China’s Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu (端午節) is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, which falls on May 30 this year. It commemorates the death of Qu Yuan (屈原), a Chu state official and poet who lived during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) before the reunification of China […]
Author: Tulay Staff
Filipinas we don’t know…
In preparing this issue of Tulay, our research team found this interesting website aptly called FilipiKnow, where the full story of the 13 Filipinas can be accessed on the website. Nazaria Lagos (1851-1945): Lagos served as the first president of Iloilo’s Red Cross in 1897. She and her husband, Segundo, offered their home to become a […]
Much has been said of women’s roles in family, society and country. Much has been said to promote gender equality, protecting human rights of women, specially those in marginalized sectors of society. Without a doubt, women play a vital role in the nation’s life. They have moved beyond traditional roles of wife and mother to contribute […]
T ulay’s May 24-June 20, 2016 issue featured the first Catholic bishop of China, Luo Wenzao (羅文藻, 1615-1691) or Gregorio Lopez, who visited Manila five times between 1638 and 1684 and had studied theology at the University of Santo Tomas. Luo is the first Chinese Catholic of China trained in the Philippines. But Luo, who […]
Where but in the Philippines does a sorely unqualified and inexperienced figure get appointed to a critical position in government as reward for services rendered during a political campaign? Margaux “Mocha” Uson’s appointment on May 8 as assistant secretary at the Presidential Communications Operations Office is the latest proof. She has been assigned to take […]
Kaisa Heritage Foundation and the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Associations will commemorate the 600th anniversary of the visit of the Sultan of Sulu to China in 1417 with a photo exhibit and book launching on June 9 at Bahay Tsinoy Museum in Intramuros, Manila. Sultan Paduka Batara, with a retinue of 340 people, arrived in Beijing […]
Soon after the Japanese invasion of the Philippines on May 19, 1942, the Wha Chi 48th Squadron was formed by a group of courageous men bound by a common hatred of the Japanese and a burning desire to fight for Philippine freedom. Today, 75 years later, the few surviving members of this guerrilla group are […]
4 Makati cops in kidnap face ax
Four Makati policemen who kidnapped a businessman and extorted P400,000 in exchange for his release would be dismissed from the police service, said National Capital Region Police Office Director Oscar Albayalde. Albayalde identified them as PO2s Harley Garcera and Clarence Maynes and PO1s Tim Galzote and Jeffrey Cañete. He also ordered the investigation of team […]
President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping during bilateral talks discussed the possibility of prisoner swapping between Filipinos and Chinese arrested in relation to drug crimes in both countries. “One of the problems we have here that has accumulated through the years is the number of Filipinos who have been detained because of being drug […]
Feathered dinosaur fossil found
Chinese and Canadian researchers have discovered a new species of troodontid, a family of bird-like dinosaurs. The paleontologists have described the Jianianhualong tengi genus et species nova as a giant chicken with teeth. The fossil is from the Lower Cretaceous period, between 146 million and 100 million years ago. It was found in northeast China’s […]