
Insider guide to Philippine happenings Jan-Feb 2026
The Philippines opens 2026 with significant lifestyle events that reflect its profound cultural heritage, spiritual devotion and creative industries.
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The Philippines opens 2026 with significant lifestyle events that reflect its profound cultural heritage, spiritual devotion and creative industries.
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While the UK focuses on protection and heritage, the Philippine passport emphasizes identity, but could it be stronger?
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Every start of the year is a chance to improve one’s self. A new adventure in the next chapters of life might prove to be an interesting change for a new year.…
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By Pauline Songco and Pauline Pascual
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The lechon sits at the centre of our holiday tables...and in my uneasy thoughts.
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Luck is swallowed, rung away, broken, scattered, or shared, depending on where midnight finds you. Let’s visit 13 countries – an ambivalent number – and see…
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Ubud hosted kings and presidents to a summit where centuries-old tradition quietly outshone the noisy ambitions of the modern world.
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At Siena College, Japan arrived as a ‘standard,’ quietly forcing students to reconsider what ambition actually demands.
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LARK FREEPORT ZONE — The holiday season at Clark got a melodic boost as the first Clark Chorale Competition wrapped up at Nayon sa Clark on 23 December.
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The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) concluded its first Clark Chorale Competition at Nayon sa Clark in the Clark Freeport Zone on 23 December 2025.
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Honors City's Parol-Making Heritage
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A maternal uncle performs the custom by knocking out the bride’s two front teeth using a small hammer.
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A restored corner of Intramuros set the stage for Asian Cultural Council Philippines’ anniversary, where art, music, movement and food came together in a…
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Water services in Barangay Tumana, Marikina City were restored after the local government settled P15 million as an initial payment to Manila Water.
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A multi-sector initiative has been launched to restore 30 hectares of degraded upland forest in Sitio Daing, Barangay Duale, Limay, Bataan. The Department of…
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Art did what treaties can’t: put Malaysia and the Philippines in the same room and made it work.
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Officials of the Association for Philippines–China Understanding (APCU) met with Chinese Ambassador H.E. Jing Quan at the Chinese Embassy in Manila to discuss…
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Staycations remove that pressure, allowing you to recharge without feeling the need to constantly make the experience ‘worth it.’
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