Archive for August, 2011

Kalingkingan, a native folk dance in Cagayan Province

The provincial tourism office here has recognized the well-known Kalingkingan Dance as the popular among the people of Cagayan province in the North. Kalingkingan is a folk dance in any social gathering and is usually performed through the accompaniment of ‘sinco-sinco’, a five-stringed guitar found here in Cagayan. Kalingkingan is a small bat that flies [...]

Philippine President to meet Filipino Dragon Boat warriors in Malacanang on Friday

President Benigno S. Aquino III is scheduled to meet with the Philippine Dragon Boat team following their highly-successful victory in an international competition in the United States last week. During the regular press briefing at Malacanang on Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that the Dragon Boat team will pay a courtesy call on the [...]

August 16 is non-working holiday in Tuguegarao City

City Mayor Delfin Ting has declared August 16 as a non-working holiday in the city as the villagers celebrate their 287th patronal fiesta dubbed as Pav-vurulun Festival to honor its patron saint, St. Hyacinth of Poland. The declaration came as Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. signed the Proclamation No. 214 declaring Tuguegarao City’s non-working holiday [...]