Swedish post office archives over a century of Santa letters

12/24/2023

Sweden’s postal service is inundated every year with thousands of letters beginning with ‘Dear Santa’, and it not only answers them but for over a century has kept those that stand out. With addresses such as “Lapland”, “Reindeer Land”…

Italy’s PM reassures kids that Santa Claus won’t be locked down

11/13/2020

ROME, Italy – Father Christmas wears a mask and can travel the world thanks to a special permit, Italy’s prime minister said Thursday, November 12, 2020, to ease children’s fears that Santa Claus may also be under…

Former rebel killed in Santa Catalina; Colonel Entoma to cops: Protect FRs from NPAs

Florence Baesa 12/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Provincial police in Negros Oriental are ordered to be more vigilant and to protect former rebels (FRs) who are targets of the New People’s Army  (NPA) especially as the 51st founding anniversary of…

SM City Cebu opens World of Santa Christmas Display, lights 30-ft tree

Dominic Ylagan 11/15/2019

SM City Cebu welcomed the season of joy, love, and gift-giving and launched its “Sparkling Mallidays” holiday campaign as it lit its 30-foot Christmas Tree adorned with Christmas balls, ribbons, and gifts wrapped in traditional festive colors…

Teatro de Santa Fe is back this Holy Week after two-year hiatus

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Jai Shane Cañete, the founder of Teatro de Santa Fe based in Santa Fe, northern Cebu, said that they will present “Gugma sa Langit” on April 20 at the Santo Niño Roman Catholic…

Publiko giawhag sa magmatngon para makalikay sa sunog; parte sa simbahan sa Talavera gilamoy sa kayo

Benjie B. Talisic 03/11/2019

  DAKBAYAN SA SUGBU, Pilipinas — Gipahinumduman ang publiko ilabi na ang mga lumulupyo sa dakbayan sa Toledo na dili gyod kalimtan og paghulbot sa mga gipangsaksak na plug sa ilang mga kahimanan sa mga saksakan sa…

Volkswagen PH anniversary : Special introductory prices for Santana AT, the Santana GTS and Lamando 

PR 09/17/2018

  FOR VOLKSWAGEN Philippines, great things come in threes.  After making available its first three groundbreaking new models last May — the Santana Multi-Point Injection manual transmission Trendline, the Lavida 230 Turbo-charged Stratified Injection Direct Shift Gear…

Binignit: The Semana Santa staple

Louella Eslao- Alix 03/28/2018

We are a people deeply absorbed in Catholic traditions — processions, fiestas and Semana Santa or Holy Week. Mention Holy Week and visions of biko, bibingka and binignit float into the Cebuanos’ collective memory. Semana Santa is…

MAO BA?

Editorial 12/28/2017

Billionaire Bill Gates plays ‘Secret Santa’ online Netizens were quite surprised after a Redditor named Meggan Cummins, who went by the name ViettLLC, received gifts from billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who played “Secret Santa” online.…

Bill Gates plays online ‘Secret Santa’

Marc Cosep 12/28/2017

A Redditor participating in Reddit’s annual Secret Santa game was in for a huge shock when her gifts arrived. This year, a Redditor named Megan Cummins, who goes by ViettLLC, was surprised to know that her Secret…

Lapu-Lapu cops play Santa to indigent families

Norman V. Mendoza 12/12/2017

WHEN Saturnina Saure, 65, saw a group of policemen in full uniform enter her community in Sitio Kitchen, Barangay Pajo in Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning, she immediately thought they were there to arrest someone. To her surprise,…

Coco: Joyous celebration of life and death

Jeff Ruffolo 11/23/2017

Death.  It’s a pretty tough subject for many film goers to deal with but one that is presented tenderly—and with a mix of mirth—in Disney/Pixar’s “Coco.” What is troubling is that many people are incredibly uncomfortable even…

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