Of the three men I lost, my father's death left me with the most complicated grief
Nov 1, 2026
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — I was at the early stages of graduate school thesis work at the University of the Philippines Baguio in 2007 when I was told by photographer Tommy Hafalla that the ritual “Begnas” of Sagada town in Mountain Province was to be held in the days leading up to All Saints’ Day.
Nov. 4, 1999 Tuguegarao was converted from a municipality to a component city of Cagayan province through the approval of Republic Act No. 8755. A plebiscite was later held on Dec. 18, 1999, to ratify the conversion. Designated as the capital city of Cagayan and the regional center of Cagayan Valley, Tuguegarao is bounded by
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For over three decades, Dolores Balladares Pelaez has lived and worked in Hong Kong without once returning to the Philippines for Undas, the annual two-day observance honouring the dead. This year, she is arranging prayers from afar for her late father and four siblings, but will once again miss the gathering back home. On Thursday morning, the 56-year-old domestic helper called her mother and niece in Laguna province to discuss hiring a prayer leader to visit the family home. Her sisters-in-law...
There will be no sale of the government's P20 per kilo rice on Monday, November 2 in observance of the All Souls' Day.
VALENCIA CITY, BUKIDNON, Philippines — Holiday shoppers and cemetery visitors here experienced a mix of fright and festival energy on Saturday as local businesses and city organizers rolled out Halloween-themed attractions alongside the annual All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day exodus. Inside one of the city’s premier shopping malls, retail employees transformed into iconic
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Light traffic was seen on the North Luzon Expressway and the South Luzon Expressway on Sunday morning, November 1, as Filipinos visited the tombs of their departed loved ones in cemeteries on All Saints' Day (Undas).
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This ginkgo couple has been together for 500 years!
Klea Pineda and Janella Salvador dressed up as Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander from "Heated Rivalry" for Halloween!
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