Dr. Jose Rizal was exiled in Dapitan from 1892-1896. These were his last four years. Dapitan served as his prison cell. He always compared it to "a beautiful cage" where he is imprisoned. This was ...

For the first time, Dapitan City is hosting an IRONMAN race — the 5150 Triathlon Dapitan — set on September 10.

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Over 200 stick-fighters are vying in the 2nd Mayor Seth Frederick Jalosjos Handuraw Invitational Arnis Tournament, which unfolded on Sunday, December 29, at the Cultural ...

Jan Dapitan, who was director of the county Department of Parks and Recreation, is shown at her desk in this photo taken in the mid-1970s. Dapitan, 84, died Dec. 30 after a five-year battle with ...

When Rizal arrived in Dapitan in the evening of July 17, 1892, he chose to stay with the commandant, Capt. Ricardo Carnicero, rather than the Jesuit parish priest whose unacceptable conditions for the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Directors Factory Philippines 2024 filmmakers are still amazed by how far their short films have traveled — from Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte to the Cannes ...

Behind the lens: While cruising with friends along the Dapitan River in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, we came upon this group of kids enjoying their improvised playground. Some were in a ...

Dapitan is known as the Shrine City since the national hero Jose P. Rizal spent some years here in exile. He arrived in July 1892 under Capitan Ricardo Carnicero, who later became the governor of ...

DAPITAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE – Dapitan City, the top tourist destination in Zamboanga Peninsula, received a significant boost in tourism after hosting the Foreign Armed Forces Attaché (FAFA) ...

DAPITAN City is all prepped up for its first crack at hosting big-time endurance racing on September 10 with the race courses—set to international standards—providing the participants a ...