Local residents, officials and employees from the public and private sectors donning costumes of Morions have turned Boac, the capital town of Marinduque, into a small Jerusalem during the annual community parade of costumes on Holy Monday.
A man was found dead with gunshot wounds slumped on his motorcycle along the national highway in Mogpog town early Tuesday Morning, the police said.
The remains of Joana Pizarra, who died in hospital a week after the tragic bus accident in Benguet that also claimed the lives of three of her classmates and two teachers, were brought home here early Friday.
Grieving families and friends on Sunday met the bodies of three students and two teachers who were among the seven fatalities in a bus-truck collision along Marcos Highway in Tuba town in Benguet last week.
There was no joyful reunion, only grief, when the bodies of five people killed in a bus accident in Benguet last week were met by relatives at Balanacan port in this province late Sunday afternoon.
Families from Marinduque are expected to arrive here early today not to marvel at this year’s Baguio Flower Festival street dancing and floral float parade but to help identify the seven dead from Thursday evening’s bus crash on Marcos Highway in Benguet.
The camp of lawyer Regina O. Reyes, Liberal Party (LP) candidate for representative of Marinduque, remained mum on a disqualification case filed against her in the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Unlike the extravagant pageantry of the Sinulog in Cebu City, Dinagyang in Iloilo City and Ati-Atihan in Kalibo town in Aklan, Marinduque marked the golden anniversary of its own version of the Feast of the Sto. Niño with hundreds of children joining the street-dancing parade and performances. Sunday’s celebration at the Santa Cruz town plaza [...]
Raising native pigs has grown into a P100-million industry in this province, according to Marinduque’s top veterinarian.
A sleepy island of fishing families in Santa Cruz town in Marinduque has awakened to become one of the tourism gems in the province.
Local social network users are frowning at a neighboring province’s version of Moriones Festival, fearing it might eclipse the original festivities being held on the island.
BOAC, Marinduque—Marinduque, touted as the country’s Lenten capital, has rolled out the red carpet for foreign and local tourists and devotees for its world-renowned Moriones festival, which kicked off on Holy Monday. Provincial tourism officials, Catholic church leaders and residents joined the traditional parade of Morions and Samaritanas on Monday morning, featuring people in Morion-inspired [...]
Santa Cruz town saw more children devotees in its own version of the feast of the Sto. Niño on Jan. 15 compared to previous years.
