Sitting for long periods of time is linked to a number of health concerns. They include obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood cholesterol levels. Too much sitting, or prolonged periods of sitting, consequently increase the risk of developing and dying from heart disease and cancer. Any extended sitting – such as […]
Kaisa at 31 continues to undertake its regular activities like the weekly medicine assistance to patients at the Philippine General Hospital, the fortnightly Tulay, weekly Yong Hap, meetings, conferences, forum, outreach and networking with mainstream and Tsinoy organizations. However, the highlight of Kaisa’s activities continues to revolve around Bahay Tsinoy. We had more than 23,000 […]
For 31 years Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran has successfully accomplished tasks that had an impact on the Tsinoy community and mainstream society such as integration work, medical missions, relief operations, anti-crime efforts, research and publications, to name a few. Yet, instead of resting on its laurels, Kaisa members know that much more needs to be […]
Officers of the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. paid a courtesy call on National Capital Region Police Office regional director Police Chief Superintendent Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar on Aug. 22 at the NCRPO headquarters at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan, Taguig City. The business group pledged to support the police force’s future endeavors, and discussed ways […]
Ballet Philippines, the country’s premier professional dance company, recently held a successful cultural tour of China from Aug. 17 to 27. On Aug. 19, the group performed at the new Shanghai International Dance Center as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of the Undersecretary for International Economic Relations (DFA-OUIER)’s cultural diplomacy project, an initiative […]
Liu Ting Shi (劉庭式) passed the imperial examination jinshi (進士) during the reign of Song Ren Zong (宋仁宗, 1022-1063) and joined the state bureaucracy. Before all this, he had agreed to marry a lady of his hometown. Unlike most other couples at the time, though, they did not get formally engaged. However, when Liu obtained his […]
Aug. 21, 2018. We have just marked the 35th year since Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was assassinated. It is heartwarming to see Filipinos remember the event and how it changed the country. However, it also saddens me to watch the people-on-the-street interviews on television in which they were asked what they remember or know about […]
The Philippines brought home nine medals in the 8th Global Finals of “SPEAK!” English competition held at Singapore Science Center July 28-29. There were 168 students from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Singapore and the Philippines competing. SPEAK! is a global English individual and team contest which tests the students’ listening, reading and writing skills. The individual […]
The #Flowers4Lolas Campaign, a gathering of former Filipino wartime sex slaves, descendants of other victims of Japanese wartime abuse, historians, students and other advocates, stages a Lighting of 73 Candles activity at the Redemptorist Church in Baclaran, Pasay City to reiterate its calls for justice for Filipino ‘comfort’ women on Aug. 14. Flowers4Lolas Campaign […]
Asians are fond of horror stories. Many movies have been produced in the recent decades from Korea (“Train to Busan,” “A Tale of Two Sisters”), Japan (“The Ring,” “The Grudge”), Thailand (“Nang Nak,” “Shutter”), even the Philippines (remember the 15-series “Shake, Rattle and Roll?”). Back in high school, my classmates would swap Japanese horror comic […]