The International Malasimbo Music & Arts Festival is moving to a new venue to optimize the experience for both festival goers and artists.
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The first-ever international cat show in the country, “Best Cats in the Philippines,” organized by the World Cat Federation in cooperation with the World Felinological Center “Astra,” will be held on Feb. 16 and 17 at the Government Service Insurance System Gymnasium in Pasay City.
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Today, more than nine-tenths of global trade (by weight) is carried by sea, on some 100,000 merchant vessels drawing on a pool of 1.2m mariners. Of these, well over a quarter, 378,000, are Filipinos—by far the biggest number by country of origin
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‘We want continuity.’ Tourism Secretary Puyat reveals the 2019 campaign powered by posts of millions of PH visitors, and by the creative powerhouse of Guerrero, Cobonpue, Fores
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President Rodrigo Duterte signs Proclamation No. 555 declaring the regular holidays and special non-working days for 2019
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The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) announced on Tuesday, February 5, it had opened 19 new roll-on-roll-off (RO-RO) missionary routes.
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The Bureau of Immigration says it will not grant work permits to foreigners seeking blue-collar jobs to ensure that they don't 'take away jobs' from Filipino workers
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Funny signs in the Philippines
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With 800,000 cases pending before immigration courts nationwide, the partial shutdown only worsens the backlog. At the moment, the immigration courts under the Department of Justice’s Executive Office on Immigration Review (EOIR) are not hearing cases of non-detained individuals and their hearing if scheduled during the shutdown will be reset for a later date. Individuals who are in detention will proceed with their scheduled hearings.
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Back in 1993 when Reynaldo C. Ileto and Rodney Sullivan’s book, Discovering Australasia: Essays on Philippine-Australian Interactions was published, very little documentation was available about the earliest connection between the two countries.
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The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is known for controversial initiatives that are supposed to address serious problems across the metropolis — ranging from traffic flow to criminality.
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When prized Filipino pugilist Manny Pacquiao climbs the ring on January 19 against American challenger Adrien Broner, he will again be introduced by Michael Buffer as the “Fighting Senator from Sarangani.”
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TABANGOS, Philippines — This Fourth Class Municipality of Leyte staged for the 4th consecutive year on Monday, Jan. 14 its Tambayayong Festival with the crowds growing each year since it first started in 2015.
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Who is the Santo Niño? Is he really miraculous? Does it have Biblical basis? Why do Catholics believe in him? Why do the faithful give importance of his image? Is it not against the Ten Commandments as provided for by the book of exodus?
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Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar.
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