In the Art Capital of the country, residents traditionally remember their departed loved ones on All Souls' Day, Nov. 2. Unlike in other places where Filipinos go to cemeteries on Nov. 1, which is All Saints’ Day, in Angono, Rizal, the peak of the observance of Undas happens every Nov. 2...
Over 600 children joined the costume party called "Spooktacular Halloween Fest" organized by the Manila local government at the Manila Zoo on Tuesday, Oct. 31. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna led the distribution of loot bags containing candy treats to the children. The mayor was wearing a Snow White...
(Photo courtesy of Raha Volunteer/Fire and Rescue Alert Responders) At least 11 houses were damaged while 16 families were displaced in a fire that broke out at the corner of Calamba and Sisa Streets in Sampaloc, Manila on Wednesday, Nov. 1. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP),...
Filipinos flocked to the Manila North Cemetery and Manila South Cemetery on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, to visit their departed loved ones on All Saints’ Day. (Arnold Quizol/MANILA BULLETIN) More than a million Filipinos trooped to Manila cemeteries on Wednesday, All Saints' Day, to remember...
A security guard was arrested by the police after allegedly robbing a Vietnamese student in Muntinlupa. The victim, Thi Thanh Tam Hoang, 22, a resident of Garden by the Bay Residences on Roxas Boulevard, Pasay, said the incident happened on Posadas Avenue, Barangay Sucat. The victim at...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in Pateros, headed by Acting Election Officer Armando Mallorca, has released the list of winners in the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Voters elected their barangay and SK chairmen, and barangay and SK kagawad in 10...
Around 200,000 people visited the Manila North Cemetery (MNC) and Manila South Cemetery (MSC) ahead of Undas. The city government said a total of 123,645 visitors flocked to the cemeteries on Oct. 29 and 30, while approximately 70,000 on Oct. 31. According to the Manila Police District (MPD),...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan congratulated all the winners of the recently concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), calling them to fulfill their mandate efficiently and wholeheartedly. In a congratulatory message, she urged the re-elected and newly elected BSKE officials...
Police and personnel from the Muntinlupa City government have been deployed to cemeteries as people observe this year’s Undas. Filipinos remember their departed loved ones by visiting cemeteries on All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. Personnel have been...
For the first time, polling precincts in the municipality of Angono in Rizal, known as the “Art Capital of the Country”, became litter-free on election day. From the opening of polling places at 7 a.m. until closing time at 3 p.m., no sample ballots, leaflets or campaign materials littered the...
Police arrested a suspected member of a criminal gang on eve of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Taguig on Oct. 29. The Southern Police District (SPD) only identified the arrested suspect as alias Joseph, who they said is a member of the Kelly Calauad Dongalo robbery...
Voters of Barangay Potrero in Malabon City lined up early Monday morning, Oct. 30, to cast their votes at the Potrero Elementary School for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Photo by Hannah Nicol/MANILA BULLETIN Voters went directly to the official voters list posted on the...
