CEBU CITY, Philippines — No speeches please. This was the reminder of Sinulog 2019 organizers to politicians who might wish to join this year’s celebration. Malou Innocando-Tabar, information officer of the Cebu City government, said in today’s…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Around 200 uniformed police officers from the police offices in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Cebu province and the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will be deployed in the…
Cebu City, Philippines – Street fashion and paint parties have become part of every reveler’s experience in the biggest event of the year in Cebu—the Sinulog Festival. In less than two weeks, the busy streets of Cebu…
Sta. Cruz, Laguna—Inadequate training facilities, scarce funds and not having enough time to prepare for this year’s Palarong Pambansa. The Eastern Visayas Athletic Association (EVRAA) faced these difficulties and yet chose to slug it out with 16…
The October earthquake and the late “Titang Diola”, who danced the Sinulog until her 80s were the subject matter of the first prize winners of the 2014 Sinulog Film Festival. Independent film maker Remton Zuasola bagged most…
The Kulturang Placereño contingent of Placer, Masbate province tried several firsts in their Sinulog-Based (SB) entry that won them first place in this year’s Sinulog dance competition. Dancers performed as singers hummed “Miligoy de Cebu,” part of…
AFTER winning the Free Interpretation (FI) category in last Sunday’s Sinulog, the Lumad Basakanon of barangay Basak San Nicolas in Cebu City has its sights set on the Aliwan Festival in April, this year. Choreographer Norman Navarro…
Contingents from the cities and towns of Cebu province that won in various competitions during this year’s Sinulog festival will be given rewards by the provincial government. “No exact figure yet but I promised Mayor (Democrito) Diamante…
A boy chants prayers to the Sto. Niño as visitors, local and foreign, watch the original Cebuano “sinu’g” offered as a dance-prayer in Casa Gorordo Museum. The “sinu’g” is continued by Carol Diola who promised her aunt,…
A family of Yolanda survivors from Tacloban City ignored the bleak weather forecast and travelled to Cebu to fulfill their “panata” or vow to honor the Señor Santo Niño on his feast day. “This is a yearly …
It was sweet triumph for the Lumad Basakanon, Cebu City’s favorite Sinulog champion, which regained its no. 1 status in the annual dance competion of the biggest festival of the country. Synchronized steps, drama and a dance…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful to be humble and care for the “voiceless, the powerless, and the penniless.” In a 6 a.m. mass on the feast day of the Sto. Niño, Palma reinforced the call…
