What is Santo Entierro?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A priest’s encounter with law enforcers in a checkpoint in Kidapawan City captured the internet’s attention lately.  In what seemed a thriller-comedy movie in the making, police hailed Fr. Jonel Peroy’s car after…

IN PHOTOS: Aftermath of Sitio Panagdait fire

Raul Constantine Tabanao 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — For six hours, over 500 residents were left homeless and one person, who was believed to be mentally ill, died after a fire suddenly broke in Sitio Panagdait, Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City in the…

House oversight committee hearing in Cebu to tackle Apas socialized housing dispute

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The House of Representatives Committee on Housing will be conducting an oversight committee hearing tomorrow, February 18, in Cebu City in an attempt to settle the over two decades of legal turmoil in…

‘Santo Rodrigo’

Atty. Ruphil Bañoc 11/15/2018

No one can assure that Duterte will go to hell or heaven. Who knows if he is really aspiring to go to heaven like every God believers do, hence he calls himself, Santo Rodrigo? I know of…

Santo Niño image visits Carmen Copper in Toledo City

Doris C. Bongcac 09/26/2018

Employees of the Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) in Barangay Don Andres Soriano, Toledo City took a break from their usual routine to welcome the visiting image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu on Wednesday (September 26). They…

Sitoy: ‘I want Third Cebu – Mactan bridge to be named after Santo Niño’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/05/2018

  The construction of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) has officially started as the Cebu Joint Link Venture (CJLV) began the piling of works. Bishop Dennis Villarojo led the ceremonial blessing of the 8.5-kilometer expressway on Thursday…

Vendors, vehicles not allowed near Santo Niño basilica

Nestle L. Semilla 12/22/2017

  WITH the onset of the Sinulog 2018, the Philippine National Police (PNP) yesterday announced that the surroundings of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño will be kept free of any obstructions from January 11 at the…

Total ban on balloons to be implemented at the Basilica del Santo Niño

Ador Vincent Mayol 12/21/2017

For the past six years, the Augustinian fathers of the Basilica del Sto. Niño in Cebu City have repeatedly appealed to devotees of the Child Jesus to stop releasing balloons in the air, saying it is harmful…

The Feast of the Santo Niño: An Introduction to the History of a Cebuano Devotion

Sofia Aliño Logarta 04/26/2017

Resil B.Mojares in the introduction states, “This book is meant to be a concise, well-researched, and popularly readable account of the history of the Santo Niño devotion in Cebu.” Now that local history is the subject of…

Inmates surrender contraband items

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/25/2017

  What led to their change of heart? Whether it was out of reverence for the image of Cebu’s patron, Santo Niño, which came to visit the jail facility for a night; or maybe the fear of…

‘Padre De Pamilya Na, Pari Pa!’

Lloyd Suarez 03/12/2017

Bisag gi-unsa nako pagtimbang-timbang dili madawat sa akong tanlag nga mahimo’ng pari kami’ng mga lalaki’ng minyo. Kini tungod kay di g’yud angayan. Wa ka-eskuwela pagka-pari ug akong namat-an nga ang pari simbolo intawon sa kaputli diha sa…

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