POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
ILOILO CITY – Mobile phone signal will be shut down in selected areas for the two-day Dinagyang Festival here next weekend. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background in the Dagyang sa Calle Real event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
CEBU CITY -- Mayor Michael Rama shot down the ‘signal shutdown’ that the police planned to impose during the Sinulog Festival on Sunday, Jan. 15. Rama lamented that the city government was not consulted when the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) requested the National...
Several streets and avenues in the city of Pasig will be temporarily closed on Sunday, Jan. 15, in celebration of the 22nd Bambino Grand Parade, the city government announced. Photo from Pasig PIO On its Facebook page, the city government said the following streets will be closed: • Road 1...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte appealed to parents during an event in Koronadal City, South Cotabato, telling them to “force” their children to go to school and keep them out of the way of extremism and violence. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a speech during...
ILOILO CITY — Officials here have asserted that a duathlon race embroiled in a controversy is not a part of the 2023 Dinagyang Festival. PARTICIPANTS in the 1st Iloilo City of Love Dinagyang Duathlon. (The Adbenturistik) Mayor Jerry Trenas warned events organizers from using the Dinagyang...
The gross sales for the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) 2022 reached P500 million, attaining the government’s target, organizers announced on Monday, Jan. 9. Photo by MMDA / MMFF Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and MMFF Chairman lawyer Romando Artes expressed delight with the...
CEBU CITY — Mayor Michael Rama has banned street parties during the Sinulog Festival here on Jan. 15. RAMA Rama said prohibiting street parties is one of the safety precautions that the city is taking to ensure an “enjoyable and meaningful experience” and prevent untoward incidents during the...
CONSTRUCTION of the grandstand and stage for the Sinulog Festival at the South Road Properties in Cebu City is ongoing with less than a week before the event. (Photo courtesy of dyHP RMN Cebu) CEBU CITY — A leader in the real estate industry has expressed concern over what he described as...
A CONTINGENT performs during a parade that kicked off the week-long celebration of Sinulog Festival on Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City on Friday, Jan 6. (Calvin D. Cordova) CEBU CITY – The Sinulog Festival is officially back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Top officials of Cebu led by...
Two Filipino films featured at Blue Chair Film Festival in Luang Prabang LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE Q&A With the film producers and director (from left) Mario Cornejo, Monster Jimenez, and Martika Escobar, following the film screening at the Sofitel Luang Prabang (Photo courtesy of the Blue Chair...
CEBU CITY -- Police checkpoints will be intensified as part of the enforcement of gun ban in Central Visayas. The gun ban took effect on Thursday, Jan. 5, and will last until Jan. 20, said Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7). The gun ban is part...
