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SINULOG 2023. Dancers from Barangay San Roque-Ciudad perform their Sinulog dance ritual representing the City Government of Cebu at the South Road Properties on Sunday (Jan. 15, 2023). Mayor Michael Rama said the Sinulog grand parade at the new venue in the SRP will become a benchmark for a more meaningful festival in the coming years. (Photo courtesy of Cebu City PIO) CEBU CITY - The regional police said the Sinulog events on Sunday went well with no major untoward incidents even as thousands of spectators converged for the celebration after two years of hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) chief, said the festivities were generally peaceful and only a dozen incidents of pickpocketing were logged in the vicinity of the South Road Properties (SRP). A total of 16 contingents performed at the grand parade. Mayor Michael Rama thanked the performers from different groups, including two big hotels, despite the decision
FIESTA SEnOR. Devotees of the Sto. Nino carry images of the Holy Child as they visit the Pilgrim Center of the Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino in this undated photo. The Augustinian Friars who manage the affairs of the Basilica said on Friday (Jan. 14, 2022) there would be no solemn foot procession on Saturday, the day before the Fiesta Senor and Sinulog, and the Holy Image will be brought to localities via a mobile convoy. (Photo courtesy of Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino de Cebu) CEBU CITY - Amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and its Omicron variant, the Augustinian Friars will forego, for the second time, the traditional solemn foot procession of the Holy Image of the Sto. Nino on Saturday and instead hold a grand mobile procession. The procession of the image of the Holy Child will start at the Basilica Minore del Santo Nino and proceed to Cebu City, Talisay City, Mandaue City, Lapulapu City, and Cordova, traversing the 8.5-km. Cebu-Cordova Link Express