35,000 devotees join 2023 Fiesta Senor’s Opening Salvo

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A mammoth crowd attended the Opening Salvo of the 458th Fiesta Señor on Thursday, Jan. 5, organizers reported. The Augustinian priests from the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu said they estimated…

Back to normal: 458th Fiesta Señor celebration underway in Cebu City

Morexette Marie Erram, Pegeen Maisie Sararana 01/05/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Inside the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu, gone are social distancing measures that puts at least a half-meter distance between attendees. Bottles of rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizers placed in strategic areas,…

LOOK: Walk With Jesus kicks off 458th Fiesta Señor

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Pegeen Maisie Sararana, Rick C. Gabuya 01/05/2023

Cebu City, Philippines—The 458th Fiesta Señor kicked off here on Thursday dawn, January 5, 2023, with the Penitential Walk With Jesus from the Fuente Osmeña rotunda.  Thousands of devotees joined the foot procession that spans two kilometers…

CCTO to close Basilica roads during Jan. 9 Fiesta Señor opening salvo

Doris C. Bongcac 01/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Roads that surround the Basilica will be closed to vehicular traffic during the January 9, 2020 opening salvo of this year’s feast of the Señor Sto. Niño. In an advisory posted on their…

Brgy Tisa opens 6th Siomai festival with boodle fight, siomai eating contest

Doris C. Bongcac 09/20/2019

LOOK: The opening salvo for the 6th Siomai Festival was held this morning, September 20, in front of the Tisa barangay hall in Cebu City. Barangay officials joined selected residents in a boodle fight which was followed…

No fanfare for BOPK for Friday’s campaign kick-off

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) will not be holding any fanfare on the start of the election campaign period on Friday, March 29, but they promise to go full blast in their…

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