BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—The culmination of the monthlong Panagbenga (Flower) Festival literally started with a bang on Sunday after a hand grenade exploded outside the Baguio City Volunteers Against Crime (BCVAC) office located near the grandstand at Burnham Park, police said. Only a few spectators were aware of the explosion, however, by the Melvin Jones [...]
The five-day Liwanag World Festival to open here on Tuesday will be the first major event in the country that will be carbon-neutral, according to festival director and former presidential aspirant Nicanor Perlas.
Giant bees, serpents and spiders towered over the city streets on Sunday, but the hundreds of thousands of revelers who came were thrilled rather than scared by the hideous creatures.
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 [...]
Barangay Taptap bested 11 other barangays in the flower float parade of Cebu City’s 4th Flower Festival yesterday. The flower festival has been staged by the City Agriculture Office to encourage cut flower growing in the city and cements Cebu City’s place as a major producer in the country. The flower float stage contest held [...]
Davao City is imposing a total gun ban for the whole month of August as the city celebrates its traditional Kadayawan festival.
Thousands of daredevils fled half-ton bulls thundering through Pamplona’s streets Saturday in the first bull run of Spain’s San Fermin festival, resulting in six injuries.
Police have put in place all measures to secure thousands of people expected to flock to this municipality for today’s “Pahiyas” festival.
An array of gastronomic delights distinctively Dagupan’s will be among summer’s treats when this city celebrates its Bangus Festival starting today.
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.
The parade of floral floats in the 17th Panagbenga (Baguio Flower Festival) impressed Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. so much that he wanted to encourage everyone to plant flowers.
When the Panagbenga (Baguio Flower Festival) theme song starts to play in the street dancing parade today, the performers may be gyrating through unusually warm February weather being experienced by the summer capital.
A fire erupted in at least three villages in Iloilo City at the height of the Dinagyang festival on Sunday night.
