The China-ASEAN Tourism Cooperation Year was launched in Manila on March 16, with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang leading over 1,000 guests at the Philippine International Convention Center. Premier Li Keqiang, in a message read by Wang, cited ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)’s “pivotal role in regional cooperation” and noted that ASEAN and China […]
The richest Filipinos listed in Forbes Magazine are not the Philippines’ top individual taxpayers. The nation’s top taxpayers are those who paid the most on their reported personal incomes, says the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The tycoons pay more income taxes overall than other taxpayers, but much of that is final withholding taxes on interest, […]
Police busted an Indian-led kidnap-for-ransom group after a group leader and three gang members were arrested. The arrests – made separately in Lupao and Rizal towns, Nueva Ecija – were made after the group took the P600,000 ransom payment from victim Indian businessman Handvinder Singh, says Director General Ronald dela Rosa, chief of the Philippine […]
Special envoy to China Ambassador Carlos Chan led a group of Filipinos to visit the Royal Tomb of the Sultan of Sulu in Dezhou City, Shandong, China on March 28. Princess Jacel Kiram (daughter of Jamalul Kiram, direct descendant of the Sultan) and her mother Celia Kiram with a delegation from Palawan led by Gov. […]
An evaluation of the conference proceedings was done at the roundtable post conference discussion. Overall, comments elicited were very positive. Some of the comments and suggestions for future research: Research on the Chinese in Philippine economy, new generations of entrepreneurs, transnational links and business practices. Study on new Chinese immigrants: how illicit entry to the country […]
Research on the Chinese in the Philippines is a rich and still quite unmined field. Last Jan. 15-16, Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies and Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran Inc. convened a two-day conference on the “Chinese in the Philippines: New Studies, Current Issues, Future Directions.” The audience was limited mainly to academics and people interested […]
Our story now focuses on the return of Chan Bon Kheng’s cousin, Eleuterio “Terio” Alosos (曾榮旋) back to the town of his birth. While still very young children, they, along with many other Filipino mestizo cousins, were sent to China to stay with Chinese relatives. Most, like Terio, never returned. His homecoming is not the […]
Two big cats dangerously close to extinction are the objects of a national park to be established in the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang in northeastern China. The 14,500-square kilometer national park will be a sanctuary for the Amur leopard and the Siberian or Amur tiger and will be one of the largest big cat reserves […]
Hokkien, on the tongues of Tsinoys, has grown and evolved, taking on a life of its own. Sometimes words simply fail us. With some creativity, Tsinoys have strung together words to form colorful phrases that simply hit the bull’s eye. Here are some expressions unique to Hokkien as favored by Tsinoys. 無字無墨 bo di bo […]
One friend shared that her daughter is “scared of Tita Meah. She’s mean.” Unfortunately for her, I come with the package when she wants to be with my girls. We then went on and talked about the things that our girls do together and what we do when we’re in charge. My friend admitted she […]