MANILA (PIA) — Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Monday announced plans to advance the city’s proposed Halal Town development and the ...

On a humid Friday afternoon, the streets leading to Quiapo Church pulse with life. Vendors weave through the crowd, calling out prices for sampaguita garlands and bottled water. The air is thick with ...

For Congressman Sam Verzosa, the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene is more than a religious tradition—it mirrors his own life’s journey of challenges and triumphs. For the past 16 years, Verzosa has ...

MANILA (Reuters) — Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ on Thursday in one of the world’s grandest ...

The annual Black Nazarene procession in Manila attracts hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees. Participants jostle to touch the revered statue, believed to bless and heal. The event underscores ...

A massive crowd of over 7.4 million mostly barefoot devotees on Thursday joined the largest religious procession in the predominantly Catholic Philippines in honour of a centuries-old statue of Jesus ...

Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees thronged the streets of Manila on Thursday for the annual Black Nazarene procession, one of the world's largest displays of Catholic devotion. Rows of ...

DEVOTED. Members of the Ladies Servants of the Black Nazarene-Anpon (LSBN), clad in white shirts, ensure order during the traditional "Pahalik" on Wednesday evening (Jan. 8, 2025), at the Quirino ...

(OSV News) — The streets of the Philippine capital of Manila were packed Jan. 9 with throngs of faithful devotees jostling for a brush with the encased icon of the Black Nazarene. On the third and ...