After more than six hours of waiting, Marbien “Bien” Astillas and Rossini “Cheenee” Villanueva were adjudged as the first Ginoo at Binibining Baras.
As expected, discussion arose on what the real date of the town feast is. For the nth time, we always ask ourselves on when we should celebrate and what we should celebrate. On one hand, you have the local government who professes that we hold our “town fiesta” on the last day of January. On the other side of the equation is the Catholic church who wants to celebrate the “patron saint” of the town, who is Saint Joseph Husband of Mary.
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The Office of the Mayor has bared its program for the town fiesta on January 25, the last Sunday of the month.
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To all Barasenians all over the world, Merry Christmas!
This is by far, one of the most beautiful yet simple, Christmas celebration I’ve seen. We have seen how the church carefully prepared the simbang gabi masses. Most of the masses started on time. Homilies are meaningful. On Christmas eve, right before the mass, drizzles were experienced again in the church patio but when the mass started, it stopped. God may have really blessed us.
When I came out of the house yesterday morning, it was drizzling. But when I arrived at the church, the place was dry. Just before the mass ended or during the blessing, it started to drizzle again. 
To continue my series of posts about Christmas, here are some of the photos of the facades of the municipal buildings this Christmas season.
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It’s becoming colder and colder as Christmas approaches. Goosebumps were all over me when I attended this morning’s simbang gabi at the Saint Joseph church. Read the rest of this entry »
I was in Tanay two days ago to cover a bowling tournament. I came across a bunch of baluts and so I thought of making a post about it. Read the rest of this entry »
Make your long weekend worthwhile by watching Barasenian youths perform in the “First Final Assessment for Performing Arts Workshop” of the Barasenyo Theater Arts Group or BTAG. This will be held at the Baras Gymnasium on Monday, Aug. 18 at 3 PM.
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