Filipinos planning to stay up to 14 days in Taiwan for tourism activities, business, visiting relatives, attending functions or events can enjoy visa-free entry effective Nov. 1 to July 31, 2018, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines announced. TECO said those who intend to stay in Taiwan for more than 14 days […]
The country’s premiere professional ballet and contemporary dance company, Ballet Philippines, recently returned from a performance in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. Ballet Philippines’ performance was the main feature of the 15th Asia Arts Festival, hosted by the Ministry of Culture of China and the provincial government of Zhejiang. The much applauded performance included BP classics, […]
Police rescued a Malaysian from three alleged Chinese kidnappers during a operation in Barangay Makiling on Sept. 30. Jackie Ong, 36, a communications company finance officer, was allegedly seized in front of the Forbes Tower Condominium Corp. on Valero Street, Makati by three suspects: Su Sheng Fu, 27; Yu Guang Dong, 33, and Chen Wen, […]
The Great Love City in Ormoc City… The Great Love City, a 50-hectare temporary housing village built by the Tzu Chi Foundation for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Ormoc, Leyte, is home to around 2,000 families. One of the families is that of Ledel Argawanon Lubon, 20, the most recent beneficiary of Tzu Chi’s […]
Kaisa celebrated its 30th anniversary on Aug. 27 with its members and friends. In the morning, the traditional blood donation drive (on its 19th year) was done with a record breaking 56 bags of blood collected from 98 people who registered to give. Kaisa president Meah Ang See gave a powerpoint presentation on the group’s […]
Homegrown Jollibee fastfood chain now ranks third best among places to go for fried chicken in the United States. Food writer Constantine Spyrou rated only two other fastfood joints higher than Jollibee: Chick-fil-A and Popeye’s. “What makes it stand out beyond the rest, however, is a gravy packed with flavors of onion and celery that […]
Senior citizen Wellington Yao finished his 100th marathon on July 30. That’s more than one race for each year of his life. With a little help from his friends, Yao, 67, crossed the finish line of a 42.195-kilometer race at the 41st Milo Marathon’s National Capital Region elimination leg at Mall of Asia grounds in […]
For the first time since the galleon trade ended two centuries ago, a Mexican navy ship made its way to Manila on Aug. 4. The tall ship ARM Cuauhtemoc docked at Pier 15 of the South Harbor for a four-day goodwill visit. It was open to the public until Aug. 7. Since its voyage began […]
A life-size replica of an 18th-century galleon that plied the Manila-Acapulco trade route will be built for a new maritime museum at the SM Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City. The plans were announced as delegates of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations marked the organization’s 50 anniversary last month. The replica of the […]
Alleged members of a loan shark syndicate were cleared of charges for the kidnapping and serious illegal detention of Singaporean national Wu Yan, 48. Of the 44 foreign nationals– Chinese and Malaysians – charged, 30 were cleared when the Department of Justice ruled on July 20 that there was no probable cause against them. They […]