Traditional & Modern Culture
Cebu City’s Sinulog Festival 2025 made a triumphant return, drawing an estimated four million revelers
The largest attendance since the pandemic. The spectacle, featuring a six-kilometer Grand Parade with 44 dancing contingents, 61 floats, and various other performers, showcased the vibrant culture and devotion to the Santo Niño de Cebu. International visitors like Allie Wilcow from Canada praised the event’s energy and friendliness, while local attendees like Misbel Llamas from…
Are New Peso Bill Designs Erasing Philippine History?
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s new polymer banknotes, featuring native animals and plants instead of national heroes, have sparked a heated debate. The August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM) is questioning the BSP’s decision, arguing that the removal of heroes’ images from the banknotes constitutes a form of historical erasure. ATOM points to the discontinued P1000…