On Christmas Day, Kanlaon Volcano spews 300-meter ash plume

Zacarian Sarao 12/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island spewed ash 300 meters above its crater in the afternoon of Christmas Day, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). According to Phivolcs in an…

Ash crosses now allowed on Ash Wednesday

Jane Bautista 02/28/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Two years after breaking tradition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Filipino Catholics will now be allowed to receive ash crosses on Ash Wednesday, following the guidelines released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).…

Manila archdiocese allows ashes on forehead

Jovic Yee - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/22/2020

The Archdiocese of Manila clarified that priests in the city may still put ashes on the forehead of devotees despite a Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines recommendation that the clergy tweak the Lenten practice by sprinkling…

The San Vicente Ferrer Chapel of Pitalo rises from the ashes

Ador Vincent Mayol 04/07/2018

Not too long ago, they shed tears of sadness and regret. The mood has changed. The San Vicente Ferrer Chapel in the village of Pitalo in the southern Cebu town of San Fernando, which was razed by…

MAO BA?

02/17/2017

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE TURNOUT Will there be many people who will join the Walk for Life today? In Cebu City, pro-life advocates are expecting at least a thousand participants. The turnout, however, won’t reflect the sentiments…

Beauty for ashes

01/17/2017

At first the narrative seems disjointed. No central character holds it together, and no plot can be discerned in the grab bag of discrete stories assembled around a beauty contest for maids in Hong Kong who have…

Midwest Cebu towns urged to be vigilant as Mt. Kanlaon spews ash

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/30/2016

    RESIDENTS of midwest Cebu towns were urged to remain vigilant as Mount Kanlaon in Negros Island continues to spew ash. Julius Regner, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) spokesman, said residents of Cebu…

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