NATIVITY IN A BOTTLE
On its 12th year, Belenismo sa Tarlac features a Belen by first-time participant, the youth of the Saint Catherine of Alexandria Parish in Gerona, Tarlac. Their Belen comprises 10,300 plastic bottles from garbage collectors, church goers, believers, students, altar servers, youth ministries, teachers and laymen. The mother-and-daughter tandem of Isabel Cojuangco Suntay and Isa Cojuangco Suntay, founders of the Tarlac Heritage Foundation Inc., have been tirelessly bringing together individuals, barangays, municipalities, schools, religious, NGOs and businesses to put together Tarlac’s greatest attraction for the holidays.