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Kaisa, the next 30 years: 兩項任務 任重致遠

For 31 years Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran has successfully accomplished tasks that had an impact on the Tsinoy community and mainstream society such as integration work, medical missions, relief operations, anti-crime efforts, research and publications, to name a few. Yet, instead of resting on its laurels, Kaisa members know that much more needs to be […]

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Community News

Tsinoy businessmen visit NCRPO chief Eleazar

Officers of the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. paid a courtesy call on National Capital Region Police Office regional director Police Chief Superintendent Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar on Aug. 22 at the NCRPO headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City. The business group pledged to support the police force’s future endeavors, and discussed ways […]

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Community News

Cultural ambassador Ballet Philippines tours China

Ballet Philippines, the country’s premier professional dance company, recently held a successful cultural tour of China from Aug. 17 to 27. On Aug. 19, the group performed at the new Shanghai International Dance Center as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations (DFA-OUIER)’s cultural diplomacy project, an initiative […]

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Soul of China

A scholar’s commitment to his blind lady

Liu Ting Shi (劉庭式) passed the imperial examination jinshi (進士) during the reign of Song Ren Zong (宋仁宗, 1022-1063) and joined the state bureaucracy. Before all this, he had agreed to marry a lady of his hometown. Unlike most other couples at the time, though, they did not get formally engaged. However, when Liu obtained his […]

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Tsinoy Beats and Bytes

More storms on the horizon

Aug. 21, 2018. We have just marked the 35th year since Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was assassinated. It is heartwarming to see Filipinos remember the event and how it changed the country. However, it also saddens me to watch the people-on-the-street interviews on television in which they were asked what they remember or know about […]