
A 17-year old boy was placed under police custody after he yielded P340,000 worth of suspected shabu in Quezon City on Thursday, Dec. 8. Lt. Col. Morgan Aguilar, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Batasan Station commander (PS 6), said the teen was nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted on Litex...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested a 38-year-old man on Thursday, Dec. 1, for allegedly raping his minor daughter eight times for five years in this city. The suspect, the Baguio City Police Office Station 9’s (Irisan) No. 1 and this city’s fourth most wanted person, was arrested based on a...
The Diocese of Pasig was designated its first minor basilica after 19 years of existence. Shrine of St. Anne in Taguig (Facebook) Pope Francis recently granted the elevation of the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Anne in Taguig City to the status of a minor basilica. Papal Nuncio Archbishop...
Father Rufino Sescon Jr. is the new rector and parish priest of the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene or Quiapo Church in Manila. Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN Radio Veritas on Monday, August 22, said Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula appointed Sescon to the post based on...
Wong Chu King Foundation, Inc. formally turned over the newly refurbished altar of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Visitation of Piat on July 22, 2022. (Left photo shows, from left: Alexander D. Wongchuking, Caesar D. Wongchuking, and Archbishop Ricardo L. Baccay, D.D. Right photo shows, from...
A 27-year-old man who threatened to release his 17-year-old male chat mate’s nude photos if he refused to meet and have sex with him was nabbed in an entrapment operation on Tuesday, Aug. 9, in Pasig City. In a police report submitted to Col. Roman Arugay, chief of police of the Pasig CPS, the...
Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Bernadette Herrera of the Bagong Henerasyon Party-list says that her proposed “National Curfew Act” isn’t an infringement of the rights of the youth. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera Herrera, during a press conference at the Batasang Pambansa...
KAMPO HENERAL PACIANO RIZAL, Sta. Cruz, Laguna – A minor and his adult companion were arrested and half kilo of suspected marijuana valued at P61,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation Friday, August 5, in Calamba City, this province. Police Col. Cecilio Ison Jr., Laguna police director,...
