Saturday, May 17th, 2008 • Cebu, Philippines
Thousands of devotees carrying Sto. Niño images in various shapes and sizes attended the solemn procession that preceded the grand parade during Cebu's celebration of the Sinulog Festival last January 19 and 20. → Read more
Going into the specifics of the Sto. Niño's role in the everyday Cebuano life earned for Barangay Labangon the top prize in Sunday's Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan secondary division. → Read more
ONE interesting fixture every Sinulog celebration in Cebu City is the appearance of stalls fronting the Abellana National School in Osmeña Boulevard. → Read more
As city streets erupt into a rainbow of colors in festive anticipation of the solemn procession on January 19 and Cebu Grand Parade on January 20--among the highlights of the month-long festivity, organizers have come out with the following guidelines to make your Sinulog celebration the most memorable ever. → Read more
Close to 500 years ago, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan planted a huge Christian cross in Sugbu (now Cebu) to celebrate the baptism into the Roman Catholic religion of island chief Rajah Humabon, his wife, and some 500 of their followers on April 21, 1521. → Read more
Fort San Pedro is the oldest and smallest fort in the Philippines. Built by the Spaniards to repel sieges by hostile natives and Muslim pirates, the fort was deemed finished in 1738, some 200 years after it started construction. → Read more
After a successful staging of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, Cebu will now host another international gathering: the 6th International Tourism Forum for Parliamentarians. → Read more
Cebu City ranked eighth in an Asia-wide survey for the Asian Cities of the Future by the Finance Direct Investment (fDi) magazine of the Financial Times Group. → Read more