Cagayan de Oro came alive this week as the Higalaay Festival 2025 filled the city with dazzling colors, vibrant music, and the roar of a cheering crowd. Read more »
The Department of Education (DepEd) has launched the Generation HOPE program, a new initiative aimed at easing the country’s long-standing classroom shortage. Read more »
Both low-cost airline Cebu Pacific and flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) launched a new route to Vietnam: direct flights from Cebu to Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon. Read more »
A new land-tour package that includes the Bued Mangrove Park, St. Joseph Cathedral, Bolo Beach, the engineered kawayan (bamboo) plant, and its market is now being offered by the Alaminos City Tourism Office as they go beyond the usual Hundred Islands tours. Read more »
Several churches in the Philippines have been designated as official pilgrimage sites. Announced by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), these sites will offer local Catholics an opportunity for spiritual renewal during the jubilee year Read more »
At the St. William the Hermit Cathedral in Laoag City, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag formally commenced a session examining the beatification and canonization of late pious teenager Niña Ruiz-Abad, starting the investigation into her virtues and if the 13-year-old could be proclaimed a saint. Read more »
