The Warren Civic Center atrium was packed with people on May 21 who were there to celebrate Filipino Unity Day and honor the tradition of Flores de Mayo. The colorful Flores de Mayo procession ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – While some may be anticipating the festivities of Cinco de Mayo, it's a different party on Oahu will be underway to start off the weekend. Taking place on Saturday May 4 th is ...

The sanctuary of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Palm Springs was filled with flowers and formal-wear Sunday as a portion of the Coachella Valley's Filipino population celebrated Flores de Mayo and ...

Flores de Mayo. It’s always a crowd drawer. And it never fails. As a little boy spending several long, hot summers at the family hacienda, I vividly recall seeing my Tia Carmen and Tia Josefa take ...

MANILA, Philippines — No occasion is too small for Filipinos. When it comes to celebrations and festivals, Filipinos spare no effort to make each event as, if not more, memorable than the last one.

On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, about 250 children arrived dressed to the nines at Sta. Ana, Manila’s National Shrine of Our Lady of the Abandoned. Angel costumes complete with cotton wings, or fancy ...

Garbed in colorful costumes adorned with anything but “natural,” humanities students at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in Laguna province offered a fresh take on the traditional ...

MANILA, Philippines - The traditional Santacruza and Flores de Mayo rites have merely become a "cultural presentation" and a fashion show, according to a Catholic bishop. Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto ...

AFTER its spectacular 40th anniversary in 2019, it will be a rather sedate observance this year of the Flores de Mayo. Spearheaded by the Congregacion del Nombre de Jesus, the festival was held in ...

MANILA, Philippines - Flores de Mayo 2013, the annual grand parade of beauty, was held recently at the grounds of SM Mall of Asia. Featuring the creations of 30 of the country’s top fashion ...