Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church of Miag-ao

Iloilo Province, in the Visayan Island of Panay, is home to some of the oldest Catholic Churches in the Philippines. It is one of the most important provinces during the Spanish colonization of the country. South of the province, in its largest town of Miag-ao, is the pride of the town – the Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Church or popularly know as Miag-ao Church. Miag-ao Church is one of the Baroque Churches of the Philippines, a collection of Catholic Churches across the archipelago... Read More

Ten Hours in Iloilo

What if you only have ten hours to a place new to you? What would you do? Where would you go? Coming from Cuyo, Palawan via 13 hours boat ride, I landed for the first time in Iloilo City, one Monday morning of August. The city and the whole province is new to me, and having some spare time before our evening flight back to Manila, we decided to make the most of our short stay there. We only have 10 hours to cover the most that we can, so we decided to spend it with Iloilo’s... Read More