In the true spirit of giving, a Tsinoy association simplified its anniversary party and used the funds instead to help those in need. The Philippine Lioc Kui Fraternity (菲律濱六桂堂宗親總會) chose a simple 90th anniversary celebration and donated the savings to China and the Philippines to help deal with calamities the two countries face. Officers added […]
Dee Khong Hee (李康希), one of the last surviving veterans of Wha Chi 48th Squadron, passed away on Jan. 29. Dee was 101 years old. Wha Chi, an anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in the Philippines, was formed by a group of courageous men bound by a common hatred of the Japanese and a burning desire to […]
Arrested: Chinese nationals Lin Zhi, Yi ShiJun, Sun Xiaohui and Chen Sujo, for trying to abduct an 18-year-old woman, in Makati City, on Jan 18. Makati City Police Station report said the woman was boarding a taxi in front of her house on Einstein Street in Barangay San Isidro when six people tried to grab […]
The Philippine National Police Anti-Kidnapping Group (PNP-AKG) rescued two Chinese nationals in an operation in southern Metro Manila. It took a video as evidence, a naked Chinese man with a sleeping mask, apparently used to blindfold him, pulled up to his forehead, standing on bare feet while handcuffed to a bunk bed. The man, who […]
Zhou Mei, the Chinese woman kidnapped by four of her compatriots in Makati City on Dec. 9, returned home on Dec. 15. Her live-in partner, Chen Tanbing, told Makati police in a text message of her return and that Zhou, 28, will not press charges against her abductors. Police will complete documentation based on evidence […]
After almost two months in Abu Sayyaf captivity, British Allan Arthur Hyrons and his Filipino wife were rescued on Nov. 25 during a clash between the bandits and soldiers in Parang town, Sulu province. Hyrons and his wife, Wilma, escaped and ran toward the government forces while their captors were under heavy fire during the […]
Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran Inc. and the Philippine Association of Chinese Studies, in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Miriam College, are sponsoring the “International Conference on the State of Scholarship on the Chinese in the Philippines: Problems, Perspectives, and Possibilities,” to be held at Miriam College in Quezon City on Jan. 10 […]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is looking into the alleged kidnapping of at least 15 wealthy Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officials since 2013, its chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said. Albayalde said some victims do not report the alleged kidnappings to police since they do not know the identities of the perpetrators. Some are afraid […]
The family of a 6-year-old boy abducted in 2016 finally received justice three years after he was kidnapped. The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 86, in a decision on July 2, sentenced to life imprisonment 42-year-old Loida Annaway, who was accused of kidnapping the victim on April 18, 2016. The Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group […]
Chinese kidnap victim Li Bo, 29, was rescued by police June 22 from his abductors. Police also arrested the victim’s alleged abductors: Yalong Ding, Mingmeng Zhang, Leilei Fang, and Quishun Li. Li, a tourist, allegedly was kidnapped after failure to repay a gambling debt of P200,000 with a five-percent interest per day. He was forced […]