President Aquino on Wednesday urged Filipinos to continue helping his administration strive “for more meaningful and lasting reforms” to bolster efforts to lift the nation to “greater heights.”
Sen. Franklin Drilon on Wednesday performed one of the ministerial duties of a Senate President when he led Independence Day flag-raising ceremonies at the historic Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite.
The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air pollution rose to near catastrophic levels over recent weeks.
A billion-plus Asians ushered in the Year of the Snake on Sunday with a cacophony of fireworks, after a Chinese televised gala featuring megastars, including Celine Dion, kicked off a week of festivities.
President Aquino will mark his 53rd birthday at work.
Nowhere in the country will Catholics celebrate the canonization of Blessed Pedro Calungsod with deeper passion than in this poor agricultural town on the Tanon Strait.
South Africa’s Nelson Mandela turns 94 on Wednesday, but he was unlikely to attend a host of celebrations as the frail anti-apartheid icon has increasingly vanished from the public eye.
A fireworks display will signal this year’s celebration of Pangasinan’s 432nd founding anniversary on April 11. The province was founded on April 5, 1580. But since the day fell on Maundy Thursday this year, the celebration was moved to April 11.
Millions of ethnic Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese across Asia are ringing in the new Year of the Dragon with fireworks, feasting and family reunions.
Extravagant firework displays lit up the skies from Sydney to New York in a global new year’s party that saw millions set aside their world of worries to welcome 2012.
A doctor here has been helping her corner of the city feel the holiday cheers through her illuminated House of Stars. For the past 10 years, the home of Dr. Nimia Concepcion has been converted into a giant Christmas diorama, drawing the curious and the annual Yuletide well-wishers and carolers to her doorstep.
National Parks Development Committee Executive Director Juliet Villegas has met with authorities to thresh out security measures to secure visitors to Rizal Park during the holidays.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Army and police officials in mainland Mindanao have warned their subordinates they will be prosecuted if found firing their guns to welcome the end of fasting month on Tuesday. Ustadz Jaafar Ali of the National Ulama Council of the Philippines said the Holy Quoran did not cite firing of guns as [...]
