President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. ordered concerned agencies to ensure that the thousands of informal settler families (ISF) who will be affected by the ongoing P18-billion rehabilitation of the Pasig River will be given relocation sites. In his speech during the launch of the Pasig Bigyang Buhay Muli (PBBM) project…
After a hiatus of four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Kasanggayahan Festival is now back with a bang. This year’s celebration is bigger and way better. With the theme "Kooperasyon Tungo sa Progresibong Sorsogon, Una an Sorsogon," Gov. Jose Edwin “Boboy” Hamor launched this year’s 10-day (October 8…
Relatively unknown to many, Manila has another fort, aside from the well-known Fort Santiago, located south of Intramuros and this one is not easy to visit as it is located within the confines of the high-security Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Complex (BSP) - the 1.2-hectare, trapezoid-shaped and equally historic but hidden Fort San Antonio Abad.
A lot of my childhood memories included family visits to Tagaytay City, the country’s other summer capital (after Baguio City), where we enjoyed the cool and crisp (average temperature is 22.7º Celsius) mountain air and a picture-pretty view of Taal Volcano from its original grand garden view deck the English Tudor Mansion-style Taal Vista Hotel. A generation
Pangasinan just opened another showcase of its rich cultural heritage and history the Banaan Pangasinan Provincial Museum. Rightfully housed in the historic Casa Real in the heart of Lingayen, the capital town of the province, the provincial museum is a collaborative effort between the Provincial Government of Pangasinan and various cultural…