More than reviving the traditional industry of sampaguita planting and trading, this year’s (reactivated) Sampaguita Festival aims to highlight the largest wealth of San Pedro City, Laguna: its talented and innovative people.

REVIVING A TRADITION

Land Transportation Office (LTO) employees 

THANKSGIVING

Booth owners and staff prepare their food for display and sale at the DOST-NCR Food Festival 2023 at the Eastwood Central Plaza in Quezon City, May 26, 2023. The three-day event, which will be held from May 26 to 28, is a celebration of the finest and most notable science and technology-infused local food products in Metro Manila. 

FOOD FESTIVAL AT EASTWOOD

Biliranons celebrate the island's 31st year of existence as a province last May 11. It was a sub-province of Leyte for 33 years, from 1959 through 1992, under Proclamation 174.

Biliran at 31 

After a successful Queens and Blooms Festival held at Market! Market! last May 6 where he showcased his artistic creations on exotic gowns for Mayflower celebrations, young fashion designer Erick Valeña is set to steal the scene anew in another Santacruzan fete.

Erick Valeña takes two on Mayflower Festival fashion parade

EARTH DAY

Hundreds of Tayabense took to the streets as they celebrated the traditional 'Hagisan ng Suman', the most-anticipated event during the feast of San Isidro Labrador in Tayabas City.

'Hagisan ng Suman' highlights feast of San Isidro Labrador

SINGLE PARENT

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