Binay gets boos from Cebuano crowd

Carmel Loise Matus 01/17/2016

It wasn’t exactly the rousing Sinulog to welcome expected by Vice President Jejomar Binay. Close to 10,000 people inside the Cebu City Sports Center booed Binay on Sunday after he was introduced by suspended Mayor Mike Rama…

Talisay City bets rule Sinulog Baroto race

Dale G. Rosal 01/17/2016

Talisay City boatmen ruled the second Sinulog Baroto Regatta competition yesterday held at the waters off the South Road Properties. Ricardo and Lyndon Sumalinog, who are fishermen from Talisay City, Cebu, emerged as the champions as they…

WAVES OF FAITH

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Apple Ta-as 01/17/2016

As the sun rose over the island of Cebu yesterday, icons of of the Sto. Niño and Our Lady of Guadalupe sailed down the Mactan Channel on board a white “galleon.” A flotilla of over 200 vessels…

‘Family life is no. 1’

Julit C. Jainar 01/17/2016

Bells pealed at 8:40 a.m. when the glass-encased images of the Sto. Niño and Blessed Virgin Mary arrived at the Pilgrim Center of the Sto. Nino Basilica where thousands of pilgrims waited. The icons were carried on…

Lapu pyro-maker wins

Vanessa Claire Lucero 01/17/2016

Winners of 8th Sinulog fireworks competition at SM City First place –   JP Fireworks of Lapu-Lapu City Second place –  Pegasus Fireworks of Pulilan, Bulacan Third place – DSS Fireworks of Dumaguete city Other contenders: Pyrohaven Fireworks…

What to wear to the Sinulog fest

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/17/2016

Wear  comfortable clothes but don’t  show too much skin. This was the advice of 27-year-old Cebuano stylist Edward James Castro to party and festival-goers enjoying the spectacle that is the Sinulog. Castro said that girls  who go…

Paying homage to the Holy Child

Mary Claire U. Catado, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/17/2016

Some devotees dress their children as Niños, ask for success, good health Two Cessna planes flew over yesterday’s fluvial procession along the Mactan Channel and dropped flowers on the galleon carrying the images of the Sto. Niño…

Welcome to the fiesta

Ricky Poca 01/17/2016

Pit Señor! Allow me to welcome all our visitors who are  in Cebu to celebrate with us the annual feast of the Sto. Niño. I know there are many who came to witness and celebrate the  fiesta…

Lapu Lapu pyro maker wins Sinulog Fireworks contest

Vanessa Lucero 01/16/2016

A LAPU-LAPU City based fireworks manufacturer named Homegrown JP Fireworks won this year’s Sinulog fireworks competition. In second place was Pegasus Fireworks of Pulilan, Bulacan while DSS Fireworks of Dumaguete City placed third. The three other contenders…

LONGER, BUT FASTER TRASLACION

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Julit C. Jainar, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 01/16/2016

Heavy traffic along Mandaue-Cebu route; Sto. Niño fluvial and sea procession today Despite taking a new and longer route, the Traslacion motorcade that brought the images of the Señor Sto. Niño and Our Lady of Guadalupe to…

Masbate contingent lead dancer is Festival Queen

Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/16/2016

Graceful movements and beauty favored the lead dancer of Placer, Masbate who was crowned 2016 Sinulog Festival Queen last night. It’s a back-to-back win for Tribu Himag-ulaw, which won the same title last year. Cynthia Thomalla, a…

Hot, humid Sinulog weekend ahead

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/16/2016

WEAR light-colored and comfortable clothes. Bring hats, umbrellas and bottles of water, too. Weather specialists said it will be a hot and humid weekend, with above normal temperatures because of the El Niño phenomenon. Expect temperature of…

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