Leon Gallery’s “Spectacular Mid-year Auction” saw a record breaking auction day. It sold Ang Kiukok’s “Fishermen” for a staggering P65.4 million, making it the most expensive Philippine artwork ever sold in the country. The auction, attended by roughly 300 guests, was one of the most awaited in the local art market. Some of the greatest […]
The Chinese government will construct two bridges crossing the Pasig River in Manila and Makati City. In a signed minutes of discussion between Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar and Chinese embassy in Manila Economic and Commercial Counselor Jin Yuan, China agrees to fully finance the construction of the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge in […]
June has always been a busy month for the Tsinoy community as organizations come together to commemorate Philippine Independence Day and celebrate Philippines-China relations. Last June 9 and 10, led by the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. and the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Associations of the Philippines, the community again celebrated the […]
The historical account of Sulu’s Sultan Paduka Batara who visited China in 1417, the subsequent bond that grew between two ancient kingdoms, is an inspiring tale of enduring friendship that transcends borders and time. For 600 years, China took care of the Sultan’s royal tomb in Dezhou, Shandong province where he died while on his […]
Filipino and Chinese drug law enforcers have joined hands in anti-narcotics operations that paid off big time: a drug bust that netted 604 kilos of shabu with street value of P3 billion, in Valenzuela City last May 26. The cooperative effort was made possible after President Duterte’s state visit to China on Oct. 16 to […]
The Ties that Bind – the Saga of the Sultan of Sulu in China (Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, 2017, 109 pp.) uses references and resources from China and the Philippines – including valuable photographs – to document the historic visit of the Sultan of Sulu to pay tribute to the imperial court of Ming Emperor […]
Police filed criminal charges against two Chinese nationals for allegedly kidnapping Yan Hou, 28, at a casino in Parañaque City June 2. Chen Shi Quan, 42, and Hu Yong Jian, 38, were charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention before the Department of Justice. Their Filipino bodyguards – Ric Baldecir, 39, and Noel Rodelas, 31 […]
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 […]
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 […]