With Christmas approaching, hope shines inside the Naujan District Jail as Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) work on giant handcrafted lanterns, or “parols,” pre-ordered by community partners.

While many people spend their idle hours chatting, three women in Calasiao choose to turn waste into art and profit by crafting Christmas lanterns out of used drinking straws. Known as the “Tres ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines — This city, dubbed the “Christmas capital of the Philippines” and popular for its showcase of huge and colorful lanterns during the Christmas season, has ...

MANILA, Philippines — In Christmas-mad Philippines, thousands cheer as hand-crafted lanterns towering six meters (20 feet) light up the night sky in San Fernando, northwest of the country’s capital ...

There is no better place to celebrate the holiday season than in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga, which is regarded as the country’s Christmas Capital. The highlight of the yuletide glee is the ...

In Christmas-mad Philippines, thousands cheered as handcrafted lanterns towering 6m high lighted up the night sky in San Fernando. The dazzling display of lights, accompanied by religious and festive ...

People watching as the giant lantern lights up during the Giant Lantern Festival in San Fernando. - AFP SAN FERNANDO: In the Christmas-mad Philippines, thousands cheer as hand-crafted lanterns ...