Our Mother of Perpetual Help: All you need to know about her

06/27/2024

Today, we commemorate the feast day of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Some may know her as Our Mother of Perpetual Succour or Our Lady of Perpetual Help. We all collectively know that she is known to…

Eid al-Fitr in Cebu City: A prayer for Palestine and world peace

Niña Mae Oliverio, Pia Piquero 04/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – For Palestine and world peace. This year’s Eid al-Fitr in Cebu City is not only a time of celebration but an occasion for solemn reflection and prayer for the people of Palestine, who…

Saulog Tagbilaran 2023: Doves of Brgy Tiptip named champions in ‘grandest’ festival ever

Doris C. Bongcac 05/01/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The white doves of Barangay Tiptip brought home the Saulog Tagbilaran 2023 trophy and P250, 000 cash after they were named grand champions in this years competition. Contingent no. 14 also brought home…

Saulog sa Tagbilaran Festival makes a comeback this April 2023

DORIS BONGCAC 03/17/2023

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol- After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the city government of Tagbilaran in Bohol province will again stage this year its annual Saulog Festival. The festival that is scheduled every April 30…

The many versions of Christmas

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 12/23/2022

There are many versions of Christmas. Because I am Christian and Catholic, I may think that there is only one way to look at and understand Christmas. But every time I spend Christmas outside the Philippines, I…

Busan as a mecca for movie buffs

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 10/18/2022

BUSAN, South Korea — Busan became a byword to many because of the 2016 South Korean film “Train to Busan”. It is an action horror film that mostly takes place on a high-speed train from Seoul to…

‘Be inspired by San Pedro Calungsod’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/18/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—As the feast of San Pedro Calungsod nears, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged Catholics to take inspiration from the Visayan saint.  Palma presided over the Opening Salvo Mass for the 22nd feast of San Pedro…

Lechon stall owners in Talisay City notice fewer sales during Halad Inasal festival 2020

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/15/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lechon houses in Talisay City are urging the public to drop by and buy their lechon (roasted pig) today, October 15, 2020, for the Halad Inasal Festival and the feast of the city’s…

Woman drowns as she tries to celebrate St. John the Baptist feast by baptism reenactment

Richel V. Umel 06/26/2020

ILIGAN CITY—A woman who took a dip in the sea to celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist here on Wednesday (June 24) drowned, according to police. Capt. Felix Rabago Jr., chief of police station 2,…

Pit Senyor sa Seda!

PR 01/13/2020

Seda Ayala Center Cebu celebrates food and culture this Sinulog. This year’s festivities include an exhibit of Sto. Niño artworks from renowned painter, Cesar Castillo. Cebu’s premier city hotel also has a line-up of activities for guests…

Liquor ban in CdO for Feast of Black Nazarene 

Froilan Gallardo 01/07/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO City, Misamis Oriental- A  liquor ban will be imposed here for the Feast of Black Nazarene on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno issued Executive Order no. 005 2020,…

No apple for your lechon? Check out this alternative

Immae Lachica 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— What is a Christmas celebration without a feast? And what’s a Christmas feast without the famous lechon (roasted sucking pig)? Having lechon on the table is tradition for most Filipino families. And when the…

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