You are browsing the archives of Sinulog 2009.

Ann Curtis, Marian Rivera, Senator Chiz Escudero, Richard Gutierrez and KC Concepcion are just among the celebrities who joined the Sinulog 2009 Grand Parade. Click on the photos to see larger image.

THOUSANDS of people trooped to SM City Cebu to witness the Cebu Pyrofest: The 1st Sinulog Fireworks Competiton on January 16, 2009 fronting The Northwing. Shoppers who had P500 receipts were given the chance to view the fireworks competition from the roof deck of the carpark.
Contestants include Avila Fireworks of Lapu-Lapu City, Wow Fireworks from [...]

THE Theft and Robbery Section (TRS) of the Cebu City Police Office noted a drastic decrease in crimes against property in this year’s Sinulog celebration.
Senior Insp. Michael Anthony Bastes, TRS chief, said there was only one case of pickpocketing and a reported carnapping that reached his desk during last Sunday’s Sinulog grand parade.
In 2008, six [...]

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña welcomed revelers from all sectors and religions to yesterday’s Sinulog celebration–except an ally of his archrival who tried to enter the VIP section of the Cebu City Sports Center.
An irate Osmeña told reporters yesterday that Jonah John Rodriguez, an employee of Sun.Star Foundation and a former private secretary of former [...]

BY all accounts, this year’s Sinulog grand parade was a success, with no hitches in the production.
The rain that lasted for a few minutes failed to spoil the celebration. But it forced organizers to ask five contingents to perform at the rubberized oval track of the Cebu City Sports Center because the stage was wet.
“There [...]

THE 2009 Sinulog grand parade became a first-time participant’s triumph and another contingent’s chance to regain what it lost.
Tangub City, Misamis Occidental’s Sinanduloy Cultural Troupe promised to bounce back after failing to capture its fourth straight Sinulog-based crown last year.
Yesterday, it did not only take the grand prize in the category, it also copped its [...]

CEBU CITY — An unregistered banca that carried 40 Sto. Niño devotees and a crew of four capsized off a private wharf in Mandaue City, marring an otherwise smooth fluvial procession Saturday.
Authorities blamed a passenger who lit a firecracker aboard the motorized banca Kenneth and Kyle as the flotilla cruised in the Mactan Channel.
The firecracker [...]

PROVINCIAL prosecutors come and go but the Sinulog tradition of the office lives on. After 29 years, the staff of the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor still commemorates the Sinulog.
During the fiesta, they pause from their paperwork every 4 p.m. to pray the novena for nine days, which ended last Friday.
They celebrate too. The staff [...]

DEVOTEES witnessed the reenactment of the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, the planting of Magellan’s Cross in 1521 and the first baptism, but a church official said it was more than a colorful drama.
“This is not just a reenactment, but a renewal of our own baptismal vows,” said Msgr. Cris Garcia, chairman of the Archdiocese’s Commission [...]

ALL eyes should be in the sky Saturday night for the first ever Sinulog fireworks competition at the North Reclamation Area (NRA).
For the first time in the 29-year history of the Sinulog, Cebuanos and visitors will be treated to a spectacular fireworks display competition the night before the grand parade Sunday.
Sinulog Foundation Inc. executive director [...]