DEFINITION: A Spanish word meaning “to transfer” or “to move”. In the Philippines, this refers to the annual procession or transferring of the image of the Black Nazarene from Intramuros to Quiapo ...

“Ang Misa ay pagsamba sa Diyos. Sana manamit tayo properly to encounter, to meet God in the Holy Mass,” Bravo said. Churchgoers are encouraged to complete all nine days of Simbang Gabi. One devotee ...

DURING the heyday of my attendance in the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) pagsamba (worship Wednesdays and Saturdays weekly), one distinct aral (lesson) oft-repeated by the ministro (pastor) that stuck in my ...

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, our lives drastically changed, As we bade goodbye to our old sense of normalcy, we realized too soon, even as ...

END OF RAMADAN. Muslims in Dagupan City celebrate Eid Al-Fitr through prayer at the city plaza on Thursday (May 13, 2021). The number of attendees was reduced to ensure that health standard protocols ...

8-hour workday, minimum wage, paid vacation and sick leaves, overtime pay, health benefits, and of course, the weekend — these are only several of the rights and privileges we owe to the labor ...

As the United States shifted with the anxieties of the 1980s, baseless conspiracy theories about satanic cults committing mass abuse spread around the country. By Alan Yuhas Vigilante parents dug ...

Read in Tagalog and English the Mass readings and gospel for Simbang Gabi day 1 MANILA, Philippines – One of the treasured traditions of the Christmas season in the Philippines is attending of novena ...

The Redemptorist Church, also known as the Baclaran Church, in Paranaque is one of the many churches which are popular among Simbang Gabi attendees during the Christmas season. (PNA file photo) MANILA ...

In 1977 I watched the staging of Bonifacio Ilagan’s “Pagsambang Bayan” at the University of the Philippines and was blown away. Martial rule was then in effect under the Marcos dictatorship. But ...