Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar (though the Muslim use of a lunar calendar means that it may fall in any season of the year). As in Islam’s other holy festival, Eid al-Adha, it is distinguished by the performance of communal prayer (ṣalāt) at daybreak...
BISU-Balilihan is one with the Commission on Higher Education on its 27th Anniversary Celebration and for the 1st National Higher Education Day. With this years’ theme “PADYAK! Moving Forward, Claiming Victory for the Philippine Higher Education Pamantasan: Pandayan Tungo sa Kaunlaran”
The Philippines, consisting of more than 7,000 separate islands in the western Pacific, declared independence from Spanish rule over 120 years ago. Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was responsible for making this claim but it wasn’t until 1962 that then-President Diosdado Macapagal made it a public holiday through a presidential proclamation. The Filipino flag was unfurled for the first time on this day...
Campus Journalism Webinar: “Campus Journalism in the New Normal: Art, Practice and Responsibility"
The municipality of Balilihan holds its annual town fiesta every 16 July in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Eid al-Adha concludes the Pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid al-Adha lasts for three days and commemorates Ibrahim's (Abraham) willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son. The same story appears in the Bible and is familiar to Jews and Christians. One key difference is that Muslims believe the son was Ishmael rather than Isaac as told in the Old Testament. Eid Al...
