Mandaue tells bar owners to advise if they have Sinulog events

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/12/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Mandaue City is reminding owners of bars and other recreational joints to inform them if they have special Sinulog events. Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) head Atty. August Lizer Malate said that…

More than 3,500 security forces deployed for Sinulog 2024

Emmariel Ares 01/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – More than 3,500 security forces were sent off on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, to secure the 495th Fiesta Señor and Sinulog Festival celebrations. The send-off ceremony was held at the SM Seaside Concert…

What not to expect in Sinulog 2021: Floats, higantes, stalls

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sinulog 2021 going virtual will mean a lot of changes for Cebuanos, who have developed a fiesta tradition associated with the grand parade and the street dancing. There will be no need…

Sinulog 2021: Three options for motorcade mulled

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government and the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño are looking into three options that would possibly be the final plan for the motorcade of the Holy Image for the Fiesta…

Sinulog 2021: Out-of-town, int’l groups may join event

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Out-of-town and international contingents have expressed their desire to join the Sinulog 2021 grand parade amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama said that the contingents were…

Cebu City begins planning of Sinulog 2021

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has officially begun planning for the 2021 Sinulog festival that will run from January 8 to January 17, 2021. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), the…

Labella okays revocation of Sinulog Governing Board

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said he no longer see the need for the Sinulog Governing Board on 2021 and would heed the request of Vice Mayor Michael Rama to revoke the Sinulog…

Labella wants Sinulog to end by 7 p.m.

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella wants the number of contingents for the Sinulog festival to be limited to only 30 so the grand mardi gras parade can end by 7 p.m. In a…

Gwen to dance with Alcoy’s Siloy Festival dancers in Sinulog 2020

Rosalie O. Abatayo 01/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will be back on the Sinulog stage this January 19, 2020. The 64-year-old governor, this time, chose to make her comeback at the Sinulog ritual showdown with the dancers from…

Vice Mayor Rama: Having a signal shutdown in Sinulog is ‘jurassic,’ ‘primitive’

Rosalie Abatayo 12/30/2019

CEBU CITY, Philipines — Instead of settling for a signal shutdown as a security measure for the activities in Sinulog 2020, Vice Mayor Michael Rama has called on the police to find or devise better ways to…

DPS to tap barangays for garbage collection for Sinulog 2020

Delta Dyrecka Letgio 12/19/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Public Services (DPS) said that they would need the help of the barangays to clean up after the Sinulog festival on January 2020. Engineer Joel Biton, the head…

Sinulog Foundation Inc. no show for City Council Citizen’s Hour

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sinulog Foundation Incorporated (SFI) did not show up during the Citizen’s Hour of the City Council on December 18, 2019.  The SFI was supposed to face the City Council to discuss the…

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