As Baguio City opened its doors once again to tourists with the belated celebration of the Panagbenga festival, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided emergency medical services (EMS). Instead of the usual February celebration, the city opted to hold the world-renowned festival during the whole month of March 2022 due to Covid-19 restrictions on mobility and mass gathering. One of the highlights of this year’s Panagbenga Flower Festival was Session Road in Bloom held on March 21-27, during which the famous street was closed to traffic and entrepreneurs offered different products to locals and tourists. During the event, the Philippine
The famous Bangus Festival here will be held from April 28 to 30 after it was suspended for two years due to the pandemic. “The preparation is short. Nonetheless, the most important is the Kalutan Ed Dalan. Most important of all, it will not be held at the De Venecia Expressway which was very unpopular to the Dagupeños. After a long time, we will return the celebration to the downtown area for the people,” Mayor Marc Brian Lim said in an interview Friday. From the time his late father, Benjamin Lim, launched the Bangus Festival and during his term as
The city government of Manila has canceled all public celebrations of the Chinese New Year, which falls on February 1. Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso signed Executive Order (EO) No. 11 on Tuesday, canceling all activities and festivities, which mostly happen in the Binondo District, from January 31 to February 1. “Nakikisuyo tayo sa ating mga kababayang Filipino-Chinese na wala tayong mga dragon dance, wala tayong mga paputok o firecracker, pinagbabawal din ang inuman o pagbebenta ng alak simula (We appeal to our Filipino-Chinese community not to hold any dragon dance. We also prohibit firecrackers and the selling of liquor
Two bettors will welcome the New Year with a bang after winning the jackpot of the Mega Lotto 6/45 draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said on Thursday. In an advisory, the agency said the bettors guessed the winning combination 18-29-03-25-15-39 during Wednesday night’s draw with a total prize of PHP27,879,938. The winning tickets were purchased in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, and Guiguinto, Bulacan. To claim the check, the bettors must go to PCSO’s main office in Mandaluyong City and present the winning ticket and two ID cards. As provided in the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion
Three Luzon-based artists truly captured the vibe of the fourth district of Pangasinan in their artworks displayed at the “Anakbanwa” Arts Exhibit at the historical MacArthur House in West Central Elementary School here that is open to the public from December 10 this year to Jan. 31, 2022. Razel Mari, a visual artist and industrial designer, called his artwork “Rooted Birds” which was made of locally-sourced fiber materials in the province. “I was inspired by the mangroves and birds we saw along the way as we drove in the towns and cities of the fourth district of Pangasinan,” he said.
After two years of hiatus, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), through its Ministry of Trade, Investment, and Tourism (MTIT), will once again mark the arrival of Islam in mainland Mindanao. In a statement Thursday, the MTIT said the activities for the annual Shariff Kabunsuan Festival will run from December 15 to December 20. It will be a series of events to be highlighted by the “Guinakit” fluvial parade or the reenactment of the arrival of the Missionary from Johore, Shariff Mohammad Kabunsuan, via the Rio Grande de Mindanao. The Rio Grande, also known as the Mindanao River,
