Rodel Vincent

A mother is both her children's first teacher and friend. She carries her child for nine months in her womb and nurtures her child with all her heart and soul. Since her children's birth, she has been able to decipher their every movement. She unconditionally loves her children and leads them down the right path in life. She looks after her children and makes sure they are safe in every way. We celebrate Mother's Day to express our love and gratitude to our mothers. When a child returns home, the first person he or she looks for is his or her mother. She looks after her children from the time they are born until she dies. We can't even begin to count their numerous contributions to our lives or everything they do from morning to night. Even when they are tired, mothers continue to perform all of their duties and responsibilities throughout the day. They never expect anything in return for all the love and pampering they lavish on us. However, we can express our gratitud...

  A tapestry of culture and arts woven by a miracle that saved the residents in 1882    Return to the origins of the event and learn about the miracle that saved the residents in December 1882. According to Damaso King, a well-known Vigan historian, the Viva Vigan Binatbatan Festival of the Arts, which takes place from the final week of April to the first week of May, was originally the Feast of the Natives, which began on May 3, 1883. The event began in 1882, when an illness killed 934 residents in a month. The outbreak began on November 12 and terminated on December 15. This occurred 30 years after a chapel was built in Vigan's graveyard in 1852. The large number of deaths in such a short period disturbed the naturales, or indigenous people, and mestizos, or Spanish-speaking locals, who urged Dr. Evaristo Abaya, the parish priest, to request a visit to Vigan of the Santo Cristo Milagroso of Sinait town. The people celebrated the Santo Milagroso with a nine-day noven...