EARLY this month, a friend asked me if I would be visiting any town celebrating the feast of San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers and peasants, on May 15. I told him I was going to the ...

A candid day at the vibrant Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon filled with colorful kiping displays, local culture, and favorite pasalubong finds. The festival atmosphere, food, and traditions make ...

MANILA, Philippines — Buddy's, a restaurant chain that hails from Quezon Province, recently celebrated its 37th anniversary, a feat that the Veluz family never thought they would accomplish. Salvador ...

The first things that come to mind when Lucban is mentioned are the eponymous pancit and longganisa, the famed Maytime celebration called Pahiyas, and the relatively recent Kamay ni Hesus pilgrimage ...

Welcome to Pahiyas de Lucban," greeted gracious resident manager Barry Suarez, who takes care of the cozy mountain resort of 20 Spanish villas nestled at the foot of Mt. Banahaw in Quezon Province.

LUCBAN, Quezon—The popular Pahiyas Festival of this town has not only been attracting a multitude of tourists, but is also calling on natives of this bucolic town at the foot of Mount Banahaw to come ...

QUEZON PROVINCE, Philippines – After a plentiful harvest season, the municipality of Lucban, Quezon celebrates the Pahiyas Festival with colorful houses, carabaos pulling paragos decorated with fresh ...

Lucban, Quezon—It’s all about faith. Every Good Friday, hundreds of thousands of people would line up to get inside a two-story structure here housing a centuries-old revered image of Jesus Christ ...

It’s the week after the Lucban fiesta (May 15) and it must be quiet today in this upland Quezon town. I’m not sure if the kiping (rice wafers) shaped into leaves and sometimes fashioned into ...

The secret ingredient was Baguio beans. When Salvador “Buddy” Veluz went back to his hometown in Lucban, Quezon province after his father’s demise, he decided to make use of the piece of land owned by ...

LUCBAN, Quezon — The descendants former local guerilla leader Hobart Dator Sr. commemorated the bravery and valor of the World War II hero here on Friday. The descendants of Dator, the teenage leader ...

Lucban Mayor Celso Olivier Dator faces a graft case for hiring his own sister as the municipality's chief administration officer and later as municipal administrator without Sangguniang Bayan approval ...