A young boy was released unharmed by the Abu Sayyaf group on Feb. 27 in Sulu, reportedly after a P3-million ransom was paid by the victim’s family, security sources revealed. Reports said 7-year-old Ricson Rumoc was freed in the vicinity of Barangay Anuling, Patikul town. He was taken captive along with his parents last August […]
Fifteen Chinese nationals and a Filipino were arrested on Feb. 27 in a suspected online gambling office in Pasig City. Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group spokesperson Jay Guillermo said they raided the office of YD International Incorporated in Belvedere, Ortigas, Pasig City after they received a tip that the company is involved in illegal online […]
Filipino designer John Herrera won Britain’s Top Designer award at the fifth season of the Fashion’s Finest event for emerging talent in British fashion. Herrera’s “Agila (Eagle)” collection featuring Philippine history and culture – the Philippine Eagle and Filipino tribal art, won over five other London-based designers. The tribal art pieces included tribal tattoos from […]
China Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua announced the possibility of additional modern radio transmitters on top of the broadcasting training program portable radios offered to the Presidential Communications Operations Office as part of the cooperation pact between China and the Philippines. An improved state broadcasting system would “let more people in the grassroots level […]
The Bureau of Customs and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency have agreed to share information and technology with the Fujian Provincial Drug Enforcement Agency of China in a bid to stop smuggling of illegal drugs into the Philippines. Officials of the two Philippine government agencies met last month with China’s Narcotics Control Commission Deputy Director […]
Meet the people behind the frenzy of translated Chinese online literature. They are members of 20 active Chinese-to-English translation groups, composed primarily of ethnic Chinese and Chinese learners from all over the world, responsible for one of the most significant non-governmental outputs of Chinese culture, and they do it for free. To find out what […]
Huazhou district in northwest China’s Weinan City, Shaanxi province, is home to the traditional shadow play. Dating back over 2,000 years, it is one of China’s earliest operas. Shadow play, or shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment in China and an indispensable part of Chinese culture. Also known as “father of movies” […]
A 600-year-old Buddha statue has been discovered in a reservoir in east China’s Jiangxi province after water levels fell during renovation work. The head of the Buddha was spotted by a local villager when the water level fell by more than 10 meters during work on a hydropower gate, Xinhua reported. The Buddha’s head, sitting […]
While many single men and women in China eschew the blind dates their relatives try to set them up with during Spring Festival, the young people of a remote village in southwest China’s Yunnan province are the exact opposite: they attend a local mass-dating event, following a tradition that dates back about 1,350 years. For […]
Australia intends to significantly increase its Chinese visitors following the China-Australia Year of Tourism on Feb 5. The incentives are in addition to the recently introduced enticements for Chinese to visit Oz, such as increased flights, 10-year visas and a Chinese-language online visa-application system. China is Australia’s most valuable inbound-tourism market, with Australia’s tourism authority […]