The election atmosphere is now alive in Austria as the country goes out to vote for their candidates to the National Assembly on Sunday, September 28.
Some Filipinos said that they already have decided on whom to vote for. They added that they have already set the criteria for the candidates and are hoping that these [...]

International mixed martial arts fighters such as Brandon “The Truth” Vera are among the big stars of the Ultimate Fighting Championship who may see action once the UFC sets up a major event in the Philippines by May next year.
“I can say that definitely, we hope to bring some of our stars. Hopefully, if the [...]

The Philippines could be rid of rabies problem even before the 2020 target, the government said Monday.
Dr. Victor Atienza, assistant director of the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Animal Industry, said this as he noted the zero rabies case reported in the province of Siquijor for the last 10 years.
“With this development, we are optimistic [...]

Twenty-six years after it was shown in the Philippines, Nora Aunor’s Himala is once again in the spotlight. The 1982 Ishmael Bernal film about a faith healer is the only Filipino film that entered the Best Asian Films of all Time chosen by CNN UK (United Kingdom).
The writer of this piece, Mairi Mackay, points out [...]

Capiz being the ‘Clean & Green Seafood Capital of the Philippines!’ is considered to be one of the best tourist destination. Every year Roxas City, the capital of Capiz celebrates its Sinadya sa Halaran Festival. The Sinadya sa Halaran Festival is the joint festival of the City of Roxas and the Province of Capiz. It is a mixed festival in that it is celebrated for both cultural and religious reasons. It is celebrated every first weekend of December in commemoration of the Feast of the Virgin of the Immaculate Concepcion who also happens to be the patroness of the City of Roxas.

A Filipino priest will open the first Catholic university in Ethiopia in Eastern African, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Tuesday.
The CBCP website (www.cbcpnews.com) said Dominican priest Virgilio Ojoy will head the Ethiopia Catholic University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Ecusta) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
“There was this world-wide search among Dominicans but [...]

General Macario Leon Sakay, the Katipunero who kept fighting even after the end of the Philippine-American War in 1902, will finally get honored with monument right in Manila, where he was born in the Tondo district.
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim will lead the unveiling of the monument at the Plaza Morga in Tondo at 8 a.m. [...]

An organization aimed at helping financially-challenged Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates was recently launched in Dubai.
The Filipino Expatriates in UAE Foundation Inc. was formally launched at the Metropolitan Hotel in Dubai on August 22.
“The principal objective of this foundation is to establish a huge financial facility overtime, whose capital fund will not be touched, [...]