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Grab your most desired items at 0% interest rates through Home Credit from almost 10,000 stores nationwide! Manila, Philippines. November 11, 2022 — The most awaited season for Filipinos is fast approaching — signaling the most beautiful time of the year for giving and sharing. Get ready to fill your hearts with your most wishlisted items for yourself and your loved ones and embark on the most exciting shopping season of the year! Want something for your monitos and monitas? Or have you been wanting to reward yourself for a year of hard work? Better not pout, better not let your wallets cry because a huge blowout is coming to town! As a holiday treat for Filipino customers, Home Credit Philippines (HCPH), the lifestyle partner of every Filipino, launches The Great 0% Interest Festival with over 50,000 products offered at 0% interest rates at almost 10,000 partner stores nationwide. “Giving has always been a part of every Filipino's holiday tradition. What other way to start the sea...

The municipality of Santa Barbara recently hosted " Passport On Wheels ", a mobile passport processing service of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Consular Services Division held last Nov. 3 to 5, 2022. Held at the Sta. Barbara Municipal Covered Gym, th e 3-day " Passport On Wheels " had 1,520 SUCCESSFUL applicants from almost 2,000 applications received during the pre-registration period. The D.F.A.Manila POW Team was headed by DFA Assistant Secretary Henry Bensurto Jr. and Sta. Barbara's very own Santiago "Sonny" Sucaldito, who was recently promoted as Consular Officer. Mayor Dennis Superficial welcomes the DFA Passport On Wheels team to Santa Barbara, Iloilo The Santa Barbara LGU Team was headed by Mayor Dennis Superficial and Municipal Tourism Officer Irene Magallon. Mayor Dennis leads the passport applicants on Day 1 of the Passport On Wheels The Santa Barbara POW Program was on "first-come, first-served basis” through a pre-registra...

Located at Brgy. Inangayan in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, the 170-hectare Sta. Barbara Heights is a mixed-use development of Megaworld’s Global-Estate Resorts, Inc. in Western Visayas. Thirty-four hectares of Sta. Barbara Heights will be used for residential lots, which offer a scenic backdrop of rolling hills and natural lake. The historical landmarks of the Iloilo Golf Course and Country Club – the oldest in Asia – as well as the Santa Barbara Church and Convent are also adjacent to the property for ease and convenience of its future homeowners. Photo credits Sta Barbara Heights - Megaworld Iloilo .

Among the best preserved church and convent complexes in the Philippines can be found in Santa Barbara, Iloilo. It is among the most visited tourist attractions of historical and cultural heritage significance. Constructed in 1849 under Father Francis Aguerria, OSA, the church has a distinct Baroque-Renaissance Spanish colonial vintage architecture.  It became the headquarters of the "Ejercito Libertador" under Gen. Martin T. Delgado of the Filipino Revolutionary Forces against Spain in 1898.  Partly destroyed by an eartquake in 1948, it has undergone sevaral renovation and restoration works, the most recent of which was undertaken by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines for the 2015 Independence Day Celebration led by President Benigno "PNOY" Aquino III.  The church complex prior the restoration works It was declared a National Historical Landmark in 1990 and a National Cultural Treasure in 2013 by the National Histor...

Another museum is opening soon in Santa Barbara, Iloilo - the Ecclesiastical Museum of Santa Barbara. It will feature the ecclesiastical art collection of the parish of Santa Barbara.  It will be located at the convent of the church of Santa Barbara which has been declared a National Historical Landmark in 1991, and a National Cultural Treasure in 2013.  A budget of P4.85 million from the Government Appropriation Act of 2017 has been allocated for the project, according to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). The ecclesiastical museum will be the second museum of the municipality, which already has the Santa Barbara Centennial Museum that was built in 1998 as part of the Centennial Freedom Trail Site Project of the Philippine Centennial Commission. The centennial museum houses antiques, artifacts and photos that tell the story of Santa Barbara’s historical heritage. The ecclesiastical museum will have four galleries with a total a...

More shopping choices and job opportunities for the Santa Barbaranhons will come as SM Savemore opens its  Santa Barbara, Iloilo branch (tentatively) this September 2016. Conveniently located at a major crossroad known as Bangga Osting, it will have have two entry/exit points on both Roosevelt and Arroyo streets and a parking space for a few vehicles. Floor Plan photo c/o Elmer Franco It is said to be the first Savemore branch in the province outside of Iloilo City. Enjoy your shopping very soon!

On display until the weekend at the Victory Plaza is a diorama depicting the Via Crucis. Located at the bandstand, these miniature 14 Stations of The Cross opens in the afternoon for devotees and visitors experiencing Semana Santa in Santa Barbara.